Detailed_agenda_Engl.. - Global Microcredit Summit 2011
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Interpretation Note: All PLENARY SESSIONS will be simultaneously interpreted (<strong>Engl</strong>ish-French-<br />
Spanish). In each of the 3 groups of 16 WORKSHOP SESSIONS, 5 sessions will have simultaneous<br />
interpretation available in <strong>Engl</strong>ish, French, and Spanish and 1 session in <strong>Engl</strong>ish and Spanish (these sessions<br />
are clearly indicated in the program). All other workshops will be conducted in <strong>Engl</strong>ish only. ASSOCIATED<br />
SESSIONS and DAY-LONG COURSES, unless otherwise noted in the program, will NOT be equipped with<br />
simultaneous interpretation.<br />
09:30 – 19:30 Registration (on site)<br />
07:30 Registration (on site)<br />
10:00 – 12:00 Opening Ceremony Auditorio de Valladolid (if extra room<br />
needed, we will use the Sala de Cámara)<br />
12:00 – 14:15 Lunch<br />
14:15 – 14:30 Break<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Speakers | Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain | His Royal Highness Prince<br />
Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, President, Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations<br />
Development (AGFUND), Saudi Arabia | Dª Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Secretary<br />
of State for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,<br />
Spain | Juan Vicente Herrera, President of the Regional Government of Castilla y<br />
León, Spain | Francisco Javier León de la Riva, Mayor of Valladolid, Spain |<br />
Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh | Sam Daley-Harris,<br />
Director, <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> Campaign, USA<br />
14:30 – 16:00 Plenary Session Auditorio de Valladolid (if extra room is<br />
needed, we will use the Sala de Cámara)<br />
16:00 – 16:30 Break<br />
Beyond „Ethical‟ Financial Services: Developing a Seal of Excellence for Poverty<br />
Outreach and Transformation in Microfinance<br />
Chair | Manuel Méndez del Río Piovich, Chairman, Microfinance Fundation BBVA,<br />
Spain<br />
Author | Frances Sinha, Director, EDA Rural Systems, India<br />
Panelists | Isabel Cruz Hernandez, President, Foro Latinoamericano y del Caribe<br />
de Finanzas Rurales (FOROLACFR), Mexico | Anne Hastings, CEO, Fonkoze<br />
Financial Services, Haiti | Christopher Dunford, Senior Research Fellow,<br />
Freedom from Hunger, USA | John de Wit, Managing Director, The Small<br />
Enterprise Foundation (SEF), South Africa<br />
16:30 – 18:00 Workshop Sessions<br />
WORKSHOP 1 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
What Is the Problem: Getting an Empowering Regulatory<br />
Framework that Allows Taking and On-lending Deposits<br />
Sala de Juntas 1<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
1
and Truly Works for MFIs, Their Clients, and the End of<br />
Poverty<br />
Chair | José Moisés Martín Carretero, Department Head for Multilateral<br />
Cooperation and FONPRODE, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation<br />
(AECID), Spain<br />
Panelists | Sergio Navajas, Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank,<br />
USA | Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President & CEO, Women's World Banking,<br />
USA | Wolday Amha, Director, AEMFI, Ethiopia | N. Srinivasan,<br />
Microfinance Consultant, India<br />
WORKSHOP 2 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Why Managing for Social Performance Is More Important<br />
than Just Measuring It, and How Can MFIs Best Use These<br />
Insights<br />
Sala Polivalente<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Chair | Arnaud Ventura, Co-Founder & Deputy Chairman, PlaNet Finance,<br />
France<br />
Author | Laura Foose, Director, Social Performance Task Force (SPTF), USA<br />
Panelists | Christian Loupeda, Director, Imp-Act Consortium, Freedom from<br />
Hunger, USA | Martha Cuentas Anci, President, Consorcio de Organizaciones<br />
Privadas de Promoción al desarrollo de la Micro y pequeña Empresa (COPEME),<br />
Peru | Frances Sinha, Director, EDA Rural Systems, India | Lalaine Joyas,<br />
Executive Director, Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI),<br />
Philippines<br />
WORKSHOP 3 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
A Deeper Look at Programs that Work with the Ultra-Poor:<br />
From Safety Net Programs to Other Innovations<br />
Sala de Cámara<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Aude de Montesquiou, Microfinance Analyst, Consultative Group to<br />
Assist the Poor (CGAP), France<br />
Author | Nathanael Goldberg, Policy Director, Innovations for Poverty Action,<br />
USA<br />
Panelists | Gauthier Dieudonne, Director, CLM/ Ti-kredi Program, Fonkoze<br />
Financial Services, Haiti | Ingrid Munro, Chair, Jamii Bora Group, Kenya |<br />
C.S. Ghosh, Chairman & Managing Director, Bandhan India, India | Santa<br />
Euceda, General Manager, ODEF Financiera, S.A., Honduras | Muhammad<br />
Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh<br />
WORKSHOP 4 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Financial Literacy Programs that Work for the Clients and<br />
for the MFI<br />
Chair | Pamela Flaherty, President, Citi Foundation, USA<br />
Sala de Juntas 2<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Author | Monique Cohen, President & Founder, Microfinance Opportunities,<br />
USA<br />
Panelists | Syed Mohsin Ahmed, CEO, Pakistan Microfinance Network, Pakistan<br />
| María Matilde Olazábal, Director, Freedom from Hunger in México, Mexico |<br />
Alexandra Fiorillo, Chief Operating Officer, MFTransparency, USA | Richard<br />
Leftley, President & CEO, MicroEnsure, United Kingdom<br />
WORKSHOP 5 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
2
Sponsored by<br />
Johnson &<br />
Johnson<br />
WORKSHOP 6<br />
WORKSHOP 7<br />
WORKSHOP 8<br />
Why Integrating Microfinance, Health Education, and Other<br />
Forms of Health Protection is Good for Your Clients and<br />
Good for Your MFI, and How Can You Incorporate It<br />
Teatro Experimental<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Joy Marini, Director, Medical Education Worldwide, Johnson & Johnson,<br />
USA<br />
Author | Sheila Leatherman, Research Professor, Gillings School of Public<br />
Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA<br />
Panelists | Shameran Abed, Programme Head, Microfinance, BRAC, Bangladesh<br />
| DSK Rao, Regional Organiser for Asia Pacific, <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> Campaign,<br />
India | Rosario Perez, CEO, Pro Mujer, Inc., USA | Mamadou Diallo, Regional<br />
Manager, West Africa, Freedom from Hunger, Mali<br />
Obtaining Funds from New Financial Instruments and<br />
Mechanisms for Commercial and Emerging MFIs: From<br />
Funds to the Web<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Sala de Profesores<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Authors | Zina Sanyoura, Investment Manager & Elvira Espejo, Investment<br />
Associate, BlueOrchard Investments SARL, Switzerland | Tim Hassett, Vice-<br />
President of Microfinance, Kiva, USA<br />
Panelists | Anne-Marie Chidzero, CEO, AfriCap Microfinance Investment<br />
Company, Mauritius | Asad Mahmood, Managing Director, <strong>Global</strong> Social<br />
Investment Funds, Deutsche Bank, USA | Alex Silva, Executive Director,<br />
OMTRIX, Costa Rica<br />
Finding Solutions to the Currency Risk Challenge for MFIs,<br />
Investors, and Donor Agencies<br />
Sala Polivalente<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Chair | Dr. Steven C. Funk, Chairman, Funk Holdings Ltd., Race4Change, USA<br />
Author | Brian Cox, President, MFX Solutions, USA<br />
Panelists | Pilar Ramirez, President, Confie Holding SL, Bolivia | Robert<br />
Annibale, <strong>Global</strong> Director of Microfinance, Citi, USA | Jürgen Hammer, Head of<br />
Investment Unit, Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation, France | Ian<br />
Callaghan, Consultant, United Kingdom<br />
Examples of How Technology has Worked for the Clients<br />
