Events Archive

Here is a list of past events. Current events are here.

Event archive: ISB Certificate in Socially Responsible Finance

from 19. September 2016 to 24. March 2017, Alfter, Germany
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We need to find answers to this question and reflect on the changes needed for a more sustainable and socially responsible finance sector – but opportunities to do this in educational settings are rare.
Therefore we developed this course and set up a partnership between the  Institute for Social Banking, the educational training centre Alanus Werkhaus and Alanus University. All of them have a passion and long experience in education and research for socially responsible finance.

You are:

  • …a professional in banking or finance who wants to acquire and deepen your knowledge and competency in responsible banking practice, and to understand finance as a service to people and the real economy.
  • …a professional who designs and manages processes of dialogue and change.
  • …involved in transformative processes and would like to reflect and discuss monetary aspects of transformation.

You want to:

  • develop and advance self-awareness, values based communication and management capacities in order to manage challenges and change on personal and organisational level
  • deepen knowledge, explore and reflect on the backgrounds, developments and the future of socially responsible banking and finance from multiple perspectives
  • learn about and practice values based dialogue and decision making processes
  • further develop your personal and cultural skills
  • become part of a network of experts/change makers across socially responsible banking and finance

Dates:

  • 19-23 September 2016Module 1 “Money and Society”  and

  • 20-24 March 2017  Module 2 “Socially Responsible Management in Banking and Finance”

at the educational training centre Alanus Werkhaus, Johannishof, 53347 Alfter, Germany near Bonn. For more information and/or registration please get in contact with or

Event archive: Conference – Money Issuance – alternative monetary systems

on 05. September 2016 08:30, Reykjavík, Iceland

When commercial banks issue loans to customers, they create money by issuing deposits on the current account of the customer. Proposals for adoption of alternative systems, where a central bank would issue new money, such as the Sovereign Money (SM) system, have gained momentum in recent years.
Commissioned by Iceland’s Prime Minister’s Office, KPMG has laid out the fundamentals of the SM system and conducted a review of public discussions, political coverage and field of academics over the last years.

The conference
Speakers:
— Opening: Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
— Mar Gudmundsson, Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland
— Martin Wolf, Chief Economics commentator at The Financial Times
— Sigurvin Bardur Sigurjonsson, Manager at KPMG Iceland, presents the report
The conference will conclude with panel discussions with the speakers and Frosti Sigurjónsson, MP and head of Althingi’s committee of economics and trade and Ásgeir Jónsson, Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economic Department, University of Iceland.

Registration and further information
Attendance is free of charge and the conference will be streamed online at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXvEwEPOQa0
If you’d like to attend the conference please register through email to Johanna Kristin
(jkgudmundsdottir@kpmg.is).
For other queries, please contact Sigurvin (sbsigurjonsson@kpmg.is).
We encourage you to tweet about the conference at #MoneyIssuance.

On Monday the 5 th  of September at 8:30, the Icelandic Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and KPMG Iceland will jointly hold the conference. The conference will be held at Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura, Nautholsvegur, Reykjavík.

Event archive: Degrowth Conference 2016, Budapest

from 30. August 2016 to 3. September 2016, Budapest, Hungary

Budapest will host the 5th International Degrowth Conference at Corvinus University (30 August – 3 September 2016). read more

Event archive: Free Online Course “Money & Society”

from 21. August 2016 to 17. September 2016, Online

This free online course by the University of Cumbria will enable you to understand the past, present and future role of money in society. The 4th cohort starts 21st August 2016 and lasts 4 weeks. This course runs in English only.

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Event archive: Summer School Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems

from 27. July 2016 to 14. August 2016, Vienna

The Summer School Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems (Vienna, July 27 – August 14, 2016, 5 ECTS, completely in English) is open to students of all fields and offers alternatives to the processes that are putting strains on our economic and eco-social boundaries. In addition to classic and new concepts from the field of economics, students will also hear presentations from natural and social sciences and discuss the actual leeway for economic and monetary reform.

Between 1970 and 2007 alone, the world saw 425 systemic economic crises, among them 145 sector-wide banking crises. In the light of current political and social events one might start to wonder whether this apparently inherent instability might ever be reduced, even if there is sufficient public intent. Yet, at the same time, the global effects of population growth, resource exploitation and environmental degradation force us to think about long-term change. This leaves the question: What is the actual leeway? If you have been asking yourself how things could be changed and how to contribute, you might be interested in this academic summer program

More information and registration on their website: http://summer-university.net/study-abroad/aems-vienna/

Reports from the last years can be found at www.summer-university.net/study-abroad/aems-vienna/aemsprogram/.

Event archive: International Conference: Monetary Institutionalism

from 1. June 2016 to 3. June 2016, Lyon, France

Research Conference “Monetary  Institutionalism in the French Speaking World: Past  Record, Future Prospects  and  International Perspectives”

1-­3  June  2016, Lyon –

Hosted by Triangle, LEDi,  CLERSE  und IRISSO Forschungs Zentren

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Event archive: 3rd International Conference on Complementary Currencies in Salvador, Brazil

on 30. March 2016

University of Bahia, Salvador (Brazil)

More infos: http://socialcurrency.sciencesconf.org/