GLOBAL MICROFINANCE INVESTMENT CONGRESS 2009
MAY 18-20 2009, NEW YORK CITY, USA
The American Conference Institute, a global business intelligence provider headquartered in New York, and PlaNet Finance, a French non-profit company that assists microfinance institutions (MFIs), will host the second annual Global Microfinance Investment Congress in New York, USA. The three day event will be held from May 18th to 20th 2009 in New York City. The event brings together professionals from diverse backgrounds – public and corporate pension funds, hedge funds, MFIs, venture capitalist firms, investment and commercial banks, insurance funds and technology funds and firms – to discuss future investments strategies for microfinance and sources of finance. Please refer the event website for a list of the organizations represented.
The event begins with a panel discussion on the impact of the financial crisis on the Microfinance ecosystem. This will be followed by a series of presentations, lectures, case studies and workshops by industry experts. Subjects include: risk management, microinsurance initiatives, foreign exchange risk, mobile banking and fund rating. There will also be detailed case studies focusing on China, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. The agenda for May 18th and 19th are available on the event website. So far, the participating speakers for the event include the CEO of Grameen Bank, CEO and President of The Citi Foundation and Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase among others. The complete list of participating speakers can be obtained here.
For details on the first Global Microfinance Investment Congress held in 2008, refer this MicroCapital story.
The rates for attending the event are not available yet. For more information on the event, please look up the event website.
To download the event brochure, look up this link. Click here to register for the event.
Partner organizations for the event include MicroCapital among others. Refer here for the complete list of partners. To become an event partner, contact m.godson@americanconference.com
Standard Chartered is the principal sponsor for the event. For information on event sponsorship, contact E.Fleischhacker@americanconference.com. Additional queries can be directed to Benjamin Greenzweig, Regional Sales Director, US, Europe, CIS and China at 646-520-2202 or via email at bg@americanconference.com.
By Bharathi Ram, Research Assistant
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