and for MFIs, Especially for Those Living and Working in<br />
the Hardest to Reach Areas<br />
Chair | Álvaro Martín, Patron, Fundacion AFI, Spain<br />
Sala de Juntas 3<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Authors | David Edelstein (Author), Vice President, Technology Programs,<br />
Grameen Foundation, USA | Camilla Nestor (Presenter), Vice President,<br />
Microfinance, Grameen Foundation, USA<br />
Panelists | Murray Gardiner, Director of Microfinance & Community Banking,<br />
Temenos, Canada | Daouda Sawadogo, Director General, Reseau des Caisses<br />
Populaires du Burkina, Burkina Faso | Godfrey Supka, <strong>Global</strong> Business<br />
Development Manager, Fern Software, UAE | Kamal Budhabhatti, CEO, Craft<br />
Silicon, Kenya<br />
WORKSHOP 9<br />
Product Innovations: New Offerings that Maximize Benefits<br />
to Clients, MFIs, and their Communities<br />
Aula Teórica 4<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
3
Chair | Robert P. Christen, President, Boulder Institute of Microfinance, USA<br />
Authors | Michael Hamp, Senior Rural Finance Adviser, International Fund for<br />
Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy | Carolina Laureti, Fellow, Center for<br />
European Research in Microfinance (CERMi), Belgium<br />
Panelists | Graham Wright, Program Director, Microsave, India | Mohini<br />
Bhatia, Operations Officer South Asia, International Finance Corporation (IFC),<br />
India<br />
WORKSHOP 10<br />
WORKSHOP 11<br />
WORKSHOP 12<br />
When Clients Grow Old: Microfinance Strategies and<br />
Products that Address the Needs of the Elderly<br />
Aula de Danza 0.2<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Patricia Richter, Social Finance Program, International Labour<br />
Organization (ILO), Switzerland<br />
Author | John Hatch, Founder, FINCA International, USA<br />
Panelists | Reynold O. Walter, President, Regional Commission on<br />
Micropensions REDCAMIF & President of the Technical Committee on<br />
Micropension Projects in Central America, Guatemala | Alex Dimaculangan,<br />
President - CARD MRI Insurance Agency, Inc., & General Manager - CARD Mutual<br />
Benefit Assn., Inc., Philippines | Caroline Van Dullemen, Director, World<br />
Granny, The Netherlands | Jack Kupferman, Attorney, The NGO Committee on<br />
Ageing, USA<br />
Building a Successful Business Model for Islamic<br />
Microfinance<br />
Interpretación 5<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Ranya Abdel-Baki, Executive Director, Sanabel - The Microfinance<br />
Network of Arab Countries, Egypt<br />
Author | Mohammed Khaled, Regional representative for the Middle East and<br />
North Africa Region, CGAP, Saudi Arabia<br />
Panelists | Mohammed S. Al-lai, CEO, Al Amal Microfinance Bank, Yemen |<br />
Farida Tariq, CEO, Centre for Women Cooperative Development (CWCD),<br />
Pakistan | Mohamed Yasin, Executive Director, Tanzania ecoVolunteerism,<br />
Tanzania | Dr. Shafiq Dhanani, President Director & Founder, MBK Ventura,<br />
Indonesia | Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, Executive Director, Akhuwat,<br />
Pakistan<br />
Why Invest in People How to Develop Skilled and<br />
Committed MFI Staff in Order to Reach Strategic Objectives<br />
Chair | Graham Macmillan, Program Officer, Citi Foundation, USA<br />
Sala de Profesores<br />
Conservatorio, Level<br />
1<br />
Author | Peg Ross, Director, Human Capital Center, Grameen Foundation, USA<br />
Panelists | Samit Ghosh, Founder & CEO, Ujjivan, India | Md. Enamul<br />
Haque, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice-President, ASA/ASA<br />
International, Bangladesh | Eugenia Acosta, Director of Human Resources, Pro<br />
Mujer, Inc., USA | James Semekadde, Dean, School of Business, Livingstone<br />
International University of Mbale, Uganda | Luisa Brunori, Professor of Group<br />
Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy<br />
WORKSHOP 13<br />
Transforming from NGO to Regulated MFI While<br />
Maintaining Your Commitment to Empowering the Poor: A<br />
Step-by-Step Process<br />
Aula de Danza 0.1<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
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Chair | Vijayalakshmi Das, Managing Director, Ananya Finance for Inclusive<br />
Growth Pvt. Ltd., India<br />
Author | Felipe Portocarrero, Microfinance Specialist Consultant, International<br />
Finance Corporation (IFC), Peru<br />
Panelists | Mercedes Canalda de Beras-Goico, Executive Vice-President,<br />
ADOPEM, Dominican Republic | David Gibbons, Founder / Chairman,<br />
CASHPOR Micro Credit, India | Jennifer Riria, CEO, Kenya Women Finance<br />
Trust, Kenya | Rupert Scofield, CEO, FINCA International, USA<br />
WORKSHOP 14<br />
WORKSHOP 15<br />
WORKSHOP 16<br />
What Makes a Wholesale/Autonomous Microfinance Fund<br />
Work, and How Can Funds of Top Quality Expand Around<br />
the World<br />
Interpretación 4<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Professor Mario La Torre, Full Professor, Università di Roma La<br />
Sapienza Facoltà di Economia, & Member, Italian National Committee for<br />
<strong>Microcredit</strong>, Italy<br />
Author | Qazi Azmat Isa, CEO & Managing Director, Public Poverty Alleviation<br />
Foundation (PPAF), Pakistan<br />
Panelists | Fazlul Kader, Deputy Managing Director, Palli Karma Sahayak<br />
Foundation (PKSF), Bangladesh | Katrin Fakiri, Managing Director, MISFA,<br />
Afghanistan<br />
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY SESSION<br />
Changing the Mindset and Strengthening the Capacity of<br />
Financial Institutions, Governments, MFIs, and Other<br />
Stakeholders for Carrying Out Microfinance Programs<br />
through Effective Partnerships<br />
Sala de Ensayos 1<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Chair & Author | Maria Nowak, President, L'Association pour le droit à<br />
l'initiative économique (ADIE), France<br />
Panelists | Corrado Ferretti, President, Permicro, Italy | Jochen Bloss,<br />
Benchmark Manager, Deutsches Mikrofinanzinstitut, Germany | Luc<br />
Haegemanns, General Secretary, BNP Paribas, Belgium | Wendy Bauman,<br />
President & CVO, The Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation<br />
(WWBIC), USA<br />
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY SESSION<br />
Improving the Framework for <strong>Microcredit</strong> and<br />
Microenterprise: How Regulatory Changes Can Advance or<br />
Hinder the Industry<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Aula Teórica 3<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Author | Jason Adkins, Executive Director, Minnesota Catholic Conference, USA<br />
Panelists | Stéphanie Kpenou, Advocacy Officer, L'Association pour le droit à<br />
l'initiative économique (ADIE), France | Maria Doiciu, Senior Consultant on<br />
SMEs development & Microfinance, Eurom Consultancy and Studies, Romania |<br />
Daniel Sorrosal, Executive Secretary, European Microfinance Network (EMN),<br />
Belgium | Mikhail Mamuta, President, Russian Microfinance Center, Russia<br />
18:00 – 18:15 Break<br />
18:15 – 19:15 Associated Sessions I<br />
• Where Has All the Money Gone Aggregating Large Sala des Profesores -<br />
5
Amounts of Capital to Attack <strong>Global</strong> Poverty: Opportunities<br />
and Challenges<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Organizer | Steven Funk, Chairman, Funk Holdings Ltd., Race4Change, USA<br />
• Finance For The Poor: BBVA Microfinance Foundation‟s<br />
Experience<br />
Sala de Profesores -<br />
Conservatorio, Level<br />
1<br />
Organizer | Mariola Arlandis, Responsible for External Relations, BBVA<br />
Microfinance Foundation, Spain<br />
Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish.<br />
• MicroBank: Microfinance Adaptation to the Spanish Socio-<br />
Economic Environment, Through a Sustainable Social<br />
Banking Model<br />
Sala de Ensayos 1 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Organizer | Juan María Nin, Executive Vice President & CEO, CaixaBank,<br />
Spain<br />
Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish.<br />
• Developing a Community of Practice for the Integration of<br />
