Associated Sessions
Associated Sessions I - Monday, November 14, 2011 - 18:15-19:15hrs |
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| Where Has All the Money Gone? Aggregating Large Amounts of Capital to Attack Global Poverty: Opportunities and Challenges | |
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| Organizer: | Steven Funk, Chairman, Funk Holdings Ltd., Race4Change, USA |
| Finance For The Poor: BBVA Microfinance Foundation ’s Experience | |
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| Organizer: | Mariola Arlandis, Responsible for External Relations, BBVA Microfinance Foundation, Spain |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| MicroBank: Microfinance Adaptation to the Spanish Socio-Economic Environment, Through a Sustainable Social Banking Model | |
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| Organizer: | José Francisco de Conrado, President, MicroBank, Spain |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| Developing a Community of Practice for the Integration of Microfinance and Health | |
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| Organizer: | Bobbi Gray, Research & Evaluation Specialist, HAMED Facilitator, Freedom from Hunger & the SEEP Network, USA |
| Moving 100 Million Families Out of Severe Poverty: How Can We Do It? | |
| Abstract | Session Paper |
| Organizer: | Bob Sample, Colorado State Coordinator, RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund, USA |
| Panelists: |
Dr. John Hatch, Founder, FINCA, USA |
| Alex Counts, President, Grameen Foundation, USA | |
| Maricruz Lacalle Calderón, Executive Director, Masters in Microfinance for Development Program, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, & Senior Advisor, Foro Nantik Lum de MicroFinanzas, Spain | |
| "Banking in the Cloud": Transforming Microfinance | |
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| Organizer: | Murray Gardiner, Director - Microfinance and Community Banking, Temenos, Canada |
| Agfund Model: Creating a Microfinance Bank in Six Months | |
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| Organizer: | Nasser Al-Kahtani, Executive Director, The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), Saudi Arabia |
| Panelists: | Mohammed Khaled, Regional representative for the Middle East and North Africa Region, CGAP, Saudi Arabia |
| Bassem Kanfar, General Manager, National Microfinance Bank, Jordan | |
| Mohammed Al-Lai, General Manager, Al Amal Bank, Yemen | |
| The emergence of a European Model in Microfinance | |
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| Organizer: | Sandra Moreau, Senior Programme Manager, European Microfinance Network, Belgium |
| Panelists: |
Michael Unterberg, Consultant & Researcher, Evers & Jung, Germany |
| Mirko Bendig, Consultant, Evers & Jung, Germany | |
| Georgina Friedrichs, International Relations Manager, Qredits, The Netherlands | |
| Corrado Ferretti, President, PerMicro spa, Italy | |
| The Peer-to-Peer Microcredit, Perspectives in Europe | |
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| Organizer: | Arnaud Poissonnier, Founder, Babyloan, France |
| Panelists: | Emmanuel de Lutzel, Head of Microfinance Unit, BNP Paribas & Board Member, e-MFP, France |
| Dr Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Microfinance Advisor, CARE International, United Kingdom | |
| When Governments Attack MFIs: What Are the Legal Protections? | |
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| Organizer: | Pablo Serrano de Haro, Socio Área Fiscal,Clifford Chance, Spain |
| Panelists: | Roger Leese & Emma Matebalavu, Clifford Chance, United Kingdom |
| Lessons from the Indian microfinance crisis | |
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| Organizer: | Royston Braganza, Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Capital India Limited, India |
| Panelists: | Ms Vijayalakshmi Das, CEO, Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth, Indai |
| Robert Annibale, Global Director of Microfinance, Citigroup, United Kindgdom | |
| Samit Ghosh, Founder & CEO, Ujjivan, India | |
| Ms Maria Teresa Zappia, Chief Investment Officer, BlueOrchard Finance, Switzerland | |
| Accessing Carbon Finance through Clean Energy Lending Programs | |
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| Organizer: | April Allderdice, Chief Executive Officer, MicroEnergy Credits, USA |
| Suresh Krishna, Managing Director, Grameen Koota | |
| Delgerjargal Bayanjargal, Vice President of Retail Banking, XacBank | |
| Gender Based Violence intervention and Micro finance – An Effective Connection | |
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| Organizer: | Dr. Nandini Azad, Chairperson, Independent Commission for People's Rights and Development (ICPRD), India |
Associated Sessions II - Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 16:00-17:00hrs |
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| Grameen Global Network: Experience-Sharing and Program Update | |
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| Organizer: | Professor H. I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust, Bangladesh |
| Chair: | Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh |
| Industrialized Country Microcredit for Social and Financial Inclusion: A Conversation with Clients | |
