Experts from more than a dozen Islamic and European countries followed the invi-tation of the Regional Program Gulf-States of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and gathered in Abu Dhabi for the conference „After the crisis – approaches for a value based economic policy” from Octo-ber 11th – 13th, 2010. Guest of Honor was Holger Haibach, Member of the Ger-man Parliament and Majority Speaker on Economic Development and Cooperation. The conference aims to identify possible approaches that can contribute signifi-cantly to avoiding future economic crises and to enhancing sustainable economic growth.