In January 2009, Hikmah’s keynote address was delivered by Simon Hughes MP, President of the Liberal Democrat Party on President Obama and ethnic minority participation in politics. The event was sponsored by The London Academy of Higher Education. Other guests included: Secretary of the Civil Service Islamic Society, Managing Director of the Global Peace and Unity Festival, CE of IQRA Television and CE of the Adab Trust UK.
In May 2009, Hikmah’s keynote address was delivered by Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP on London’s governance structure. The event was sponsored by the Islam Channel. Other guests included: the CEO of the Islam Channel, MP and Head of UAE Parliamentary Finance Committee, a partner at PWC, Vice-Chair of The Liberal Democrats, and UK Labour Party Friends of Palestine representative.
In September 2009, Hikmah’s keynote address was delivered by Charles Allen, Chairman of Global Radio, on engaging the Muslim community in the 2012 Olympics. The event was sponsored by KPMG. Other guests included: Partners from Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PWC, cultural attaché from the Embassy of the Unites States, US/UK Fulbright Commissioner, Editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit, and Vice-President of Business in the Community.
In December 2009, Hikmah’s keynote address was delivered by Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Minister for Digital Britain, on Britain’s role in the G20 summit. The event was sponsored by the Radisson Edwardian Hotel Group. Other guest included: senior professionals from HSBC and Ernst & Young, representatives from the Lebanese and Unites States Embassies, and top officials from The London Development Agency and The Labour Party.