Microfinance and Health<br />
Interpretación 5 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Bobbi Gray, Research and Evaluation Specialist, Freedom from<br />
Hunger, and HAMED Facilitator, The SEEP Network, USA<br />
• Moving 100 Million Families Out of Severe Poverty: Can<br />
We Do It<br />
Sala de Juntas 1 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Organizer | Bob Sample, RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund, USA<br />
Panelists | Dr. John Hatch, Founder, FINCA, USA | Alex Counts, President,<br />
Grameen Foundation, USA | Dr. Maricruz Lacalle, Professor, University of<br />
Madrid, Spain<br />
• “Banking in the Cloud”: Transforming Microfinance Sala de Juntas 3 -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Organizer | Murray Gardiner, Director - Microfinance and Community Banking,<br />
Temenos, Canada<br />
• Agfund Model: Creating a Microfinance Bank in Six<br />
Months<br />
Sala Polivalente -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Organizer | Nasser Al-Kahtani, Executive Director, The Arab Gulf Program for<br />
Development (AGFUND), Saudi Arabia<br />
Panelists | Mohammed Khaled, Regional representative for the Middle East and<br />
North Africa Region, CGAP, Saudi Arabia | Bassem Kanfar, General Manager,<br />
National Microfinance Bank, Jordan | Mohammed Al-Lai, General Manager, Al<br />
Amal Bank, Yemen<br />
• The Emergence of a European Model in Microfinance Aula de Danza 0.1 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Sandra Moreau, Senior Programme Manager, European<br />
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Microfinance Network, Belgium<br />
Panelists | Michael Unterberg, Consultant & Researcher, Evers & Jung, Germany<br />
| Mirko Bendig, Consultant, Evers & Jung, Germany | Georgina Friederichs,<br />
International Relations Manager, Qredits, The Netherlands | Corrado Ferretti,<br />
President, PerMicro spa, Italy<br />
• The Peer-to-Peer <strong>Microcredit</strong>, Perspectives in Europe Sala de Juntas 2 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Organizer | Arnaud Poissonnier, Founder, Babyloan, France<br />
Panelists | Emmanuel de Lutzel, Head of Microfinance Unit, BNP Paribas &<br />
Board Member, e-MFP, France | Dr Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Microfinance Advisor,<br />
CARE International, UK<br />
• When Governments Attack MFIs: What Are the Legal<br />
Protections<br />
Organizer | Pablo Serrano de Haro, Partner, Clifford Chance, Spain<br />
Sala Polivalente -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Panelists | Pablo Serrano de Haro, Partner, Clifford Chance, Spain | Roger &<br />
Emma Matebalavu, Clifford Chance, United Kingdom<br />
09:00 – 10:30 TWO CONCURRENT PLENARY SESSIONS <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Plenary Session<br />
Challenges to the Field and Solutions: Over-Indebtedness,<br />
Client Drop-Outs, Unethical Collection Practices, Exorbitant<br />
Interest Rates, Mission Drift, Poor Governance Structures,<br />
and More<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Auditorio de<br />
Valladolid - CCMD,<br />
Level 2<br />
Author | Anton Simanowitz, Founder, Imp-Act Consortium, United Kingdom<br />
Panelists | Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor<br />
(CGAP), USA | Wolday Amha, Director, AEMFI, Ethiopia | Roshaneh Zafar,<br />
Managing Director, Kashf Foundation, Pakistan | Fabiola Cespedes, Social<br />
Performance Coordinator, Foro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Finanzas Rurales<br />
(FOROLACFR), Bolivia<br />
Spanish Track Mini-Plenary Session<br />
Lessons Learned From Spanish Actions in Microfinance<br />
Abroad<br />
Sala de Cámara<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Armando Muriel, Managing Partner, NODUS Consultores, Spain<br />
Author | José Moisés Martín Carretero, Department Head for Multilateral<br />
Cooperation and FONPRODE, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation<br />
(AECID), Spain<br />
Panelists | Antonique Koning, Microfinance Specialist, Consultative Group to<br />
Assist the Poor (CGAP), France | Manuel Méndez del Río Piovich, Director,<br />
Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, Spain | María Jesús Pérez, Director of the<br />
Department of Social Research and Innovation, CODESPA, Spain | Francisco<br />
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10:30 – 11:00 Break<br />
Aperador Garza, Migration Technical Team, CARITAS, Spain | Esther Pino<br />
Jiménez, Director of Advocacy and Political Cooperation, Fundación Ayuda en<br />
Acción, Spain<br />
11:00 – 12:30 Workshop Sessions<br />
WORKSHOP 17 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Women Are Useful to Microfinance: How Can We Make<br />
Microfinance More Useful to Women<br />
Sala de Cámara<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President & CEO, Women's World Banking,<br />
USA<br />
Author | Linda Mayoux, International Consultant to Hivos and Oxfam Novib's<br />
WEMAN Programme, The Netherlands<br />
Panelists | Rogaya Hamza, LEAP Project Manager, Port Sudan for Small<br />
Enterprises Development (PASED), Sudan | Shazreh Hussain, Gender Consultant,<br />
Pakistan Microfinance Network, Pakistan | Iris Lanao Flores, Executive Director,<br />
FINCA Peru, Peru | Patricia Padilla, Executive Director, Asociación Alternativa<br />
Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres (ADIM), Nicaragua<br />
WORKSHOP 18 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
What Have We Learned about the Most Effective Ways to<br />
Use Micro-Insurance to Reduce Vulnerability: Health, Life,<br />
Disaster and More<br />
Sala Polivalente<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Chair | Marten Leijon, Executive Director, Microfinance Information Exchange<br />
(MIX), USA<br />
Author | Richard Leftley, President & CEO, MicroEnsure, United Kingdom<br />
Panelists | Anne Hastings, CEO, Fonkoze Financial Services, Haiti | Pompy<br />
Sridhar, Vice President - Programme, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, India<br />
| Craig Churchill, Social Finance Programme, International Labour Organization<br />
(ILO), Switzerland | Thérèse Sandmark, Agricultural Microinsurance Officer,<br />
Grameen Credit Acrigole Microfinance Foundation, France<br />
WORKSHOP 19 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Is Transparency Enough: What Is Fair and Ethical When It<br />
Comes to Interest Rates in Microfinance<br />
Teatro Experimental<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion at<br />
ACCION International, USA<br />
Author | Chuck Waterfield, CEO & President, MFTransparency, USA<br />
Panelists | Nadine Chehade, Business Development Manager, Planet Rating,<br />
Lebanon | Henry Oloo Oketch, Independent Consultant, Kenya | PN<br />
Vasudevan, Managing Director, Equitas, India | Carlos Danel, Co-Founder,<br />
Compartamos S.A.B. DE C.V., Mexico<br />
WORKSHOP 20 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
What Can Branchless Banking Do to Advance the Field and<br />
What Can It Not Do From Mobile Banking to Point-of-<br />
Service<br />
Sala de Juntas 1<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Chair | William Van Dyke, Citi Country Officer <strong>Global</strong> Banking, Citi, Spain<br />
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Author | Claire Alexandre, Senior Program Officer, The Bill & Melinda Gates<br />
Foundation, USA<br />
Panelists | Olga Morawczynski, Mobile Financial Services Incubator Project<br />
Director, AppLab, Grameen Foundation, Uganda | Abbas Sikander, Group<br />
Executive Director, Tameer Bank, Pakistan | Stephen Rasmussen, Manager<br />
Technology & Business Model Innovation, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor<br />
(CGAP), USA<br />
WORKSHOP 21 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
<strong>Microcredit</strong> and Crop Agriculture: New Technologies and<br />
Other Innovations to Address Food Insecurity Among the<br />
Poor<br />
Sala de Juntas 2<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Chair | K.G. Karmakar, Managing Director, National Bank for Agriculture and<br />