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| Organizer: | Nazrul I. Chowdhury, Microfinance Consultant, Fundación Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Spain |
| Panelists: | Clients from Spain |
| This session will be translated in English, Spanish, and French | |
| The Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance: A first reflection | |
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| Organizer: | Theo Brouwers, Director, SNS Impact Investing, Netherlands |
| Chair: | Ben Simmes, Deputy Managing Director & Director Social Performance & Financial Analysis, Oikocredit, Netherlands |
| Panelists: | James Gifford, Secretary of UNPRI / PIIF, United Kingdom |
| Dr. Jennifer Riria, Director, Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT), Kenya | |
| Does Faith Matter: Exploring the Role of Faith-Based Microfinance Initiatives | |
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| Organizer: | Anna Pienaar, Programme Manager, Five Talents, United Kingdom |
| Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Microfinance Advisor, CARE International, United Kingdom | |
| Jafar Sabbah, Executive Director, Jerusalem Interest-Free Microfinance Fund, Jerusalem | |
| The Paris Appeal for Responsible Microfinance: "Convergences 2015" | |
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| Organizer: | Michaël Knaute, CEO, OXUS Development Network & Executive Director, "Convergences 2015", France |
| Panelists: | Jean-Luc Perron, Managing Director, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation & Board Member, "Convergences 2015", France |
| Emmanuel de Lutzel, Head of Microfinance Unit, BNP Paribas & Board Member, e-MFP, France | |
| Arnaud Poissonnier, Founder, Babyloan & Board Member, "Convergences 2015", France | |
| Microfinance and Savings Banks: A Proximity Banking Model for the Unserved | |
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| Organizers: | Jose Antonio Olavarrieta, President, World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI) |
| CECA (Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros), Spain | |
| Making Microfinance Institutions Disability Inclusive: A Call to Action | |
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| Organizer: | Joshua Goldstein, Principal Director for Economic Citizenship & Disability Inclusion, Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, USA |
| Panelists: | Flavia Bwire, Program Officer, Association of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU), Uganda |
| Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo,Coordinator for Disability and Inclusive Development, USAID, USA | |
| Empowering the Poor from Social Entrepreneurship to Social Capitalists | |
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| Organizer: | Ruben de Castro y de Lara, Founder, President & CEO, Serving Humanity thru Empowerment & Development (SHED), Inc., Philippines |
| The Psychology of Microfinance | |
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| Organizer: | Dr. Conor Seyle, Research Officer, Psychology Beyond Borders, USA |
| Panelist: | Dr. Luisa Brunori, Founder & President, International Observatory for Microfinance (IOM), Italy |
| Microcredit in Latin America: A tool for Development? | |
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| Organizer: | Pilar Vereda del Abril, Fundación Iberoamericana para el Desarrollo (FIDE), Spain |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| Holly Mosher Presents a Series Segments from Her Latest Film Bonsai: Muhammad Yunus' Vision for Social Business | |
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| Organizer: | Holly Mosher, Director, Hummingbird Pictures LLC, USA |
| How Microfinance and Technology-for-Development (T4D) Can Benefit from Pro Bono Consultants and Skills-Based Volunteers | |
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| Organizer: | Shannon Maynard, Director, Bankers without Borders ®, Grameen Foundation, USA |
| Microcredit: The Entrepreneurial Ethic Promotes Financial Development | |
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| Organizer: | Héctor García Arias, Secretary General, Confederación de Organizaciones Empresariales de Castilla y León (CECALE), Spain |
| Panelista: | Sr. D. Aldo Moauro, President, MicroFinanza Rating, Italy |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| Over-indebtness as Clients See It: The Smart Campaign Presents Evidence from Ghana | |
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| Organizer: | Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION, USA |
| Panelist: | Jessica Schicks, Research Leader, Center for European Research on Microfinance, Belgium |
| Eva Terberger, Evaluation Department, KfW Entwicklungsbank, Germany | |
Associated Sessions III - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -18:00-19:00hrs |
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| Film viewing: Climbing the Ladder: The Jamii Bora Story | |
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| Organizer: | The Microcredit Summit Campaign, USA |
| Improving the Effectiveness of Group Lending | |
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| Organizer: | Anton Simanowitz, Research Manager, IDS, University of Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Lisa Kuhn-Fraioli, Vice President of Latin America, Freedom from Hunger, USA | |
