MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Participants at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 in Davos, Switzerland, Discuss Non-Payment in Andhra Pradesh, Consumer Protection, Microfinance Regulation

Participants of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011, which was held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 26 to January 30, discussed the future of financial services for poor people in a session called “Financial Inclusion: Beyond Microfinance.”

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and the Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG) Host Microfinance Conference 2011 in Luxembourg, March 17

Event Name: ALFI Microfinance Conference 2011

Event Date: March 17, 2011

Event Location: Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Farz Foundation Hosts First National Islamic Microfinance Conference 2011, Lahore, Pakistan, January 29, 2011

Event Name: First National Islamic Microfinance Conference 2011

Event Date: January 29, 2011

Event Location: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Lahore, Pakistan

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) Sustainable and Responsible Investments Conference, Luxembourg, February 17, 2011

Event Name: Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) Sustainable and Responsible Investments Conference

Event Date: February 17, 2011

Event Location: Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Munich Re Foundation, Microinsurance Network Publishes Proceedings of 6th International Microinsurance Conference in Manila, Philippines

The proceedings of the 6th International Microinsurance Conference that took place on November 9-11, 2010, in Manila, Philippines, have been published by its organizers, the Munich Re Foundation, a nonprofit founded by German reinsurer Munich Re, and the Microinsurance Network, a for-profit organization that promotes the development of microinsurance products through information sharing and stakeholder organization.

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Africa Information and Communications Technology Exhibition & Conference (AITEC) Banking & Mobile Money – Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Nairobi, Kenya, March 2-3, 2011

Event Name: AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA, 2011

Event Date: March 2 – March 3, 2011

Event Location: Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: HBS-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 25-30, 2011

Event Name: HBS-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance

Event Date: April 25 – April 30, 2011

Event Location: Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: YourStory.in Hosts Sociopreneurship India 2010, Bangalore, India, November 23, 2010, Presenters to Include Dr Thiagarajan, Chair of Madura Micro Finance

Event Name: Sociopreneurship India 2010

Event Date: November 23, 2010

Event Location: Royal Orchid Hotel, Bangalore, India