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ISLAMIC FINANCE AND LAW
Managing p
luralism in market economy
Rome Tor Vergata Islamic Finance Summer Sch
ool - III Edition
Rome, 3 - 5 July 2013
Although Islamic fi
nance has constantly grown in the last decades, key
theoretical and op
erative issues, such as the incidence of Islamic law in this
market, a
re still under debate. Recognizing the relevance of these issues, the
Summer School aims at providing a comprehensive guide to Islamic
finan
ce and law in a context of pluralism.
By gathering major experts on th
e interaction between law and religion, as
well as between ethics and
economics in a frame of cultural diversity, the
School will prove an i
lluminating opportunity for students, researchers and
professionals to
investigate the impact on market economy of an
increasingly globalise
d world.
The Summer School comprises three days of lectures and round
tables, with
regard to three fundamental subject-matters:
- Ethic
s and religion in market economy;
- The challenge of Islamic finance:
law, economics and business
management;
- Islamic finance: a glob
al market, an opportunity for the Mediterranean.
For the detaile
d programme, visit
www.islamicfinance.it
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
The Summer School is addressed both to practitioners (bankers,
lawyers,
economic advisors, members of NGOs...), students and research
ers in
Finance, Economics, Law, Religious and Islamic Studies, as well
as
International and Political Studies.
LANGUAGE
All the lectures are held in English. No translation service i
s provided.
EVENT SPONSORS
LuxembourgForFi
nance
Education and Culture DG, Lifelong Learning Programme
HOW TO REGISTER
Deadline: 28 June 2013To register, please visit
www.islamicfinance.it/registration
Registration fees
€300 for professionals
€
250 for researchers
€200 for students
Early registrati
on fees
(by 12 June 2013)
Registration fees
are reduced resp
ectively
to €250, €200 and €150
The fees inc
lude tuition, administrative
expenses, teaching material,
refresh
ments and lunches.
Accommodation and travel expenses
are not cove
red by the fees.
Discounts on the fees are possible for
groups of
5 or more people:
on the point, please contact
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CERTIFICATE OF<
br />ATTENDANCE
All the participants
will receive a
certificate of attendance
VENUE
Please re
fer to the
Summer School website,
section “Contacts and inf
o”
ORGANIZED BY
- CEIS Tor Vergata,
Centre for Economic and International Studies
- Jean Monnet Centre of
Excellence, University of
Rome Tor Vergata
Academic Coordin
ator
Valentino Cattelan
CONTACTS
For
any further information,
please contact
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TEACHING STAFF
Daniele Atzori
Editorial
Team Coordinator
“Papers of Dialogue” (AGI)
FEEM Sen
ior Researcher
Valentino Cattelan
Lecturer in Islamic Finan
ce
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Celia de Anca
Profes
sor of Global Diversity
Instituto de Impresa (IE), Madrid
E
leanor de Rosmorduc
Senior Adviser
Luxembourg for Finance (LFF)
Nicholas HD Foster
Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law
Sc
hool of Law, SOAS
University of London
Gabriella Gimigliano
Lecturer in Business Law, University of Siena
Postdoctoral Resea
rch Fellow
University of Napoli Federico II
Federica Miglie
tta
Researcher in Financial Economics
University of Bari
Tommaso Vito Russo
Professor of Civil Law
University of Salent
o
Maria Grazia Starita
Researcher in Financial Economics
University of Napoli Parthenope
Tommaso Saltini
Research
Fellow
ALTIS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Busine
ss Development Manager
Impact Capital, MENASA Region
Rebecc
a Schönenbach
Ethical and Islamic finance investments expert
Raven-Center, Berlin
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Outl
ine
The global growth of Islamic finance has rais
ed among practitioners and scholars new significant interest in the interac
tion between law and religion, as well as between ethics and economics. At
the same time, the assertion of religious law in the area of commercial lif
e, where secularism rules throughout the rest of the world, is contributing
to challenge the neutrality of market economy, which is currently re-shape
d in the light of cultural diversity also by the forces of globalization.
Consequently, new topical questions are brought to scholarl
y attention and market practice, such as:
- which is the relation betw
een ethical and Islamic finance?
- is it possible a convergence betwee
n Islamic finance and other forms of ethical investments?
- more gener
ally, which are the challenges that pluralism and cultural diversity imply
for market economy, with regard to law, economics and business management?<
br />- last, but not least, which are the future prospects for the Islamic
financial market?
In the attempt to reply to all these int
errelated questions, the Summer School aims at exploring Islamic finance an
d law according to a multi- and inter-disciplinary perspective, providing a
ttendants with fundamental tools to deal with pluralism in market economy a
s an opportunity for development and growth.