Rural Development (NABARD), India<br />
Author | Calvin Miller, Senior Officer, Agribusiness and Finance, Food and<br />
Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Italy<br />
Panelists | Claudio González Vega, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University,<br />
USA | Laura Vigano, Director of the Research Center on International Cooperation,<br />
Università di Bergamo, Italy | Stephanie Hanson, Director of Policy &<br />
Outreach, One Acre Fund, USA<br />
WORKSHOP 22<br />
WORKSHOP 23<br />
WORKSHOP 24<br />
How Have Micro-Franchises Improved Income<br />
Opportunities and the Lives of Community Members, and<br />
How Can MFIs Make Them Available to Their Clients<br />
Aula de Danza 0.1<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Antonio Garrigues, Chairman, Garrigues Abogados y Asesores<br />
Tributarios, Spain<br />
Author | Jason Fairbourne, CEO, Fairbourne Consulting, USA<br />
Panelists | Malini Tolat, Program Manager, Solutions for the Poorest, Grameen<br />
Foundation, Uganda | Elena Heredero, Senior Project Specialist, Multilateral<br />
Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank, USA | Caroline<br />
Misan, Manager, Sales & Operations - Latin America, VisionSpring, USA |<br />
Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh<br />
Sharing the Lessons Learned on Strengthening MFIs so that<br />
They Can Weather the Challenges of the Current and<br />
Future Financial Crises and Fluctuations in Food and Fuel<br />
Prices<br />
Sala de Junta 3<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Chair | Anne-Marie Chidzero, CEO, AfriCap Microfinance Investment<br />
Company, Mauritius<br />
Author | Adrian Gonzalez, Lead Researcher, Microfinance Information<br />
Exchange, Inc. (MIX), USA<br />
Panelists | Udaia Kumar, Managing Director, SHARE Microfin Limited, India |<br />
Carmen Velasco, Co-Founder & Director, Pro Mujer, Inc., Bolivia<br />
From Micro- to Small and Medium Enterprise: How Do<br />
You Grow with Your Clients, Especially the Women, or<br />
Allow Them to Graduate to Institutions that Can Meet Their<br />
Expanding Needs<br />
Aula Polivalente<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Chair | Shari Berenbach, Director of Microenterprise Development, USAID,<br />
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USA<br />
Author | Roshaneh Zafar, Managing Director, Kashf Foundation, Pakistan<br />
Panelists | Veronicah Namagembe, Managing Director, Pride Microfinance<br />
Limited (MDI), Uganda | Vipin Sharma, Executive Director, ACCESS<br />
Development Services, India | Maria Teresa Zapia, Chief Credit Officer,<br />
BlueOrchard Finance, S.A., Switzerland<br />
WORKSHOP 25<br />
WORKSHOP 26<br />
WORKSHOP 27<br />
WORKSHOP 28<br />
The Debate on Outreach and Impact of Microfinance: What<br />
Do We Know and How Do We Know It<br />
Sala de Profesores<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Chair | Christopher Dunford, Senior Research Fellow, Freedom from Hunger,<br />
USA<br />
Author | David Gibbons, Founder & Chairman, CASHPOR Micro Credit, India<br />
Panelists | Aniceta Alip, Research Director, CARD MRI, Philippines |<br />
Kathleen Odell, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brennan School of Business,<br />
Dominican University, USA | Gloria Dias Campoblanco, Director of<br />
CrediMUJER, Movimiento Manuela Ramos, Peru | Annie Duflo, Vice President,<br />
Research Director, Innovations for Poverty Action, USA<br />
Microfinance as a Vehicle to Create a Platform for<br />
Ownership of Financial Institutions by the Poor<br />
Chair | Henri Dommel, Director, FIPA Unit, UNCDF/UNDP, USA<br />
Aula Teórica 4<br />
Escuela de Danza<br />
Level 1<br />
Author | Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre, Bangladesh<br />
Panelists | Isabel Cruz Hernandez, President, Foro Latinoamericano y del Caribe<br />
de Finanzas Rurales (FOROLACFR), Mexico | Chief Bisi Ogunleye, National<br />
Coordinator & Executive Director, Country Women’s Association of Nigeria<br />
(COWAN), Nigeria | Jeff Ashe, Director of Community Finance, Oxfam America,<br />
USA<br />
Empowering the Children of Microentrepreneurs with<br />
Primary and Secondary Education, College Scholarships<br />
and Loans, and Financial Services for Their Businesses<br />
Aula Teórica 3<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Joanne Carter, Executive Director, RESULTS/RESULTS Educational<br />
Fund, USA<br />
Authors | Professor H.I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust, Bangladesh<br />
| Shafiqul Islam, Director, BRAC, Bangladesh<br />
Panelists | Nurjahan Begum, Managing Director, Grameen Shikkha (Education),<br />
Bangladesh | Nick Cain, Regional Program Manager - Latin America + Africa,<br />
Vittana, USA<br />
How Can Microfinance for Housing Catalyze Slum<br />
Improvements and New Settlements<br />
Sala de Profesores<br />
Conservatorio, Level<br />
1<br />
Chair | Robert Annibale, <strong>Global</strong> Director of Microfinance, Citi, United Kingdom<br />
Author | Patrick Kelley, Director of International Housing Finance, Habitat for<br />
Humanity, USA<br />
Panelists | Rose Molokoane, Chair, Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP),<br />
Coordinator, Slum Dwellers International, South Africa | Mohammed Munyanya,<br />
Architect, Kenya | Elissa McCarter, Vice President, Office of Development<br />
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Finance, CHF International, USA | Maria Sonia Vicenta Fadrigo, Regional<br />
Director, Homeless People's Federation, Philippines<br />
WORKSHOP 29<br />
WORKSHOP 30<br />
WORKSHOP 31<br />
WORKSHOP 32<br />
How Can Microfinance Programs Help the Struggle Against<br />
Social Problems Such as Begging, Child Labor, Prostitution,<br />
Violence Against Women, Criminality, Gangs and Drug<br />
Addiction<br />
Interpretación 5<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Dr. Nandini Azad, Director, Working Women’s Forum, & Chairperson,<br />
Independent Commission for People’s Rights and Development (ICPRD), India<br />
Author | William Maddocks, SMDP Coordinator, Carsey Institute, University of<br />
New Hampshire, USA<br />
Panelists | Ingrid Munro, Chair, Jamii Bora Group, Kenya | Tamim Islam,<br />
Director of Development, Grameen Trust, Bangladesh | John de Wit, Managing<br />
Director, The Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF), South Africa<br />
Best Practices for National and Regional Microfinance<br />
Networks<br />
Interpretación 4<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Jennifer Riria, CEO, Kenya Women Finance Trust, & Chairperson, AMFI<br />
Kenya, Kenya<br />
Author | Jenny Morgan, Director, Network Development Services, The SEEP<br />
Network, USA<br />
Panelists | Javier Vaca, Executive Director, Red Financiera Rural, Ecuador |<br />
Ranya Abdel-Baki, Executive Director, Sanabel - The Microfinance Network of<br />
Arab Countries, Egypt | Abdul Awal, Executive Director, Credit and Development<br />
Forum (CDF), Bangladesh | Juan José Lagos, President, REDCAMIF, Honduras<br />
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY SESSION<br />
Combining Social and Financial Performance: A Paradox Sala de Ensayos 1<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Chair | Aldo Moauro, Executive Director, MicroFinanza Rating, Italy<br />
Authors | Cécile Lapenu (Author), Director, Comité d’Echanges de Réflexion et<br />
d’Information sur les Systèmes d’Epargne-crédit (CERISE), France | Florent<br />
Bédécarrats (Presenter), Director of Research & Development, CERISE, France<br />
Panelists | Katarzyna Pawlak, Deputy Director, Microfinance Center (MFC),<br />
Poland | Connie Evans, President & CEO, Association for Enterprise Opportunity<br />
(AEO), USA | Hugo Couderé, Managing Director, Alterfin, Belgium<br />
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY SESSION<br />
Innovative Practices for Industrialized Nations: One-Stop<br />
Shopping, Standardized Credit Platforms, E-Money Systems,<br />
and Reaching Poor Youth, the Excluded, and the Most<br />
Vulnerable<br />