| Chair: | Asad Mahmood, Managing Director Global Social Investment Funds, Deutsche Bank, USA |
| Student Involvement in Microfinance: The MFI Connect Story | |
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| Organizer: | Chris Temple, Founder & Director, MFI Connect, USA |
| Global Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment 2011 | |
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| Chair: | Felipe Portocarrero, Microfinance Expert, IFC |
| Organizer: | Renate Gamarra, Access to Finance – Microfinance, International Financial Corporation (IFC), USA |
| Presenters: | Vanesa Sanchez, Sr. Analyst, EIU |
| Adrian Gonzalez, MIX | |
| Panelists: | Davy Serge Azakpame, African Microfinance Network |
| Dolores Torres, President and CEO, Card Bank Inc., Philippines | |
| Syed Mohsin Ahmed, CEO, Pakistan Microfinance Network | |
| Sergio Navajas, Microfinance Expert, IDB | |
| Mr. Dirk Jan Nieuwenhuis, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Madrid, Spain | |
| Commentator: | DJ Nieuwenhuis, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Netherlands Embassy |
| Link to the Report: | http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/globalfm.nsf/Content/2011+Microscope+Index |
| Methodologies for Female Inclusion in Microfinance | |
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| Organizer: | Rocio S. Urízar, Program Coordinator for Training and Marketing, Red Lader, Guatamala |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| Microcredit, Microinsurance, Health and Well-Being: The Research Challenges | |
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| Organizer: | Cam Donaldson, Yunus Chair in Social Business & Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom |
| Panelists: | Maricruz Lacalle Calderón, Executive Director, Masters in Microfinance for Development Program, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, & Senior Advisor, Foro Nantik Lum de MicroFinanzas, Spain |
| Javier Márquez Vigil, Professor, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain | |
| Ramón Flores Sardá, Senior Investment Officer, responsAbility Social Investments AG, Peru | |
| SECOT as a Social Institution Supporting Microcredit | |
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| Organizer: | Carlos García Cebrián, SECOT, Spain |
| Panelist: | Begoña Arrechederra, SECOT, SPAIN |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| Social Performance: What Does the Market Want? Interpreting Research from MIX and Moody's Research Labs. | |
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| Organizers: | Jody Rasch, Senior Vice President, Moody's Research Labs, USA |
| Micol Pistelli, Manager, Social Performance Program, Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc, USA | |
| Benefits and Challenges of Micropayments in Rural Areas | |
| Organizer: | Verónica López-Sabater, Director, Fundación AFI, Spain |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| Bangladesh studies | |
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| Part 1: Technology Transfer in Rice Crop Production for ASPADA Microcredit Beneficiaries | |
| Organizer: | Dr Mujibur Rahman Khan & MA Rashid, ASPADA Paribesh Unnayan Foundation, Bangladesh |
| Part 2: The Impact of the Grameen Bank upon the Patriarchal Family and Community Relations of Women Borrowers in Bangladesh | |
| Organizer: | Kazi Abdur Rouf, Researcher, University of Toronto, Canada |
| HappyLife: a mainstream Facebook game to promote microcredit | |
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| Organizer: | Mr. Stéphane Buthaud, Founder & CEO, HumanoGames |
| Panelist: | Arnaud Poissonnier, Founder, Babyloan |
| University Meets Microfinance - Microfinance crisis: the students’ perspective | |
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| Organizer: | Professor Fernando Rodriguez Lopez, Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain |
| Panelists: | Jessica Schicks, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
| Veronica Trujillo, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain | |
| Microfinance as an instrument of job creation for the Social Economy | |
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| Organizer: | Juan Antonio Pedreño Frutos, Spanish Business Confederation of Social Economy (CEPES), Spain |
| Panelists: | Carlos Lozano, Coordinator of International Affairs, Spanish Business Confederation of Social Economy (CEPES), Spain |
| Francisco Abad, General Coordinator, Spanish Business Confederation of Employee-Owned Companies (CONFESAL) | |
| Azuzena Magdaleno Moles, Responsible for Development Cooperation, Candelita, Spain | |
| Mikel Gantxegi, Director. Mundukide Fondation. Spain | |
| Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish. For this reason, the summary is only available in Spanish. | |
| Microfinance for Safe Drinking Water | |
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| Organizer: | Deepak Saksena, Head - Partnerships, Water Business, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, India |
| Panelists: | April Rinne, Director, WaterCredit-Water.org, USA |
| Suresh Krishna, Managing Director, Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd, India | |
| Elaine Marie Ghosh, Executive Director, Parinaam Foundation, India | |
| Samit Ghosh, Managing Director, Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd, India | |