Schedule
All events will be in Room 105
8:15 am
Registration
Outside Room 105
9:00 am
Opening Remarks
Mohammad Tajsar, Editor-in-Chief, JMEIL
Samir Safar-Aly, Symposium Editor, JMEIL
Christopher Edley, Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law
9:20 am
Introduction to Islamic finance: What is Islamic finance, and where is it today?
Monem Salam, Amana Mutual Funds Trust, Bellingham, WA, USA
Sheikh Muddassir Siddiqui, SNR Denton, Dubai
10:00 am
Islamic finance through the credit crisis
Sheikh Mudassir Siddiqui, SNR Denton LLP
10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am
Recent Challenges in the United States
t Andrew Metcalf, King & Spalding, NY, USA
11:20 am – 12:00 pm
Panel 1: Islamic mortgage financing
Chair: Abrar Hussein, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, CA, USA
Umar Moghul, Murtha Cullina LLP, CT, USA
Fawzy Ismail, Ameen Housing Co-Operative of California, CA, USA
12:00 pm
Catered Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Panel 2: Islamic limitations on capital and capital structure
Chair: Arshad Ahmed, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, CA, USA
Monem Salam, Amana Mutual Funds Trust, Bellingham, WA, USA
Maghsoud Imami, Ph.D. Candidate, King’s College London, UK
Amr El-Husseini, Qatar Islamic Bank, Qatar
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Panel 3: Grassroots development of Islamic finance in the US
Chair: Abrar Hussein, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, CA, USA
Michael J.T. McMillen, Founder, ABA Islamic Finance Section, USA
Amjad Quadri, University Bank, MI, USA
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Panel 4: Islamic microfinance and poverty alleviation
Chair: Arshad Ahmed, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, CA, USA
Blake Goud, Sharing Risk, OR, USA
Karen Hunt-Ahmed, DePaul University, IL, USA
Ibrahim Warde, Tufts University, MA, USA
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Panel 5: Islamic finance and regulatory issues
Chair: Arshad Ahmed, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, CA, USA
Haidar Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Babback Sabahi, Securities and Exchange Commission, DC, USA
Greg Cavanagh, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, NY, USA
Kevin Parker, New York State Senate, NY, USA
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel 6: Islamic finance and ethics
Chair: Abrar Hussein, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, CA, USA
Mehmet Asutay, Durham University, UK
Azeemuddin Subhani, Islamic Financial Services Board, Canada
Kabir Hassan, University of New Orleans, LA, USA
6:00 pm
Closing Remarks