WORLD - BANKING - Islamic finance industry grew by 24.4% & global Sukuk issuance increased by more than 60% in 2011

www.zawya.com - NCB Sponsors and Partakes in Harvard's Islamic Finance ForumThe National Commercial Bank has recently participated in the Islamic Finance Forum organized by Harvard University in the United States of America. The forum is a renowned annual event that brings together top scholars, researchers and analysts, with economists and industry leaders in Islamic Finance from around the world.
Held in its tenth session this year, the forum's agenda was focused on discussing the role of Islamic finance in the global economic development, shedding light on the latest challenges facing the growth of the industry and defining the competitiveness and opportunities inherent in Islamic finance as a potential alternative for the conventional financial system.  (source)

CALL FOR PAPERS - Tenth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance “Islamic Finance and Development” (deadline abstract Aug 1, 2011)

CALL FOR PAPERS
Tenth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance
“Islamic Finance and Development”
March 24 and 25, 2012
Harvard Law School

The Tenth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance is scheduled to be held at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 24 and 25, 2012. The theme of the conference will be “Islamic Finance and Development.”

The Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance was conceived in 1997 to engage scholars, practitioners and regulators in productive dialogue about the then- nascent field. Recent forums have focused on questions of innovation and authenticity, the global recession and connections with other ethical finance initiatives. The Tenth Forum sets the evolution of the Islamic financial industry within the context of the economic and political development of Muslim majority markets.
Papers are requested in the following areas: (full story hereunder)