SWITZERLAND - EVENTS - Islamic Finance and Business Day 2011 (May 19th, 2011)

The School of Management and Law

and its Center for International Business

welcome you to the annual

ISLAMIC FINANCE AND BUSINESS DAY 2011

When   : May 19th, 2011

Where  : Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW - Building SM - Room: SM O1.01 - Theaterstrasse 15c - 8400 Winterthur

Source : http://project.zhaw.ch/de/management/isfabi/home.html

Program / Information

Thursday, 19 May 2011

09:00 – 09:30: Arrival and registration

09:30 – 09:40: Opening address

09:40 – 10:50: First session

Topic: Basel III and the business model of Islamic Banks, anything new for conventional banks?

Speaker: Fares Mourad, Bank Sarasin, Zurich, Switzerland.

10:50 – 11:20: Coffee break

11:20 – 12:30: Second session

Topic: Current situation of Islamic banking in the Gulf area focusing on the financing crisis and islamic finance

Speaker: Muhammad A. Qattan, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

12:30 – 13:45: Stand-up buffet lunch offered by the Swiss Institute of Islamic Finance and Insurance, Geneva

13:45 – 15:00: Third session

Topic: Islamic finance: addressing future needs and transformations

Speaker: Dr. Montassar BenMrad, IBM Global Business Services

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee break

15:30 – 16:45: Panel discussion

Topic: Are we really living in a capitalist world? The nature and role of capital in Islamic and conventional financial models.

Participants:

Dr. Montassar BenMrad, IBM Global Business Services

Michael Gassner, Bank Sarasin

Dr. Muhammed A. Qattan, Kuwait University

Moderation:

Khaldoun Dia-Eddine, Zurich University of Applied Sciences

16:45 – 17:00: Closing address

Source : Source : http://project.zhaw.ch/de/management/isfabi/home.html