1. Analysis and evaluation of public and legislative policies – laws and regulations – real estate market systems and regulations.
2. Regulatory framework for housing welfare and real estate development: Public Authority for Housing and Welfare – Credit Bank – The demand for housing amid population growth and challenges of affordability.
3. Real estate financing mechanisms: Role of banks – financial investment institutions – financial instruments: deeds, bonds, real estate investment funds – legal and Sharia regulations – risk management systems in real estate financing.
4. The recent governmental project for real estate financing: Its impact on the economy, public finances, and society- A legal, economic and financial analysis.
5. Regional and global experiences in real estate financing systems: Comparative case studies from the UAE, Qatar, and Denmark.
6. Financing infrastructure projects and housing city development: Legal frameworks – laws and regulations – stakeholders’ role – problems, obstacles, challenges, and solutions.

1. Regulatory landscape of renewable energy: Policies and strategies for renewable energy in Kuwait Vision 2030 – Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects and renewable energy plants – types of renewable energy (hydro energy – geothermal energy – biomass energy – solar energy) and their uses.
2. Case study analysis of renewable energy projects: costs and economic, environmental, financial, and social impacts – technical and economic feasibility – censorship and legal responsibility.
3. The role of the public and private sectors in developing renewable energy sources – developing methods for producing renewable and alternative energy and relevant supporting and marketing mechanisms.
4. The efforts of Kuwaiti academic institutions and research centers in supporting renewable energy: the experience of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).
5. The international regulation of reliance on renewable energy: Forum of Renewable Energy Policy Legislators – International Renewable Energy Agency – Renewable energy laws – Renewable energy market regulation – Laws and regulations of the renewable energy projects: International experiences.
6. Mechanisms and contracts for renewable energy technology transfer: management, control, and impact.

1. Legal and financial regulations of small and medium enterprises: assessing the current situation – explaining the problems and providing solutions, suggestions, and means to promote a friendly environment for this type of business.
2. Ways to develop the economic and social role of medium and small enterprises: job creation – diversification of income sources – development of industrial, agricultural, and other economic sectors.
3. Challenges and obstacles in supporting medium, small, and micro enterprises in Kuwait- best strategies to overcome barriers to their growth through successful international models supporting medium, small, and micro enterprises- mechanisms to implement these models in Kuwait.
4. Laws, systems, and operational mechanisms of the National Fund for Small and Medium enterprises and strategies for implementation.
5. Governance and rationalization of SME management and financing: responsibility, control, and accountability.
6. The role of the private sector in encouraging small and medium enterprises through partnership and cooperation – bank financing and regulatory framework and awareness, development and training programs.

• The evolution of technology transfer and localization in the laws and policies of Kuwaiti oil companies and in their contracts with international companies – the rules of the state’s legislative and executive policies, principles, regulations, and systems.
• Investment in technology transfer and localization in the oil sector: aspects, stages, forms, types, and requirements.
• Challenges of technology transfer and localization in light of the high cost and the rapid advancement in the oil industry: policies – problems – solutions – systems and methods for training and qualifying national workforce and talent to transfer and localize technology: formation – training – scholarship.
• The experience of Kuwaiti oil companies in technology transfer and localization: Lessons from Europe, Asia, and the Unites States – and the role of academic institutions in supporting this effort.
• Partnership and cooperation frameworks with international companies and global collaboration in technology transfer and localization.
• Dispute Resolution in Technology Transfer (international arbitration – mediation, etc.).

1- Research proposal requirements

• The research proposal must align with the conference’s themes and topics and introduce new and innovative ideas. The research must adopt a critical and comparative methodology and a direct method.
• The research must not have been previously published or presented to an academic conference.
• The research proposal must present practical solutions to one of the raised problems or suggest policy recommendations including a practical legal initiative on the subject of the study.
• Participants must be academics, legal practitioners, judicial professionals, or experienced researchers in the conference’s fields, with prior peer-reviewed publications.

2- Important dates and submission guidelines

• The authors must first submit an abstract of the research proposal, not exceeding five hundred (500) words, in addition to a brief biography, that includes a list of research papers and publications, before March 3, 2025.
• The conference organizing committee will notify successful applicants by March 10, 2025.
• Participants must adhere to the publishing guidelines approved by Kuwait International Law School Journal and its appendices.
• Full papers must be submitted before April 22, 2025.
• All submitted manuscripts are subject to peer-review, and the researchers will receive the reviewers’ reports before April 28, 2025.
• The final version of the research should be sent to the Conference Committee before May 3, 2025, and the research will not be accepted until it is approved by the examiners.
• Accepted research papers will be published in the conference supplement of the Kuwait International Law School Journal, a peer-reviewed academic journal, that has been published regularly since 2013 and adheres to international academic publishing standards. In 2024, it was ranked second in the ARCIF classification of the most influential and cited journals among 114 Arabic academic, university-affiliated, peer-reviewed legal journals.
• Researchers must not publish his/her conference submitted research in any other journal or periodical, without prior approval from the conference administration.
• Abstracts and research papers should be submitted through the following link:

https://my.kilaw.edu.kw/conference

3- Manuscript Formatting Requirements

• Research papers should be no less than 5,000 words and not exceed 8,000 words.
• Font: Times New Roman, font size: 14 for Arabic & 12 for English papers, line spacing: 1.15.
• Footnotes: Font: Times New Roman, font size: 10.

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