Future Islamic Finance Forum 2026

The Future Islamic Finance Forum is a specialised one-day convening organised by DIFC within Dubai Future Finance Week, co-hosted by Dubai Islamic Bank. Under the theme "Shariah Compliant Innovation Meets Global Finance", it gathers regulators, standard setters, Shariah scholars, Islamic banks, asset managers and FinTech founders to tackle a growing problem: technology and new asset classes are moving faster than harmonised Shariah-compliant regulation across jurisdictions.

Forum pillars

The programme is built around a set of strategic pillars that run through the keynotes, panels and fireside chats.

• Shariah innovation: AI, blockchain and tokenisation within Shariah-compliant frameworks
• Sustainable sukuk: where ESG mandates meet Shariah-compliant bonds
• Takaful tech: AI-driven Islamic insurance models
• Regulatory harmony: aligning regulators, central banks and AAOIFI scholars
• Tokenised real-world assets, smart contracts and decentralised finance models

Who attends

The co-host describes the forum as a platform for more than 800 senior leaders. Delegates come from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the UK, Indonesia and other Islamic finance markets, spanning Islamic banking, takaful, sukuk, FinTech and RegTech. Complimentary passes are reserved for qualified institutional attendees, while solution providers are steered towards paid passes and sponsorship.

Format and networking

Alongside the stage programme, the forum runs live demos of tokenised sukuk, AI risk models and ESG-finance products, plus B2B matchmaking through the event app, investor-startup pods, executive luncheons and a networking reception. Every delegate pass also includes an expo pass to Dubai FinTech Summit, the anchor event of Dubai Future Finance Week (2-6 November 2026).