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Katharina Beck | Institute for Social Banking | www.social‐banking.org katharina.beck@social‐banking.org, 0049 (0)234 5797 185.
Press release, Bochum, Germany 25 February 2010
3. International Summer School on Social Banking 2010 Banking on values – what values?
The 3rd International Summer School on Social Banking takes place from 18 to 23 July 2010 in Florence, Italy. Responding to the current discussion regarding the values of our societies, the organisers of the Institute for Social Banking chose the subject "Banking on values ‐ what values?" as a subject for the third edition of the Summer School. The tension between maximization of profits on the one hand and the assurance of welfare on the other hand constitutes a recurrent theme throughout the five days. What are the core values of a banking sector that serves both human beings and nature? What can this banking sector look like?
Academia, practice and innovative questions
The speakers at the Summer School are highly acknowledged academics and suc‐cessful practitioners in Social Banking, for example Dr. Ulrich Thielemann from the Institute for Business Ethics at the Univer‐sity of St. Gallen, Switzerland or Andreas Neukirch, board member of the ethical‐ecologically oriented GLS Bank in Bochum, Germany and member in the Global Alli‐
ance for Banking on Values. It is not only about questioning academic concepts or established methods of the value oriented finance sector, but also about discussing new trends and questions: What is Social Banking in the age of web 2.0? Or: Can banking and finance be understood as a commons? On this topic, commons‐author Silke Helfrich will present her consider‐ations.
The „heart“ of the economy
Banking is the central part of our eco‐nomic activities – one could claim it to be the “heart“ of the economy. And the ec‐onomy has an impact on all social and eco‐logical developments. For this reason, the Summer School does not limit the ques‐tion of the values in banking only to the financial field, but understands it as a fundamental reflection on how we want to do business nowadays and how we ac‐tually want to live together. Amongst oth‐ers, Andreas Weber, author of the book “Bio‐Kapital“, will expand these thoughts.
An interactive platform
With lectures, discussions, workshops and interactive events, the Summer School offers a platform to intensely get in touch with this subject. The participants will be inspired, to engage in a new definition of values in banking. For this purpose, em‐ployees from socially oriented and also of “mainstream” banks will meet academics and other interested people from all over the world. The existing knowledge and the multi‐faceted interests of the participants will be be integrated. “Open Space Ses‐sions“ will allow participants to include their own subjects in the discussions.
Katharina Beck | Institute for Social Banking | www.social‐banking.org katharina.beck@social‐banking.org, 0049 (0)234 5797 185.
The Institute for Social Banking
The Institute for Social Banking (ISB), the originator and organiser of the Summer School, is a non‐profit association based in Bochum. The ISB strives to educate more and more people to understand banking, finance and insurance business in an ethi‐cal and socio‐ecological way. The ISB of‐fers therefore, learning opportunities like the Summer School, the part‐time Masters studies, lecture series, single events and seminars. The ISB particularly tries to em‐power employees of the finance sector, to be innovative and independently think and act in the area of value‐oriented bank‐ing. Furthermore, the Institute pursues the integration of “Social Banking” at uni‐versities and public information: for ex‐ample, with the conception of the module “Social Banking“,to be held initially at Alanus University, Germany, in Summer Term 2010.
Banca Etica
Banca Etica is the ISB’s co‐operation part‐ner of the 3rd International Summer School on Social Banking. Founded in 1999, it was the first Social Bank in Italy and today has over 200 employees and more than 15 branches.
Further information on the Summer School
Up‐to‐date information on the Summer School is available at our website: www.social‐banking.org/summer‐school. You can also give us a call: 0049 (0)234 5797 185 (Katharina Beck).
Language
The conference language is English.
Costs and Logistics
• The venue: Villa la Stella, Via Jaco‐pone da Todi, 12, 50133 Firenze, Ita‐lia.
• Participant fee: 1250 € for practition‐ers, 1050 € for co‐workers of our member institutions, 350 € for stu‐dents.
• Scholarships available depending on the economic situation of the appli‐cant.
• Board: 190 € for organic catering throughout the whole week.
• Lodging available starting from 20€ per night in a multiple room.
Registration
The deadline for the application is 20 April 2010. You can download the registration form at our website.
Goals
The International Summer School on Soci‐al Banking provides a unique opportunity for interested and engaged people to meet and develop new perspectives on banking and finance.
Within the Summer School, we
• create awareness of the role of banks in society and the economy,
• present cases and best practices of already existing socially oriented banks and banking products,
• question the personal relationship to money and the present banking sys‐tem,
• offer spaces for creative and solution‐oriented discussions on banking and finance and their role in society,
• critically reflect on the concepts and ideas behind socially oriented bank‐ing.
Katharina Beck | Institute for Social Banking | www.social‐banking.org katharina.beck@social‐banking.org, 0049 (0)234 5797 185.
List of subjects in 2010
Banking on values – what values?
• Best practices in Social Banking
• Values in banking
• The impact of banking in society
• Microfinance
• Religion and banking
• Banking as a commons
• Social Banking 2.0
• Individual and organisational compe‐tencies for Social Banking
• New Economics
• The role of donations in the monetary system
Speakers (as of February 2010)
• Bachmayer, Helmut (Raiffeisen Bol‐zano ‐ Ethical Banking Initiative, Italy)
• Becchetti, Leonardo (Prof. of Econom‐ics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy)
• Biggeri, Ugo (Co‐Founder of Banca Etica, President of Banca Etica’s Foundation, Italy)
• Caron, Jean‐Pierre (La Nef, France) • Dash, Anup (Prof. of Sociology, Utkal
University, and Chairman of Swayam‐shree Micro Credit Services, India)
• Dimbinski, Paul (Prof. at University of Fribourg, Director of The Observatoire de la Finance, Switzerland)
• Guene, Christoph (Co‐Founder of So‐Fi, Belgium)
• Hassan, Nick Hafiz (Research Scholar Durham University, and Consultant for Islamic Finance, UK)
• Hayday, Malcolm (Head of Charity Bank, UK)
• Helfrich, Silke (Independent Writer, Germany; Author of “Wem gehört die Welt?: Zur Wiederentdeckung der Gemeingüter”)
• Kerler, Rolf (Co‐Founder and Member of the Supervisory Board of GLS Bank and Weleda AG, Germany)
• Kühn, Julian (Board member of the GLS Treuhand, and Managing Director Institute for Social Banking, Germany)
• Lochmaier, Andreas (Independent Writer, Germany)
• Lohr, Ulrike (Analyst at imug, Ger‐many)
• Milano, Ricardo (Banca Etica, Italy) • Neukirch, Andreas (Member of the
Board of GLS Bank, Germany) • Nissan, Sargon (Analyst, nef / New
Economics Foundation) • Thielemann, Ulrich, (Dr., Vice Director
Institute for Business Ethics, Univer‐sity St. Gallen, Switzerland)
• Tönnis, Antje (Dr., Public Relations, GLS Treuhand, Germany)
• Volz, Fritz (Prof. of Sociology, Univer‐sity of Applied Sciences)
• Weber, Andreas (Dr. Independent Writer, Germany; Author of “BioKapi‐tal”)
• Zamagni, Stefano (Prof. of Political Economics at the Faculty of Econom‐ics of the University of Bologna and Adjunct Professor of International Po‐litical Economy at the Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, Italy)
Further speakers are requested.
Up‐to‐date list at: http://www.social‐banking.org/en/summer‐school/summer‐school‐2010/speaker/
Contact
Contact person for the International Summer School is Katharina Beck, katharina.beck@social‐banking.org or +49 (0)234 5797185.
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