The 5th OIC Halal Expo and World Halal Summit (WHS) 2017 were held on 23-25 November 2017 in Istanbul, at the Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center under the auspices of President of the Republic of Turkey, H.E. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN in line with the co-operation framework between SMIIC, Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) and Discover Events.
Mr. Emre ETE – Vice Chairman of Discover Events Board, Mr. Sebahittin KORKMAZ – the Chairman of Board of Directors of SMIIC, Mr. Khaled Al-Aboodi – CEO of ICD Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Dr. El Hassane Hzaine – Director General of ICDT, Prof. Dr. Abdul Salam Daoud Al-ABBADI – Secretary of International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), Ambassador Hameed A.Opeloyeru – Assistant Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Minister of Economy of Republic of TURKEY- H.E. Mr. Nihat Zeybekçi addressed the audience during the inauguration of 5th OIC Halal Expo. The Expo covered 4500 m2 of exhibition area and B2B meeting rooms, hosted 125 exhibiting companies from 15 countries and formed an excellent environment for building mutually beneficial business in especially halal products trade. Approximately 29,800 visitors explored the exhibition during the three days.
On the other hand, with its theme “Halal: As a life style”, WHS 2017 placed emphasis on creating Muslim consumers’ awareness of consuming halal products, engaging in halal production and services in all fields and bringing together market leaders, halal product experts, speakers and participants from 80 countries. During the sessions, the valuable presentations of 98 prominent speakers from leading countries on Halal enlightened the audience on current problems and challenges in Halal industry by focusing on the Conformity Assessment in Halal Industry, Halal Trade and Market Strategies, Halal in daily life and new opportunities and challenges and Islamic Microfinance…etc.
