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The III International Islamic Business and Finance Summit KAZANSUMMIT 2011 starts on 20 June in Kazan. As previously reported, KAZANSUMMIT will be held at Convention Hall "Pyramid" at 9.00 with the Strategic Forum.

The III International Islamic Business and Finance Summit KAZANSUMMIT 2011 starts on 20 June in Kazan. As previously reported, KAZANSUMMIT will be held at Convention Hall "Pyramid" at 9.00 with the Strategic Forum. The opening ceremony will be attended by the following speakers: Rustam N. Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Lord Nazir Ahmed Member of the British House of Lords, Allal Rashdi, Director-General of the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) in Organization of Islamic Conference, Linar G. Yakupov, Chairman of KAZANSUMMIT Organizing Committee, Chief Executive Tatarstan Investment Development Agency, Ilyas Mohammed S. Umakhanov First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee for International Affairs, Hisham Taleb Marouf, IDB Regional Director, Carlos Bronzatto, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), Kamil H. Iskhakov, the Permanent representative of the Russian Fediration in the Organization of Islamic Conference in Jeddah, Anatoly G. Aksakov, President of Russian Regional Banks Association (Association "Russia"), Ildar S. Khalikov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Christopher Tan, Director, Economic Transformation Programme, PEMANDU, Salih Bezci, President of Ankara Chamber of Commerce, Andrew Cranston, senior partner of KPMG in Russia and the CIS, Mohammad Farrukh Raza, Managing Director IFAAS, Dato' Ahmad Rodzi Group Managing Director AmanahRaya and others.

KAZANSUMMIT 2011 will include the following events: Strategic Forum, Islamic Economics and Finance Conference, Roundtables on Islamic Banking, Innovations, Muslim Philanthropy and a number of business meetings sessions.

The summit will end up with the signing of a number of contracts confirming the intention of the parties to develop actively economic and investment relations between Russia and the leading Muslim countries.