I’m attending the Second Halal Expo Canada being held at The International Centre by Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
It’s the first and only, and thereby largest, Business-to-Business Trade Exposition focused solely on all aspects of Halal and what Halal means in North America.
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
- 10:40 am – 11:15 am | Session 1. State of the Halal Industry
KEYNOTE: Sh. Omar Subedar – HMA Canada- 10:55 am – 11:15 am | Panel Discussion with Sh. Omar Subedar – HMA Canada and Siti Sofia Ramli – Medic Pets (M) SDN BHD.
- 11:15 am – 11:30 am | Session 2. Official Launch of CHART (Centre for Halal Accreditation Research and Training)
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Hamid Slimi and Rehan Saeed. - 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Session 3. Islamic Finance KEYNOTE: Rehan Saeed
- 11:45 pm – 12:00 pm | Panel Discussion
Panelists: Riad Rahamut – Zero Mortgage, Sh Habeeb Alli – Zero Mortgage
Moderator: Rehan Saeed – CHART
- 11:45 pm – 12:00 pm | Panel Discussion
- 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm | Session 4. The Potential of the Halal Industry in the Canadian Economy
KEYNOTE: Maruf Yusuf – Halal.Ad - 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm | Session 5A. Tourism and Culture in the Halal Industry
KEYNOTE: Dyah Lestari Asmarani – Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Toronto- Session 5B. Halal Tourism in Turkey (10 minutes)
KEYNOTE: Dr. Selçuk Erincik – Turkey Culture and Tourism Office - 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm | Panel Discussion
Panelists: Dyah Lestari Asmarani – Consul General of the Republic of Toronto, Dr. Selçuk Erincik – Turkey Culture and Tourism Office,
Moderator: Jim Tarlton – MCBC.
- Session 5B. Halal Tourism in Turkey (10 minutes)
- 5:00 pm – 5:20 pm | Opening Ceremony
Took this photo during the day’s final panel discussion.
Panelists:
Dyah Lestari Asmarani – Consul General of the Republic of Toronto,
Dr. Selçuk Erincik – Turkey Culture and Tourism Office,
Moderator: Jim Tarlton – MCBC.
Fascinating to learn the different approaches to Halal Tourism each country is taking post-pandemic.
If there was a moment where I felt the same as I did in 1992, standing in the middle of the second Computers and Information Technology in the Service of Islamic Conference, inside the hotel in San Jose, Northern California, it was this sitting in the audience listening to this panel.
In 1992, at that conference in Silicon Valley, surrounded by Muslim Start-ups, Muslim Nerds, Muslim Software & Hardware Engineers, my business life changed as I asked for the Canadian rights to sell The Alim from ISL Software.
I imagine other attendees had their own moments where new ideas and new opportunities suddenly dawned on them during Day 1.
InshAllah, I will write more once Day 2 wraps up.
Here are a few tweets and images from Day 1 of Halal Expo Canada 2022 :
HALAL EXPO CANADA 2022
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— Majlis Amanah Rakyat (@maragov) May 12, 2022
An exhibition and conference, the Halal Expo Canada will take place from May 12 -14 at the International Center in Toronto.https://t.co/wF5kMkaYlt
— Council of European Muslims- مجلس مسلمي أوروبا (@eumuslims_org) May 12, 2022
Come visit our booth at North America’s only #Halal #B2B Trade Show Conference @halalexpocanada
Many thanks to @expohut for organizing this great show!!!#HalalExpoCanada pic.twitter.com/6sphgBbB8v
— Centre for Halāl Accreditation,Research & Training (@halalaccred) May 12, 2022
Our Dr @ihslimi with the official public launch live today at @halalexpocanada presenting the tremendous value add of #CHART
Did you know CHART has the advise of the #Fiqh #Majlis of Canada (FMC).
Check our website for amazing resources (in bio)#HalalExpoCanada #Halal #B2B pic.twitter.com/1YPLCjcnum
— Centre for Halāl Accreditation,Research & Training (@halalaccred) May 12, 2022
Al-Hamdulillah! Blessed to be a supporter of North America’s only #Halal #B2B Trade Show and Conference @halalexpocanada
Excellent organization by Nasser Deeb and @expohut team!
Come to the Airport international Centre Thu – Sat and witness in person!!!#HalalExpoCanada pic.twitter.com/ifcCVuvMis
— Centre 4 DeenStudies (@DeenStudies) May 12, 2022
Our Chairman Prof Dr @ihslimi talks about the growth and positive impact of the Halāl industry in Canada at @halalexpocanada #HalalExpo #HalalExpoCanada #Halal #DeenStudies pic.twitter.com/mtZFjQbhRl
— Centre 4 DeenStudies (@DeenStudies) May 12, 2022
Very excited to be in Canada 🇨🇦 and to be a media partner of @halalexpocanada with my friends and colleagues in Toronto and beyond in the Halal industry and those here to learn about it. Halal is such an incredible arena to be a part of and I am forever grateful for the privilege pic.twitter.com/SRb18Lu0pg
— Yvonne Maffei | My Halal Kitchen (@MyHalalKitchen) May 12, 2022