INDONESIA - BANKING - Product development biggest challenge

www.bisnis.com - MAKASSAR-limited products of Islamic banks today become one of the challenges in efforts to develop Islamic banking industry in capturing the opportunities that exist.
 Chairman of the Association of Islamic Economist (IAEI) Bambang PS Brodjonegoro said the lack of Islamic banking products is one of three factors challenge the growth of Islamic finance is not significant.
 According to him, two other external factor is the absence of Islamic or Shariah compliance standards compliance standard that allows the distinction of compliance, tailored to the relevant bank or central banks concerned. Another factor is a matter of international Islamic institutional infrastructure that is still not united in substance.
 "Islamic products is relatively limited, so that consumers are still thinkers-thinkers to switch to the Shariah, it is also faced by the countries of the Islamic financial development," he said as a keynote speaker in the Islamic Banking Research Forum-5 that was held at the Muslim University of Indonesia ( UMI) Makassar today, Tuesday (26/06/2012).  (source)

INDONESIA - ARTICLES - Forum Riset Presentation : Islamic finance ; a crticial appraisal and proposals for the 2nd generation

ekonomisyariah.org - This article presented in the Research Forum of Bank Indonesia Sharia Banking held on 29 to 30 September 2011 in North Sumatra IAIN. Among others, this article describes an overview of Islamic products.  (download)

INDONESIA - CALL FOR PAPERS - Reminder deadline Forum Riset Medan

INDONESIA - EVENTS - MES Intensive Islamic Banking Research Forum FRPS

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Sharia Economy Society (MES) has intensified Islamic Banking held a Research Forum (FRPS). Once in Palembang and Yogyakarta 2010, the MES in cooperation with Bank Indonesia (BI), the Association of Islamic Economics (IAEI) and Forum Gathering and Islamic Economic Studies (FOSSEI), will be held FRPS IAIN 2011 in North Sumatra and Padjadjaran University. (source)

INDONESIA - CALL FOR PAPERS - Forum Riset Perbankan Syariah 2011 Medan 29 Sept 2011 (deadline August 13, 2011)

ISLAMIC BANKING RESEARCH FORUM
Medan, 29 Sept 2011

1. Paper in softcopy (Microsoft Office / Open Office) and the CV writer sent to the committee no later than August 13, 2011 at 24.00 pm to email: panitia.frps @ ekonomisyariah.org.

2. If the article has been fulfilling the administrative completeness, the paper in hardcopy sent to the committee as much as 3 (three) copies, Spiral Binding, put together in a brown envelope received later than the date of August 30, 2011

Theme - "Improving Quality and Competitiveness of the National Islamic Banking Industry Era Welcoming the ASEAN Economic Community (MEA)"

Relevant documents on the website or here :  Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 Link 5

For your reference, I do give you the 'google translate' translation hereunder. (themes, subthemes, other relevant details) For any more details, contact the organizers or the Isfinin.  The original post announcing the FRPS is here.

INDONESIA - EVENTS - Forum Riset Perbankan Syariah

Jakarta - Following the successful implementation of the Research Forum of Islamic Banking in Palembang and Yogyakarta in 2010, MES, BI, IAEI and FoSSEI will hold Islamic Banking Research Forum (FRPS) in 2011 twice , with the theme "Enhancing Quality and Competitiveness of the Banking Industry Welcoming the National Sharia Era ASEAN Economic Community (MEA). 

This year the host campus is IAIN Sumatera Utara on September 29 to 30 and the Padjadjaran University in December 2011. 

Executive Director of the Society for Islamic Ekonomy (MES) Achmad Ikbal stated, "This forum is part of an effort to overcome the problems in the development of sharia banking in Indonesia ".

For get more info klik : Forum Riset Ekonomi Syariah