Event Name: Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Learning Forum
Event Date: May 23 – 25, 2017
Event Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Summary of Event: This event will offer stakeholders opportunities to discuss achieving “sustainable and scalable development outcomes for very poor and marginalized women.” Speakers will address
Event Name: MENA Governance and Strategic Leadership Seminar
Event Date: March 7 – March 9, 2017
Event Location: Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel, Fifth Circle, Amman, 11184, Jordan
Summary of Event: The goal of this event is to strengthen boards of directors of microfinance institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
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European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) notified MicroCapital today that it has scheduled the next iteration of its European Microfinance Week for November 29 through December 1, 2017, at
Event Name: Savings and Credit Forum: What are the Social Performance Management and Reporting Practices of Financial Institutions and Microfinance Impact Investors?
Event Date: March 16, 2017
Event Location: University of Zürich, Rämistrasse 59, Zürich, Switzerland
Summary of Event: The draft agenda for this event includes topics such as standards for social performance management and the social performance reporting practices of several microfinance institutions. This half-day event
Event Name: SPTF Social Investor Working Group Meeting
Event Date: March 15 – March 16, 2017
Event Location: University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
Summary of Event: Participants in this meeting will discuss the challenges of social performance management (SPM) as it relates to investing in inclusive finance. Speakers also will share
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Event Name: The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) 2017
Event Date: September 6 – 7, 2017
Event Location: Roma Eventi, Piazza della Pilotta, Rome, Italy
Summary of Event: The theme of this conference for 2017 is “Creating a unified foundation for…Sustainable Development: research, practice and education.” The organizers’ goal is to
Event Name: Impact Investing: Mainstreaming Purpose-Driven Finance
Event Date: February 15, 2017
Event Location: Time Warner Center, 60 Columbus Circle, New York, New York, USA
Summary of Event: Speakers here will analyze opportunities and obstacles present in the “mainstreaming” of impact investing, which the organizers define as
Event Name: Foro Latinoamericano de Inversión de Impacto (FLII) 2017
Event Date: February 14 – 16, 2017
Event Location: Hotel Hyatt Regency, Mérida, México
Summary of Event: This event will address trends in impact investing as well as the social and environmental impacts of the financial industry in general. Speakers will discuss
Event Name: 12th Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship
Event Date: February 22 – 24, 2017
Event Location: Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Summary of Event: This event offers researchers, educators and practitioners opportunities to discuss their work with the goal of advancing research in entrepreneurship. In past
Event Name: Africa Financial Services Investment Conference (AFSIC) Annual Conference
Event Date: May 3 – 5, 2017
Event Location: Park Plaza Riverbank, London, UK
Summary of Event: This event will address opportunities to invest in financial services in Africa. Speakers will discuss
Event Name: Mobile Insurance Conference, presented by the Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) and the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets (CIMA)
Event Date: February 23 – 24, 2017
Event Location: Douala, Cameroon
Summary of Event: This event will address trends in mobile insurance and related technologies, as well as risks and regulations associated with the sector. It is targeted
Event Name: 13th Annual Global Microfinance Forum
Event Date: March 16 – 17, 2017
Event Location: Grandior Prague Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
Summary of Event: Participants at this event will discuss recent changes in the microfinance industry and predictions for its future. Speakers will address topics
Event Name: Cashless Africa: The Future of Finance
Event Date: March 22 – 23, 2017
Event Location: Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria
Summary of Event: This year’s theme for the Cashless Africa Conference is “The Future of Finance.” It will highlight
Event Name: Africa Finance & Investment Forum (AFIF) Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Growth
Event Date: February 13 – 16, 2017
Event Location: Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya
Summary of Event: This year’s iteration of the annual African Finance & Investment Forum (AFIF) will focus on entrepreneurship and innovation over two days of conference sessions preceded by a two-day training session. The goal of
Event Name: European Microfinance Summit
Event Date: January 26 – 27, 2017
Event Location: Paseo García Faria 37-47, Barceló Atenea Mar Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
Summary of Event: Speakers will discuss where microfinance may be headed and the impact it has on both developed and developing countries. The schedule
Event Name: Harvard Business School–Accion Program on Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance
Event Date: April 17 – 22, 2017
Event Location: Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Summary of Event: This week-long program will cover approaches financial inclusion executives can take to address “industry change, managing competition, organization growth, and creating economic and social value.” [1] Past iterations
Event Name: Committing to Action: Accelerating Financial Inclusion through Partnership in Uganda
Event Date: January 17 – 18, 2017
Event Location: City Royal Resort Hotel, Kampala, Uganda
Summary of Event: This event will focus on the current state of financial inclusion in Uganda. On Day 1 speakers will discuss methods for increasing the presence of women in the workplace, implementing digital solutions, and “product development for rural outreach and agriculture” [1]. Day 2 will focus on