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Events, conventions and workshops, if properly organized and participated, play a key role in promoting Islamic finance. They also provide an excellent venue for further discussion of the underlying themes and topics

From 1986 on, ASSAIF has invested a great deal of resources and energies in organizing and attending events around the globe that not only helped promoting a better comprehension of the various sectors of the Islamic finance industry but also highlighted some controversial issues

2010

27-28 ottobre 2010 - Malta: "Islamic Finance Conference 2010 - A new Beginning"

Seconda conferenza annuale nell'isola oramai soprannominata la Bahrain del Mediterraneo

2010

13-15 July 2010 - London: "International Takaful Summit 2010"

This edition built on the three previous successful events held in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and enabled market participants from all over the world to capture the potential for Islamic Finance and Insurance in the UK, Europe and globally

2010

12 July 2010 - London: "Regulation and Taxation of Islamic Finance - Recent and forthcoming developments"

Monthly event organized by the 'Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance'

2010

28-29 June 2010 - Kazan: "2nd International Islamic Business and Finance Summit"

This ground-breaking event identified strategic development prospects for economic relations between Russia and the Muslim countries

2010

26-27 May 2010 - Moscow: "Moscow Islamic Finance & Investment Forum"

The Moscow Forum has gathered for the second year in a row a host of Russian practitioners and academicians alongside with a roster of top-notched international experts. They have addressed the latest international developments and explored domestic opportunities for Islamic finance

2010

18-20 May 2010 - Kuala Lumpur: "6th World Islamic Economic Forum"

The Forum is a platform where world leaders in government and business converge to discuss trade and economic issues affecting the globe with a special focus on a niche market of the emerging economies of the Muslim world

2010

29 April 2010 - Edinburgh: "Islamic and Ethical finance conference"

The conference focused on opportunities within the Islamic and ethical finance arenas considering Islamic finance as a sub-sector of ethical finance

2010

12-13 April 2010 - Dubai: '5th Annual World Takaful Conference'

This yearly event has probed how the Islamic insurance industry can catalyse the next phase of growth

2010

30-31 March 2010 - Toronto: 'UFANA North America 2010 Conference - The growth and potential of Islamic Finance'

Conference organized by the Usury Free Association of North America (UFANA), a non-profit organization that represents institutions, businesses and individuals in North America who operate in a usury-free environment

2010

27-28 March 2010 - Harvard: "Ninth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance"

Ninth edition of this Forum hosted by the Harvard Law School’s Islamic Finance Project that has become the leading event in North America

2010

24-27 March 2010 - Florence: 'The Evolving International Role of the GCC Economics'

Seminar held at the Mediterranean Research Meeting organised by the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence

2010

21-22 March 2010 - Doha: "3rd World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists"

This Congress, widely recognized as the premier worldwide forum on Muslim Philanthropy, has brought together for the third year in a row, philanthropists, government and business leaders, and visionaries from across the world

2010

12 March 2010 - Nantes: “Finance without Interests.Traditional Paradigms and New perspectives”

The event hosted by the 'Institut d'Etudes Avancées (IEA)' in Nantes continued the work begun at the 'First Mediterranean Critical Studies in Accounting and Finance Conference' held in Hammamet in July 2009

2010

23-24 February 2010 - London: "9th Annual Islamic Finance Summit"

Annual event organized by Euromoney that brought together the key players in the global Islamic finance

2010

24 January 2010 - Leicester: "Contemporary Fiqhul Muamalat Programme"

Event organized by the '1st Ethical Charitable Trust' to empower British Muslims with the knowledge required to conduct their legal and financial affairs in a shariah compliant manner

2010

18-21 January 2010 - London: "18th International Islamic Finance Forum (IIFF)"

First event of the IIFF in the United Kingdom with great professional added value

2009

6-8 December 2009 - Bahrain: '16th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference'

Annual event that brings together key players in the global Islamic finance

2009

17-18 November - Kuala Lumpur: '4th Annual SME Banking & Financing'

Annual event on finance and microfinance in favor of SMEs in South-East Asia

2009

11 November 2009 - Rome: Bank of Italy, 'Seminar on Islamic Finance'

The event brought together representatives of central banks, supervisory authorities, foreign and finance ministries, international organizations, financial community and academicians

2009

5 November 2009 - London: FT Islamic Finance Intelligence Summit

Annual event for the presentation of 'The Banker Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions'

2009

4-5 November 2009 - Londra: "Islamic Real Estate Finance Summit '09"

The summit explored investment opportunities for Islamic finance in the field of real estate with particular reference to Great Britain

2009

4 November 2009 - Rome: MAE "Seminario sulla Finanza islamica. Quale opportunità per l’Italia?

Event jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Observatory of the Mediterranean Sea

2009

21 October 2009 - London: Afkar Consulting & 3i Infotech Briefing

Seminar on cutting-edge marketing campaigns and distribution channels for Takaful

2009

15 October 2009 - London: IIBI Monthly Lecture

Presentation on the need for Islamic finance to focus not only on contract structures but on development policies

