Abu Dhabi University Knowledge Group is organizing the "International Islamic Finance Conference 2013", which will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel (Saadiyat Island), on Monday 15th April 2013. Held in strategic partnership with "Emerald Group Publishing", the two-day conference will bring together academics, economists, research scholars, government policy makers, banking regulators, auditors, judiciary and legal practitioners as well as Shari'ah scholars in Islamic banks who will assess the future of Islamic finance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The conference will also highlight the strategies implemented in relation to government policy, raising new finance, regulation, Sharia-compliant financial instruments, corporate performance, and acceptability of Islamic products will be analyzed and discussed in depth.