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Programme
The Summer Scho
ol is structured around three fundamental subject-areas, covering aspects o
f ethics, religion, law and economics related to Islamic finance, as outlin
ed below.
3 July 2013
ETHICS AND RELIGION IN MARKET E
CONOMY
14.00 – 14.15 Registration
14.15 –
15.15
Islamic finance and law: ethical investments or alternative cap
italism?
Valentino Cattelan, University of Rome Tor Vergata
15.15
– 15.30 Break
15.30 – 16.30
How likely is a converge
nce of Islamic banks, Church banks and Ethic banks? An insight into the cur
rent debate on products, rating and development
Rebecca Schönenba
ch, Raven-Center
4 July 2013
THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAMIC
FINANCE:
LAW, ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
10.0
0 – 11.00
The law of Islamic finance: lex mercatoria or emergent
legal system?
Nicholas HD Foster, School of Oriental and African Stud
ies - University of London
11.00 – 11.15 Break
11.15 &ndash
; 12.00
Luxembourg: the strategies of a leading financial centre to fa
cilitate Islamic finance
Eleanor de Rosmorduc, Luxembourg for Finance<
br />12.00 – 12.45
Accommodating Islamic finance in the EU legal
framework
Gabriella Gimigliano, University of Siena
13.00 &ndash
; 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.15
Comparing conventional and Isla
mic banking contracts: a focus on risk management
Maria Grazia Starita
, University of Napoli Parthenope
15.15 – 15.30 Break
15.30
– 16.30
Identity, finance and cultural diversity: the role of c
ommunity
Celia de Anca, IE Business School
5 July 201
3
ISLAMIC FINANCE: A GLOBAL MARKET,
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEDITE
RRANEAN
Round Table
10.00 – 12.30 [11.00 &ndash
; 11.15 Break]
Islam, politics and market economy
Daniele Atzori,
Editorial Team Coordinator “Papers of Dialogue” (AGI)
Isl
amic project finance: principles and operative outcomes
Tommaso Vito R
usso, University of Salento
The sukuk market: overview and prospective
trends
Federica Miglietta, University of Bari
Impact capital for
impact entrepreneurs in the MENA region –
An investment approac
h in compliance with Islamic finance
Tommaso Saltini, ALTIS – Un
iversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
12.30 Remise des
Diplômes
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and Greetings
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Contacts and info
Organization and contacts
The Summer
School is part of the Jean Monnet Module Integrating Islamic finance in the
EU market, granted by the European Commission - Lifelong Learning Programm
e (2011-2013) and coordinated by Dr. Valentino Cattelan. The Module is admi
nistrated by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the University of Rome
Tor Vergata.
The III Edition of the Rome Islamic Finance Summer Schoo
l is jointly administrated by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (http://www.ue.uniro
ma2.it/jeanmonnet ) and CEIS - Centre for Economic and International St
udies (http://www.ce
istorvergata.it ), University of Rome Tor Vergata.
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Venue
The
Summer School takes place at Istituto per l'Oriente (IPO), i.e. Instit
ute for the East (now Istituto per l'Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino, IPO
CAN, www.ipocan.it ), th
e oldest Italian institution of studies and research on the modern and cont
emporary Arab-Islamic world, founded in 1921. Its library, rich in over 35,
000 volumes and 300 periodicals, represents nowadays the widest Italian col
lection of specialist historical, political, socio-economic and legal texts
about the modern and contemporary Near and Middle East.
How t
o reach Istituto per l'Oriente
The Institute is located a
t via Alberto Caroncini, 19 (Parioli district, in the north area of Rome),
and can be reached from Rome Termini train station by bus n. 217 (direction
: XVII Olimpiade). Otherwise, you can easily organize your travel plan by c
hecking the website www.a
tac.roma.it .
La Grande Moschea di Roma
The
Mosque of Rome (Italian: Moschea di Roma, viale della Moschea 85) is the la
rgest mosque in Europe. Financed by King Faysal of Saudi Arabia and complet
ed in 1994, the Mosque is located in a walking distance from IPO and can be
easily visited by the participants in the Summer School.
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Who should participate
The Summer School is addresse
d both to practitioners (bankers, lawyers, financial advisors, members of N
GOs...) and students and researchers in Finance, Economics, Law, Religious
and Islamic Studies, as well as International and Political Studies.
C
ombining a solid academic background with a professional-oriented approach,
the Summer School constitutes an event of strong appeal for students, rese
archers and professionals with an interest in emergent markets, internation
al economics and financial globalization.
Langua
ge
All the lectures of the Summer School are held in English.
No translation service is provided.
Certificate
of attendance
All the participants will receive a certificate
of attendance.
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