2009

15 October 2009 - London: BDO Stoy Hayward, Breakfast briefing

Results of the Global survey with independent views from two Islamic finance participants

2009

12-16 October 2009 - Malta: "Islamic Finance in a European Financial Services Framework"

Seminar on the opportunities that Malta offers for Islamic finance in the Mediterranean region

2009

29-30 September 2009 - Moscow: "5th International Seminar-Conference «Private Banking - 2009»"

The conference brought together the major Russian banks and some Muscovites 'Family Offices' . Banks from the Baltic region and CIS Republics also attended

2009

7-9 August - Malmö: " JAK Medlemsbank Summer school"

Summer school of the Swedish bank that for the last forty years has offered interest-free credit to its members

2009

13 July 2009 - London: "Would Islamic Finance have prevented the global financial crisis?"

The conference was organized by the Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance

2009

30 June - 2 July 2009 - London: International takaful Summit 2009

Alberto Brugnoni has chaired for the third consecutive year the world event on Takaful which saw the participation of key representatives of the Sharia-compliant insurance

2009

2-4 June 2009 - Brussels: First European Research Conference on Microfinance

The conference has brought together researchers and scholars of conventional and interest rate-free microfinance

2009

29-31 May 2009 - Florence: "Mostra-convegno internazionale TERRAFUTURA"

The 6th edition of TERRAFUTURA took place at La Fortezza da Basso. Focusing on the ways and means to guarantee a future to our planet, TERRAFUTURA’s cornerstones are the 'good practices' of the social, economic and environmental sustainability achievable in daily life and social relations, in the economic system and the public administration

2009

20-21 May 2009 - Kuala Lumpur: "The 2nd Islamic Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference 2009"

The conference organized by the 'Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia' (IBFIM) and the 'Malaysia Venture Capital Association' (MVCA) has seen the participation of the key players of the Pacific Rim

2009

12-13 May 2009 - Milan: "European Forum of Islamic Finance. Prerequisite strategy for a better harmonisation"

The Forum has gathered for the first time in Italy some of the most important international experts who have set the scene for the harmonious development of Islamic finance in Europe

2009

14-15 April 2009 - Dubai: "The 4th World Takaful Conference"

The participation of nearly 400 senior executives combined with the quality of debate and of the presentations, made the 2009 WTC one of the largest gatherings of Takaful leaders in the world

2009

2 April 2009 - Edimburgh: "Islamic Funds Conference"

This first conference on Islamic Finance held in Scotland, jointly organized by the 'Islamic Finance Council UK' and the 'Scottish Financial Enterprise', was attended by members of the Scottish government and key members of the Scottish financial community

2009

16-18 February 2009 - Dubai: "Middle East Alternative Investments Summit"

The event brought together the decision makers of some of the most important Gulf investors and a group of diversified Western investment funds and banks

2009

19 January 2009 - London: The Way Forward for Islamic Structured Products

Most of the Shariah-compliant investment certificates has progressed only legally but relatively little has been done to create products with dynamic assignment mechanisms on Shariah-compliant underlying

2008

16 -18 December 2008 - London: International Real Estate Finance Summit '08

The event showed that the current turmoil in global financial markets may have undermined investor confidence and caused an excess of caution in the short run but for the careful investor there are interesting opportunities in the global real estate market

2008

13 December 2008 - Bologna: “Fare Impresa per gli Stranieri in Italia e Finanza Islamica”

The immigrant entrepreneurship is crucial not only for the release of immigrants from the circuit of illegality but also as a resource suitable for the realization of a real and effective integration. If it is true that, through the remittances, it boosts the economy of countries of origin, it is equally true that it brings cultural and economic wealth to those countries that allow it to take root and grow

2008

26 Novembee 2008 - Paris: 2nd French Forum on Islamic Finance

After the announcement of structural, administrative and fiscal measures by the French government (Sarkozy and Lagarde) to facilitate the development of Islamic financial activities in France, the second Forum of Islamic finance was held in Paris. The forum, which saw the participation of French institutions at the highest level, brought together French institutions and companies interested in promoting synergies between stability and investment opportunities in France and the enormous liquidity of Islamic finance

2008

23-25 November 2008 - Bahrein: 15th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference

With 1000 delegates from 45 countries, the annual WIBC meeting reflected not only the international growth in Islamic finance but also the ability of this conference to address the real needs of the industry. This year, the WIBC has devoted a session to emerging markets: China, Japan, Singapore and France, with particular attention to Italy

2008

4-5 November 2008 - Frankfurt: 1st Islamic Finance & Real Estate Forum

This first German forum on Islamic finance was dedicated to identify challenges and explore opportunities for the industry and the real estate sector of the country that in 2004 issued the first sovereign Sukuk in Europe. The investments from the Gulf into the most important European economy are now facilitated by the first applications of Sharia-compliant financial structures as it has been happening for some time in the United Kingdom