Aula de Danza 0.2<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Mikhail Mamuta, President, Russian Microfinance Center, Russia<br />
Author | Faisel Rahman, Managing Director, Fair Finance, United Kingdom<br />
Panelists | Maria Cristina Negro, Secretary General, Fondazione Giordano<br />
Dell'Amore (FGDA), Italy | Janie Barrera, President & CEO, ACCION Texas-<br />
Louisiana, USA | Nazrul I. Chowdhury, Microfinance Advisor, Fundación<br />
Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Spain<br />
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12:30 – 14:00 Lunch<br />
14:00 – 15:30 TWO CONCURRENT PLENARY SESSIONS <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
15:30 – 16:00 Break<br />
Plenary Session<br />
Social Business and Microfinance: Building Partnerships<br />
with Corporations and Other Entities To Speed the End of<br />
Poverty<br />
Auditorio de<br />
Valladolid<br />
Chair | Dª Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Secretary of State for International<br />
Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,, Spain<br />
Author | Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh<br />
Panelists | Franck Riboud, Chairman & CEO, Groupe Danone, France |<br />
Antonio Romero, Director del Área Asociativa, Confederación Española de Cajas de<br />
Ahorros (CECA), Spain<br />
Spanish Track Mini-Plenary Session<br />
The Impact of Microfinance in Spain: Case Study and<br />
Recommendations for the Future<br />
Sala de Cámara<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Begoña Gutiérrez-Nieto, Associate Professor, University of Zaragoza,<br />
Spain<br />
Authors | Maricruz Lacalle Calderón, Executive Director, Universidad<br />
Autónoma de Madrid, Spain | Silvia Rico Garrido, Deputy Director, Head of<br />
Research & Founder, Fundación Nantik Lum, Spain<br />
Panelists | José Francisco de Conrado, President, MicroBank, Spain | Jean<br />
Claude Ferrera, Founder & Director, Asociación de Comunidades Autofinanciadas<br />
(ACAF), Spain | Jaime Durán, Professor in the <strong>Microcredit</strong> for Development<br />
Master Program, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain | Maria Nowak,<br />
President, L'Association pour le droit à l'initiative économique (ADIE), France<br />
16:00 – 17:00 Associated Sessions<br />
• Grameen <strong>Global</strong> Network: Experience-Sharing and<br />
Program Update<br />
Sala de Cámara -<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Organizer | Professor H. I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust,<br />
Bangladesh<br />
Chair | Muhammed Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh<br />
• SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Industrialized Country <strong>Microcredit</strong> for Social and Financial<br />
Inclusion: A Conversation with Clients<br />
Sala de Juntas 1 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Organizer | Nazrul I. Chowdhury, Microfinance Consultant, Fundación Instituto<br />
de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Spain<br />
• The Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance: A First<br />
Reflection<br />
Sala de Juntas 2 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Organizer | Ben Simmes, Deputy Managing Director & Director - Social<br />
Performance and Financial Analysis, Oikocredit, The Netherlands<br />
Chair | Theo Brouwers, Director, SNS Impact Investing, The Netherlands<br />
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Panelists | James Gifford, Secretary, UNPRI / PIIF, United Kingdom | Dr.<br />
Jennifer Riria, Director, Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT), Kenya<br />
• Does Faith Matter: Exploring the Role of Faith-Based<br />
Microfinance Initiatives<br />
Aula de Danza 0.2 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Anna Pienaar, Programme Manager, Five Talents, United Kingdom<br />
• The Paris Appeal for Responsible Microfinance:<br />
“Convergences 2015”<br />
Sala de Profesores -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Organizer | Michaël Knaute, CEO, OXUS Development Network, & Executive<br />
Director, “Convergences 2015”, France<br />
Panelists | Jean-Luc Perron, Managing Director, Grameen Crédit Agricole<br />
Foundation, & Board Member, “Convergences 2015”, France | Emmanuel de<br />
Lutzel, Head of Microfinance Unit, BNP Paribas & Board Member, e-MFP, France<br />
| Arnaud Poissonnier, Founder, Babyloan, & Board Member, “Convergences<br />
2015”, France<br />
• Microfinance and Savings Banks: A Proximity Banking<br />
Model for the Unserved<br />
Aula de Danza 0.1 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizers | Chris De Noose, Managing Director, World Savings Banks Institute<br />
(WSBI), Belgium | CECA (Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros),<br />
Spain<br />
• Making Microfinance Institutions Disability Inclusive: A<br />
Call to Action<br />
Aula Teórica 1 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Joshua Goldstein, Principal Director for Economic Citizenship &<br />
Disability Inclusion, Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, USA<br />
Panelists | Flavia Bwire, Program Officer, Association of Microfinance<br />
Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU), Uganda | Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo,<br />
Coordinator for Disability and Inclusive Development, USAID, USA<br />
• Empowering the Poor from Social Entrepreneurship to<br />
Social Capitalists<br />
Interpretación 5 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Ruben de Castro y de Lara, Founder, President & CEO, Serving<br />
Humanity through Empowerment and Development (SHED), Inc., Philippines<br />
• The Psychology of Microfinance Interpretación 4 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Dr. Pamela Ryan, Co-Founder & Board Chair, Psychology Beyond<br />
Borders, USA<br />
Panelists | Dr. Luisa Brunori, Founder & President, International Observatory for<br />
Microfinance (IOM), Italy<br />
• <strong>Microcredit</strong> in Latin America: A Tool for Development Sala Polivalente -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
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17:00 – 17:15 Break<br />
Organizer | Pilar Vereda del Abril, Fundación Iberoamericana para el Desarrollo<br />
(FIDE), Madrid<br />
Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish.<br />
• Holly Mosher Presents a Series Segments from Her Latest<br />
Film Bonsai: Muhammad Yunus’ Vision for Social<br />
Business<br />
Organizer | Holly Mosher, Director, Hummingbird Pictures LLC, USA<br />
• How Microfinance and Technology-for-Development (T4D)<br />
Can Benefit from Pro Bono Consultants and Skills-Based<br />
Volunteers<br />
Teatro Experimental<br />
- CCMD, Level 2<br />
Sala Polivalente -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Organizer | Shannon Maynard, Director, Bankers without Borders ® , Grameen<br />
Foundation, USA<br />
• <strong>Microcredit</strong>: The Entrepreneurial Ethic Promotes Financial<br />
Development<br />
17:15 – 19:00 Plenary Session<br />
Sala de Profesores -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Héctor García Arias, Secretary General, Confederación de<br />
Organizaciones Empresariales de Castilla y León (CECALE), Spain<br />
Panelists | Aldo Moauro, President, MicroFinanza Rating, Italy<br />
Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish.<br />
Presentations at the Ministerial Level<br />
Auditorio de<br />
Valladolid<br />
Panelists | H.E. Giselle Burillo Sáiz, Minister of the Authority of Micro, Small<br />
and Medium Enterprise, Panama | H.E. Mayi Antillón Guerrero, Minister of<br />
Economy, Commerce and Industry of Costa Rica, Costa Rica | H.E. Mamadou<br />
Tangara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Gambia |<br />
H.E. Syarifuddin Hasan, State Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs, Indonesia |<br />
H.E. Abrâo Pio de Amaral dos Santos Gourgel, Minister of Economy, Angola |<br />
H.E. Aiuba Cuereneia, Minister of Planning and Development, Mozambique<br />
19:00 – 20:30 Delegate Reception CCMD<br />
09:00 – 10:30 Plenary Session <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
