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Conferences

The Sunway Campus has been the host of many regional and international conferences.

In October 2008, the campus hosted the 6th International Islamic Finance Conference, which has emerged as an important international platform for the sharing of knowledge in Islamic finance. The presentations at the conference will offer participants wide perspectives on developments in Islamic finance, in areas like Islamic Finance Law, Taxation, recent legal developments in the field, rating mechanisms, takaful, sukuk and other financial instruments being introduced in the area. The conference has been jointly organised by Monash University and the Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia; Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia.

In September 2008, the Sunway campus has hosted the 5th Diversity Matters forum, which is organised by the Australian Multicultural Foundation, in partnership with the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, the Commonwealth Foundation, Monash University, The Statesman of India and the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute. The conference focuses on the role of diasporas in helping achieve the Commonwealth’s vision and mandates, and the part diasporas can play in shaping and implementing Commonwealth programs.

The campus also hosted The East Asian Medical Students’ Conference (EAMSC) in December 2008. The EAMSC is one of two conferences organized by AMSA annually and each year, the conference continues to inspire medical students to examine international health issues closely, evaluate the role of a medical student in promotion of public health and to think beyond the scope of classroom knowledge. It serves as a platform for East Asian medical students to exchange ideas, knowledge and cultural understandings with their counterparts in other parts of Asia, Oceania and beyond.