2008

27-28 October 2008 - Rome: Terzo Forum Internazionalizzazione dell'ABI

The forum - organized in collaboration with Confindustria, ICE, SACE, SIMEST, UAB and DIFC - focused on the Gulf, an area of great strategic importance for the Italian banking and business system. It analyzed the possibility of financial integration between the national and the GCC banking industries, identified business opportunities for Italian companies and highlighted the opportunities for collaboration and investment by the Arab world in Italy. An entire afternoon session was devoted to Islamic finance

2008

17 October 2008 - London: Islamic Finance News Forum 2008 - Expanding the realms of Islamic finance

The Islamic Finance News is holding a one-day itinerary forum in the financial capitals of the world in which the most controversial issues of Islamic finance are debated and future scenarios suggested

The quality and number of participants in these forums bears withess of the interest to the phenomenon of Islamic finance in those markets that have yet to reach their true potential

2008

13-16 October 2008 - Istanbul: Islamic Finance Forum - New Markets

The summit explored the current state and possibilities of development of Islamic finance in Turkey, Central Asia and Europe

2008

Innovative Product Development - London, 22 July 2008

The seminar has focused on the growing investors and customers appetite for value-added returns especially in riskier asset classes such as derivatives, fixed-income, capital markets and private equity products

2008

The 2nd International Takaful Summit 2008 - London, 14-16 July 2008

Alberto Brugnoni has chaired for the second year in a row the world event on Takaful that has been opened by the Lord Mayor of the City of London

2008

The World Islamic Banking Conference: European Summit - London, 8 July 2008

The 15th Anniversary of the World's Largest Gathering of Islamic Finance Leaders has for the first time convened in the UK as a further testimony of the growing role of London as the leading western financial centre of Islamic finance

2008

London 2008 Sukuk Summit, London 25 - 26 June 2008

This yearly event has gathered the upper crust of the international Sukuk market and has been graced by the special address of the UK Economic Secretary to the Treasury Kitty Ussher

2008

Islamic Finance: Integration into the Financial mainstream - Geneva, 28-29 May 2008

This conference aimed to examine some critical issues arising from the implementation of Islamic Finance from jurist, legal, and practical perspectives with a focus on how to create Shariah compliance in Financial Products, and how to incorporate Islamic Finance into the financial mainstream

2008

Women in Islamic Finance - London, 19 May 2008

Valentino Cattelan has attended this trend setting event on the role of women in Islamic finance

2008

The International Islamic Finance Forum - Dubai, 13-17 April 2008

Alberto Brugnoni has been invited to the 'Guru Day' on "Ethical Financing And Micro Financing In The Muslim World" held on 13 April to debate with Muhammad Yunus founder of the Grameen Bank and Nobel Laureate 2006. This event has gathered some of the most important international experts on ethical and Islamic finance

2008

Failaka award - Dubai, 24 March 2008

Alberto Brugnoni has moderated the "3rd Annual Failaka Islamic Fund Awards" for the best sharia-compliant equity funds in the world. These funds invest on the basis of extremely stringent ethical and financial guidelines

2007

5-6 December 2007 - Frankfurt: 2nd Islamic Financial Services Forum

The forum, entitled 'The European Challenge' has been organized by the IFSB in Frankfurt and has been hosted by the German Central Bank. It has made the point on the current situation and prospects of Islamic finance in the EU

2007

18 November 2007- Dubai: Islamic and Ethical Finance

The conference has explored how the Islamic financial industry will develop in the coming years and how it can broaden its appeal to socially aware consumers

2007

6-7 November 2007- London: Islamic Real Estate Finance

This important two-day event has focused on real estate Shariah-compliant finance issues both in the Gulf countries and in the EU

2007

1-2 November 2007 - London: The International Takaful Summit

Alberto Brugnoni has chaired this summit that gathered in London the principal international actors of the Takaful industry

2007

4 May 2007 - Padova: "La Finanza Islamica"

A. Brugnoni e M. Mauri have spoken at this evening event organized by PadovaCultura

2007

25 April 2007 - Dubai: “Sukuk: Exploring the Phenomena”

Alberto Brugnoni has chaired this international event on Sukuk. The summit has gathered the principal world specialists that have debated the issues confronting the Islamic capital markets

2006

22 November 2006 - London: "UK & European Real Estate Investment & Finance"

Alberto Brugnoni has given a presentation on the current state of the Islamic finance in Italy

2005

17 - 19 December 2005 - Dubai: "Islamic Real Estate Finance Middle East Workshop"

The event was dedicated to Sharia-compliant real estate development projects in GCC countries

2005

5-6 December 2005 - Rome: "Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Microcredit"

Closing event of the International Year of Microcredit

2004

28 -30 June 2004 - London, "Islamic Real Estate Finance"

This two-day event focused on Sharia-compliant real estate financing

2002

19 December 2002 - Rome: "Le Banche Islamiche"

Event organized by the 'Islamic Development Bank', 'Islamic Research and Training Institute' and 'Camera di Commercio Italo-Araba'

1994

January 1994 -Rome: "Banche islamiche in Italia"

The event has been organized by 'Banca di Roma'