10:30 – 11:00 Break<br />
A Guided Inquiry and Discussion: Where Do You Want the<br />
field to be in 10 Years or More and What Could You or Your<br />
Institution Do to Get Us There<br />
Facilitator | Dave Ellis, President, The Brande Foundation, USA<br />
11:00 – 12:30 Workshop Sessions<br />
Auditorio de<br />
Valladolid<br />
WORKSHOP 33 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
14
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs): The Field‟s Salvation or<br />
Downfall<br />
Sala de Cámara<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Larry Reed, Incoming Director, <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> Campaign, USA<br />
Authors | Vikram Akula, Founder & CEO, SKS Microfinance, India | Sanjay<br />
Sinha, Managing Director, Micro-Credit Ratings International Limited (M-CRIL),<br />
India<br />
Panelists | Carlos Danel, Co-Founder, Compartamos Banco, Mexico |<br />
Antonique Koning, Microfinance Specialist, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor<br />
(CGAP), France | Anne-Marie Chidzero, CEO, AfriCap Microfinance Investment<br />
Company, Mauritius | Chuck Waterfield, CEO & President, MFTransparency,<br />
USA<br />
WORKSHOP 34 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Best Practices in Community Managed Savings Groups and<br />
Other Forms of Micro-Savings for Successfully and<br />
Sustainably Reaching the Very Poor<br />
Chair | Graham Wright, Program Director, Microsave, India<br />
Sala Polivalente<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Authors | Jeff Ashe, Director of Community Finance, Oxfam America, USA |<br />
Chris De Noose, Managing Director, World Savings Bank Institute, Belgium |<br />
Lauren Hendricks, Executive Director, Access Africa, CARE USA, Tanzania<br />
Panelist | Djarot Kusumayakti, Managing Director, Bank Rakyat Indonesia<br />
(BRI), Indonesia<br />
WORKSHOP 35 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
What is the Low-Bar and What is the High-Bar on Client<br />
Protection<br />
Teatro Experimental<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Davy Serge Azakpame, CEO, Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN),<br />
Benin<br />
Author | Beth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion at<br />
ACCION International, USA<br />
Panelists | Essma Ben Hamida, Co-Founder & Executive Director, enda interarabe,<br />
Tunisia | Carolina Benavides, Social Assets Manager, Mibanco, Peru |<br />
Boubacar Diallo, Director, MISION Africa Project, Catholic Relief Services, Benin<br />
| Dolores Torres, President & CEO, CARD Bank, Inc., Philippines<br />
WORKSHOP 36 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
What is the Cutting Edge for Microfinance in Remote, Hardto-Reach<br />
Areas<br />
Sala de Juntas 2<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Chair | Makanda Kioko, <strong>Global</strong> Product Leader for Microfinance, Access to<br />
Finance Advisory, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kenya<br />
Authors | Anne Hastings, CEO, Fonkoze Financial Services, Haiti | Steven<br />
Werlin, Regional Director, Fonkoze, Haiti<br />
Panelists | Harihar Dev Pant, Executive Director, Nirdhan Utthan Bank Ltd.<br />
(MFI), Nepal | Daouda Sawadogo, Executive Director, Réseau des Caisses<br />
Populaires du Burkina, Burkina Faso | Praseeda Kunam, President, Samhita<br />
Microfinance, India<br />
WORKSHOP 37 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
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Breaking the Rules of Microfinance to Better End Poverty<br />
and Catalyze Its Transformational Dimension:<br />
Conversations with Industry Pioneers to Explore the Soul of<br />
Microfinance<br />
Sala de Juntas 1<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Chair | Sharon D'Onofrio, Executive Director, The SEEP Network, USA<br />
Author | Lynne Patterson, Co-Founder & Co-Director, Pro Mujer, Inc., USA<br />
Panelists | Muhammed Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh | John<br />
Hatch, Founder, FINCA International, USA<br />
WORKSHOP 38<br />
WORKSHOP 39<br />
WORKSHOP 40<br />
WORKSHOP 41<br />
Growing Potential: Microfinance-Plus Approaches to<br />
Cultivating the New Generation of Young Clients<br />
Aula Teórica 3<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Ousmane Thiongane, Chairman, Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN),<br />
Benin<br />
Author | Lara Storm, Director, Youth-Inclusive Financial Services, Making Cents<br />
International, USA<br />
Panelists | Jeroo Billimoria, Executive Director, Child and Youth Finance<br />
International, The Netherlands | Lisa Kuhn-Fraioli, Vice President of Latin<br />
America, Freedom from Hunger, USA | David Mukaru, Head of Micro Credit &<br />
Youth Banking, Equity Bank - Kenya, Kenya<br />
Learning from Real World Experiences: Lessons Learned in<br />
Using Microfinance in Post Conflict and Post Disaster<br />
Situations<br />
Aula Polivalente<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Chair | Roshaneh Zafar, Managing Director, Kashf Foundation, Pakistan<br />
Author | Warner Woodworth, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Brigham<br />
Young University, USA<br />
Panelists | Carissa Page, Office of Microenterprise Development, USAID, USA |<br />
Alex Silva, Executive Director, OMTRIX, Costa Rica | Reverend Tambwe wa<br />
Tambwe Musangelu, Executive Director, Diku Dilenga RD du Congo, Democratic<br />
Republic of Congo<br />
Remittances and Microfinance: Using Remittances for<br />
Productive Investments that Contribute to Sustainable<br />
Community Development<br />
Interpretación 5<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | Katleen Felix, Project Director & Diaspora Coordinator, Fonkoze<br />
Financial Services, Canada<br />
Author | David Myhre, Microfinance Consultant, USA<br />
Panelists | Mariel Vincent A. Rapisura, President & CEO, Social Enterprise<br />
Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI), Philippines | Hon. Soukeyna Ndiaye Ba,<br />
Executive Director, INAFI International, Senegal | Maria Soledad Martinez<br />
Peria, Lead Economist, World Bank, USA | Joaquin Mata, General Manager of<br />
<strong>Global</strong> Financial Services, Telefónica, Spain<br />
How Can Microfinance Contribute to Restoring Dignity and<br />
Transforming Lives in Urban Slums<br />
Sala de Profesores<br />
Conservatorio, Level<br />
1<br />
Chair | Dr. Aziz Akgül, Former Director for Diyarbakr, Parliament of the Grand<br />
National Assembly, Turkey<br />
Authors | Rob Gailey, Director, Center for International Development, Associate<br />
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Professor, School of Business, Point Loma Nazarene University, USA | Rebecca<br />
Harver, Spanish Major, Point Loma Nazarene University, USA<br />
Panelists | Ingrid Munro, Chair, Jamii Bora Group, Kenya | Dr. Nandini Azad,<br />
Director, Working Women’s Forum, & Chairperson, Independent Commission for<br />
People’s Rights and Development (ICPRD), India | Lutwama Muhammed,<br />
Operations Manager, ACTogether Uganda, Uganda | Sachi Shenoy, Executive<br />
Director, Upaya Social Ventures, USA<br />
WORKSHOP 42<br />
Where Is Microfinance Most Powerfully Linked with<br />
Sustainable Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Water and<br />
Sanitation to End Poverty and Mitigate Climate Change<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Aula de Danza 0.1<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Author | Nicola Armacost, Managing Director & Co-Founder, ARC Finance,<br />
USA<br />
Panelists | Armando Gutierrez, General Director, PRESTANIC, Nicaragua |<br />
Joyce deMucci, <strong>Global</strong> Marketing & Business Development, Barefoot Power Ltd.,<br />
Australia | Tamim Islam, Director of Development, Grameen Trust, Bangladesh |<br />
April Rinne, Director of WaterCredit, Water.org, USA<br />
WORKSHOP 43 <strong>Microcredit</strong> and Job Creation Interpretación 4<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Author | Bernd Balkenhol, Director, Social Finance Programme, International<br />
Labour Organization (ILO), Switzerland<br />
