Paper submissions: August 31,  2020

Paper decisions: September 30, 2020

Registration fee deadline: November 15,  2020

Conference dates: January 4-8,  2021

14:30–15.30

Opening Reception at Room 1 – Room Fornasa

Piazzale Sant’Agostino, 2 – Bergamo “Old City”
15.30–16.30

Plenary session in Room 1 – Room Fornasa – Welcome Greetings

Dr. Peter Cincinelli – Assistant Professor in Banking & Finance at SAEMQ Department, University of Bergamo, Italy Professor Carlos Trejo-Pech – Agricultural & Resource Economics Department, University of Tennessee, TN,
15.30–16.30

Keynote speech: “Waqf and Islamic Finance: Past, Present and Future”

Dr. Mohammad Abdullah Ph.D. and Research Fellow at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education (UK)
16.30–17.30

Welcome Cocktail and Coffee – Chiostro Sant’Agostino

17.30–19.30

Visit to the city of Bergamo “Old Bergamo”

20:00

Executive Meeting

8:00–8.30

Opening Reception at Room 17

8:30–10.00

Room 20 – Session 1 – Marketing

Chair: Professor Pavel Štrach – SKODA AUTO University, Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic
10.00–10.30

Coffee, Tea and Pastries break

10.30–12.30

Room 20 – Session 2 – Finance

Chair: Professor Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale – University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
12.30–13.30

Lunch and Annual Membership Meeting

13.30–15.00

Afternoon Parallel Session 1 – Room 20 – Session 3a – Education and Ethics

Chair: Professor John Manley – Iona College, New York, USA
13.30–15.00

Afternoon Parallel Session 2 – Room 21 – Session 3b – Finance

Chair: Professor Carlos Trejo-Pech – University of Tennessee, TN, USA
15.00–15.15

Coffee, Tea and Pastries break

15.15 – 16.45

Room Galeotti Project Management Workshop

Why Bother? Facilitators: Professors Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale and Ernest L. Owens – University of St. Thomas, USA
17:00-

Sightseeing and Gala Dinner

17.15 Shuttle leaves the Conference venue 17.45 Starting of the guided tour of Accademia Carrara 20.00 Gala Dinner Restaurant “La Marianna” – Bergamo “Old City”
8:30–11.00

Morning Parallel Session 1 – Room 20 – Session 4a – Finance

Chair: Professor Umberto Filotto – University of Rome Tor Vergata
8:30–10.30

Morning Parallel Session 2 – Room 21 – Session 4b – Business and Industry

Chair: Professor Ernest L. Owens – University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
11.00–11.30

Coffee, Tea and Pastries break

11.30–13.00

Room 22 – Session 5 – Governance and Social Issues

Chair: Professor Giovanna Zanotti – University of Bergamo
13.00–14.00

Lunch

14.00–15.00

Closing Remarks

Professor Giovanna Zanotti – University of Bergamo