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What are the best options for accessing capital and which innovative services and technologies are poised for tremendous growth? How do recent and near-term changes in the political and economic climate for healthcare start-ups, hospitals and health systems impact capital needs and innovative deal structuring? Where do the opportunities lie?

SRI’s Healthcare Investor and Corporate Development conference provides a more comprehensive outlook for healthcare corporate developers and investors than any other. Plus++ more CEOs from medical device, innovative health care services and technology firms than ever before! Don’t delay. Register today to ensure your place

Management World is the industry’s largest conference dedicated to management issues of next generation service providers including Information, Communications and Entertainment services providers. With more than 3000 participants from more than 70 countries, the show will cover service delivery, from the business drivers to the technology and systems that design, deliver, monitor and bill for them in. For more information, visit: www.tmforum.org/ManagementWorld2008

Growing Muslim populations, their disenchantment with the US, and increased wealth from buoyant oil prices are continuing to drive demand for Islamic banking services. However, the industry is still very fragmented and critical challenges have to be tackled before greater profit potential can be realised. The Forums will explore the key to success and establish where the opportunities lie.

The most comprehensive and action-oriented conference on Islamic finance in North America – offering tools, tips, techniques and key industry contacts to help ensure that your products are Shariah compliant, profitable and well positioned. The focus will be wholesale banking but the event will include two sessions on the fast growing area of Islamic retail banking.

The decision by the UK Treasury to press ahead with its plans for the launch of the west’s first government sukuk, and only the fourth sovereign issue of this kind in the world, underscores the government’s commitment to establishing the UK as the dominant Islamic financial centre in this time zone. A UK government sukuk could be used to create sharia-compliant National Savings products for Muslim investors in Britain, thereby strengthening financial inclusiveness for the Muslim community.

This conference will provide a timely opportunity to review the progress that both the Government and the market are making towards making London the leading centre for sukuk issuance and trading in this time zone. A speaker panel of exceptional quality will examine both the challenges that remain and the opportunities that are rapidly emerging.

The Flagship Business and Investment Summit on Turkey’s Tiger Economy – 2008

“Bringing Government and Leading Investors together”

Hedge Funds World Global Opportunities is the single largest gathering of emerging market investors and fund managers.

• Utilize the conference to market your fund at our unique “meet the funds” event where fund managers have 90 seconds to pitch their funds.
• Understand first hand how and why institutional investors allocate to particular funds focused on emerging markets.
• Learn from specific case studies outlining successful emerging and frontier market investments strategies.

IFR’s 3rd Annual Middle East Capital Markets conference will provide international financial institutions and investors with the key market intelligence and independent insight to help develop their existing business interests, accelerate their participation plans or devise their entry strategy into this lucrative region.

The conference will enable delegates to:

• Identify the regulatory framework underpinning each individual market
• Understand the drivers of issuance and who the principal issuers are likely to be
• Get a fix on relative value and trading opportunities
• Gain a lead on buyside preferences in an investor-driven market

This conference will address the current business, operational, legal and compliance issues impacting the hedge fund and sell-side communities. The summit and exposition portion offers advanced workshops geared towards legal and regulatory, business, compliance, and risk professionals. Hear the recommendations of the President’s Working Group on best practices for hedge fund investors and asset managers. The goal of these recommendations is to reinforce investor confidence, facilitate economic growth, and alleviate systemic risk.

For registration questions, please contact Debbie Devine at (212) 313-1217 or ddevine@sifma.org For program information, please contact Mary Ruggiero at (212) 313-1290 or mruggiero@sifma.org

India’s financial markets have had several excellent years and international investors are looking for opportunities with the best funds managers in India. India has opened its doors to hedge funds and the mutual fund industry. India is quickly progressing, with a solid macro basis, a population in excess of 1 billion, powerful market support and a future that industry experts are predicting to rival opportunities in China. To date the total assets of all Indian domestic funds stands at a healthy US$ 50 billion. The booming capital market coupled with the strong development of the asset management industry has created exciting opportunities for investors.