Panelists | Jennifer Riria, CEO, Kenya Women Finance Trust, Kenya | Pilar<br />
Ramirez, President, Confie Holding SL, Bolivia | R.P.B. Thilakasiri, Director<br />
General, Samurdhi Authority, Sri Lanka | Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director,<br />
Yunus Centre, Bangladesh<br />
WORKSHOP 44<br />
WORKSHOP 45<br />
Process of Designing and Implementing a National Strategy<br />
for Financial Inclusion: Challenges and Lessons Learned<br />
Sala de Profesores<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Chair | Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP),<br />
USA<br />
Author | Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, United Nations Capital<br />
Development Fund (UNCDF), USA<br />
Panelists | Reynaldo Marconi, Executive Secretary, ASOFIN, Bolivia | Nasser<br />
Al-Khatani, Executive Director, AGFUND, Saudi Arabia | Betty Wilkinson,<br />
Principal Financial Sector Specialist, Public Management, Financial Sector and<br />
Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF), Asian Development Bank, Philippines<br />
Motivating Your Board of Directors to Actively Promote and<br />
Deepen Your Social Mission<br />
Chair | Scott Brown, President & CEO, VisionFund, USA<br />
Aula Teórica 4<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Authors | Aldo Moauro, Executive Director, MicroFinanza Rating, Italy |<br />
Micol Guarneri, Director of SPM services, Microfinanza Srl, Italy<br />
Panelists | Florent Bédécarrats, Coordinator of Research & Development, Comité<br />
d’Echanges de Réflexion et d’Information sur les Systèmes d’Epargne-crédit<br />
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(CERISE), France | Rosalind Copisaro, Managing Director, Oikocredit, The<br />
Netherlands | Shankar Man Shrestha, CEO, Rural Microfinance Development<br />
Centre Ltd. (RMDC), Nepal | Laura Foose, Director, Social Performance Task<br />
Force (SPTF), USA<br />
WORKSHOP 46<br />
WORKSHOP 47<br />
WORKSHOP 48<br />
Discussion of Nationwide Surveys in India and Bangladesh<br />
on Client Movement Above the US$1.25 a Day Threshold<br />
and on Tools MFIs Are Using to Measure that Movement<br />
Sala de Juntas 3<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Chair | DSK Rao, Regional Organiser for Asia Pacific, <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong><br />
Campaign, India<br />
Panelists | Sambit Rath, Researcher, India Development Foundation, India |<br />
Sajjad Zohir, Research Director, Economic Research Group, Bangladesh |<br />
Bappaditya Mukhopadhyay, Research Fellow, India Development Foundation,<br />
India | Shari Berenbach, Director of Microenterprise Development, USAID, USA<br />
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY SESSION<br />
The Importance of Business Development Services for<br />
Microfinance Clients in Industrialized Countries<br />
Aula de Danza 0.2<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Chair & Author | Connie Evans, President & CEO, Association for Enterprise<br />
Opportunity (AEO), USA<br />
Panelists | Aaron Barbour, Head of Links UK, Community Links, United<br />
Kingdom | Wendy Bauman, President & CVO, The Wisconsin Women's Business<br />
Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), USA<br />
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY SESSION<br />
When Does a Well-Designed Group Methodology and When<br />
Does a Well-Designed Individual Methodology Work Best to<br />
Strengthen Social and Financial Inclusion, and What Are<br />
Those Designs<br />
Sala de Ensayos 1<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Chair | Olga Garcia Frey, General Manager Commercial, Instituto de Crédito<br />
Oficial, Spain<br />
Author | Ana-María Fuertes, Director, Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo<br />
Local, & Director, Master en Cooperación al Desarrollo, Universidad Jaume I, Spain<br />
| Nazrul I. Chowdhury, Microfinance Advisor, Fundación Instituto de Crédito<br />
Oficial (ICO), Spain<br />
Panelists | Vasil Davaliev, Executive Director, <strong>Microcredit</strong> Foundation Horizonti,<br />
Macedonia | Lisa Servon, Dean & Associate Professor, Milano School for<br />
Management and Urban Policy - The New School, USA | Maria Faddoul, Adie<br />
International Manager, L'Association pour le droit à l'initiative économique (ADIE),<br />
France | Vidar Jorgensen, President, Grameen America, USA<br />
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch<br />
14:00 – 15:30 TWO CONCURRENT PLENARY SESSIONS <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Plenary Session<br />
Presentations of Institutional Action Plans (IAP)<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Auditorio de<br />
Valladolid - CCMD,<br />
Level 2<br />
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15:30 – 16:00 Break<br />
Panelists | Sir Fazle Abed, Founder & Chairperson, BRAC, Bangladesh |<br />
Gauthier Dieudonne, Director, CLM/ Ti-kredi Program, Fonkoze Financial<br />
Services, Haiti<br />
Spanish Track Mini-Plenary Session<br />
Microfinance for Social and Financial Inclusion: Models to<br />
Ensure that No One is Excluded From Access to<br />
Opportunities<br />
Sala de Cámara -<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
Chair | Carlos Álvarez, General Director, Fundación Instituto de Crédito Oficial<br />
(ICO), Spain<br />
Authors | Nazrul I. Chowdhury, Microfinance Advisor, Fundación Instituto de<br />
Crédito Oficial (ICO), Spain | Carmen Pérez, Head of Social Economics &<br />
<strong>Microcredit</strong>, Fundación Cajasol, Spain<br />
Panelists | Marcelo Abbad, General Director, Fundación Intervida, & Founder,<br />
MACS Consultoría Social, Spain | Ana Gorestegui, Director, MACS Consultoria<br />
Social and Transformando S.Coop.Mad, Spain | Fernando Vega Holm, Director<br />
of Social Investment and Foundations Relations, Banca Cívica, Spain | Carlos<br />
Balado García, Director of Social Work and Institutional Relations, CECA, Spain<br />
16:00 – 17:30 TWO CONCURRENT PLENARY SESSIONS <strong>Engl</strong>ish | Spanish | French<br />
Plenary Session<br />
Using Microfinance to Ensure Sustainable Rural<br />
Livelihoods and Food Security While Mitigating Climate<br />
Change<br />
Auditorio de<br />
Valladolid - CCMD,<br />
Level 2<br />
Title 1: Using Microfinance Plus Agricultural Services to Improve Rural<br />
Livelihoods and Food Security<br />
Authors | Sir Fazle Abed, Founder & Chairperson, BRAC, Bangladesh | Susan<br />
Davis, President & CEO, BRAC USA, USA | Dr. Mahabub Hossain, Executive<br />
Director, BRAC and BRAC International, Bangladesh | Rod Dubitsky, Executive<br />
Vice President, PIMCO Advisory Group, USA<br />
Title 2: Towards Reinventing Microfinance through Solving the “Last Mile<br />
Problem”: Bringing Clean Energy Solutions and Actionable Information to the<br />
Poor<br />
Author | Alex Counts, President & CEO, Grameen Foundation, USA<br />
Chair | TBA<br />
Panelists | Prakash Bakshi, Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural<br />
Development (NABARD), India | Shameran Abed, Programme Head,<br />
Microfinance, BRAC, Bangladesh | Claudio González Vega, Professor Emeritus,<br />
Ohio State University, USA | Laté Lawson-Lartego, Director, Economic<br />
Development Unit/CARE, USA | Nicola Armacost, Managing Director & Co-<br />
Founder, ARC Finance, USA<br />
Spanish Track Mini-Plenary Session<br />
Instruments and Actors of Spanish Actions in Microfinance<br />
Abroad: How do They Complement Each Other<br />
Chair | Verónica López, Director, Fundación AFI, Spain<br />
Sala de Cámara -<br />
CCMD, Level 2<br />
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Authors | Koldo Unceta, Applied Economics Professor, Instituto de Estudios<br />
sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación, Spain | Jorge Gutierrez, Professor, Instituto de<br />
Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación, Spain<br />
Panelists | José Moisés Martín Carretero, Department Head for Multilateral<br />
Cooperation and FONPRODE, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation<br />
(AECID), Spain | Antonio Vereda del Abril, President, Fundación<br />
Iberoamericana para el Desarrollo (FIDE), Spain | Rosa María Brugés Bueno,<br />
Deputy Director of Cooperation, FUNDESO, Spain | José María Matellán Pérez,<br />
Director of Quality and Systems, Habitáfrica, Spain | Agustín Vitórica, Co-<br />
Founder and CEO, Ambers & Co, Spain<br />
17:30 – 18:00 Break<br />
18:00 – 19:00 Associated Sessions<br />
• Film viewing of Climbing the Ladder: The Jamii Bora<br />
Story<br />
Organizer | The <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> Campaign, USA<br />
Teatro Experimental<br />
– CCMD, Level 2<br />
• Improving the Effectiveness of Group Lending Sala Polivalente -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Organizers | Anton Simanowitz, Research Manager, IDS, University of Sussex,<br />
United Kingdom | Lisa Kuhn-Fraioli, Vice President of Latin America, Freedom<br />
from Hunger, USA<br />
Chair | Asad Mahmood, Managing Director, <strong>Global</strong> Social Investment Funds,<br />
Deutsche Bank, USA<br />
• Student Involvement in Microfinance: The MFI Connect<br />
Story<br />
Organizer | Chris Temple, Founder & Director, MFI Connect, USA<br />
• <strong>Global</strong> Microscope on the Microfinance Business<br />
Environment <strong>2011</strong><br />
Sala de Profesores -<br />
Conservatorio, Level<br />
1<br />
Sala Polivalente -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Organizer | Renate Gamarra, Microfinance Consultant, Access to Finance –<br />
Microfinance, International Financial Corporation (IFC), USA<br />
• Methodologies for Female Inclusion in Microfinance Interpretación 5 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Claudia Revilla, Vice President, Red Lader, Mexico<br />
Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish.<br />
• <strong>Microcredit</strong>, Microinsurance, Health and Well-Being: The<br />
Research Challenges<br />
Sala de Profesores -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Organizer | Cam Donaldson, Yunus Chair in Social Business & Health, Glasgow<br />
Caledonian University, United Kingdom<br />
Panelists | Maricruz Lacalle Calderon, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de<br />
Madrid, & Founder, Foro Nantik Lum de MicroFinanzas, Spain | Javier Márquez<br />
Vigil, Professor, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain | Ramón Flores Sardá,<br />
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Senior Investment Officer, responsAbility Social Investments AG, Peru<br />
• SECOT as a Social Institution Supporting <strong>Microcredit</strong> Sala de Juntas 3 -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Organizer | Carmen Alemán Laín, Commercial Director, SECOT, Spain<br />
Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish.<br />
• Social Performance: What Does the Market Want<br />
Interpreting Research from MIX and Moody's Research<br />
Labs<br />
Sala de Juntas 2 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Organizers | Jody Rasch, Senior Vice President, Moody's Research Labs, USA |<br />
Micol Pistelli, Manager, Social Performance Program, Microfinance Information<br />
Exchange, Inc. (MIX), USA<br />
• Benefits and Challenges of Micropayments in Rural Areas Interpretación 4 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Organizer | Verónica López-Sabater, Director, Fundación AFI, Spain<br />
Please note that this session will be conducted in Spanish.<br />
09:00 – 13:00 Day-Long Courses<br />
COURSE 1<br />
Progress Out of Poverty Index (PPI): An Overview &<br />
Survey of Uses and Benefits<br />
Sala Polivalente -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 2<br />
Trainers | Jeff Toohig, Deputy Director, Grameen Foundation, USA |<br />
Margaret Richards, Education Specialist, IRIS Center, USA<br />
COURSE 2 Why Add Health to Microfinance Sala de Profesores -<br />
Conservatorio, Level<br />
1<br />
Trainers | Marcia Metcalfe, Director, Freedom from Hunger, USA | DSK Rao,<br />
Regional Organiser for Asia Pacific, <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> Campaign, India<br />
COURSE 3 Introduction to Financial Education Interpretación 5 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Trainer | Julie Lee, Training Officer, Microfinance Opportunities, USA<br />
COURSE 4<br />
Making the Business Case for Youth-Inclusive Financial<br />
Services<br />
Interpretación 4 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Trainer | Lara Storm, Director, Youth-Inclusive Financial Services, Making<br />
Cents International, USA<br />
COURSE 5<br />
Facilitating Transparent & Responsible Pricing in<br />
Microfinance<br />
Aula Teórica 1 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
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Trainer | Chuck Waterfield, CEO & President, MFTransparency, USA<br />
COURSE 6<br />
Learning to Plan for Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency<br />
while Reaching the Poorest Families<br />
Aula de Voz -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Trainer | Howard Brady, President & CEO, MFI Resources, USA<br />
COURSE 7<br />
Innovations in Microenterprise Development in<br />
Industrialized Countries<br />
Aula de Danza 0.2 -<br />
Escuela de Danza,<br />
Level 1<br />
Trainers | Stefanie Lämmermann, Program Director, European Microfinance<br />
Network (EMN), Belgium | Daniel Sorrosal, Executive Secretary, European<br />
Microfinance Network (EMN), Belgium | Nazrul I. Chowdhury, Microfinance<br />
Advisor, Fundación Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Spain | Wendy K.<br />
Baumann, President/CVO, The Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation<br />
(WWBIC), USA | Vincent Stulen, Project Head, Qredits, The Netherlands<br />
COURSE 8<br />
COURSE 8a<br />
Social Performance Initiatives<br />
Note: Senior MFI staff (CEO/COO/Operations manager) can sign up for the two day version<br />
of this course (Parts I and II).<br />
Part I - Introductory Course on Social Performance<br />
Initiatives, Indicators, and Tools<br />
Sala Polivalente -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Trainer | Leah Wardle, Deputy Director, Social Performance Task Force, USA<br />
COURSE 9 Client Protection Principles Training Sala de Juntas 3 -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Trainer | Isabelle Barrès, Director, SMART Campaign, USA<br />
COURSE 10<br />
Empowering Women through Microfinance: Current<br />
Innovations and Tools<br />
Sala de Juntas 1 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Trainers | Linda Mayoux, International Consultant to Hivos and Oxfam Novib's<br />
WEMAN Programme, The Netherlands | Paineto Baluku, Programme<br />
Coordinator, Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Limited, Uganda<br />
COURSE 11 Liabilities Planning and Funding Strategies for MFIs Place holder<br />
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch<br />
Trainer | MFX Solutions, USA<br />
14:30 – 16:30 Continuation of Day-Long Courses<br />
16:30 – 17:00 Lunch<br />
17:00 – 18:15 Closing Ceremony<br />
09:00 – 16:00 Day-Long Courses (continued)<br />
COURSE 8<br />
COURSE 8b<br />
Social Performance Initiatives<br />
Part II - Becoming a More Effective Organization:<br />
Integrating Social Performance into Your Strategy and<br />
Management Systems<br />
Sala Polivalente -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
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Trainer | Anton Simanowitz, Founder, Imp-Act Consortium, USA<br />
COURSE 9 Client Protection Principles Training Sala de Juntas 3 -<br />
CCMD, Level 3<br />
Trainer | Isabelle Barrès, Director, SMART Campaign, USA<br />
COURSE 10<br />
Empowering Women through Microfinance: Current<br />
Innovations and Tools<br />
Sala de Juntas 1 -<br />
CCMD, Level 1<br />
Trainers | Linda Mayoux, International Consultant to Hivos and Oxfam Novib's<br />
WEMAN Programme, The Netherlands | Paineto Baluku, Programme<br />
Coordinator, Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Limited, Uganda<br />
COURSE 11 Liabilities Planning and Funding Strategies for MFIs Place holder<br />
Trainer | MFX Solutions, USA<br />
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