Event Name: African Mobile Micro-Finance & M-Remittances Summit
Event Date: May 10 – May 11, 2010
Event Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Event Website: http://www.bspmediagroup.com/event.php?EID=58
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Event Name: Microinsurance Summit Miami
Event Date: May 26 – May 28, 2010
Event Location: Miami, Florida, USA
Event Website: http://www.hansonwade.com/events/microinsurance-summit-miami-2010/index.shtml
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Cost:
(Conference and two workshops) USD 2999
(Conference and one workshop) USD 2599
(Conference only) USD 1999
Discounts available for representatives of nonprofit organizations and groups of three or more. For more information, see http://www.hansonwade.com/events/microinsurance-summit-miami-2010/fees.shtml
Summary of Event:
Microinsurance Summit Miami consists of a two-day conference and two additional workshops the day after the conference. The event organizers aim to help participants understand how to scale up microinsurers while maintaining profitability.
Event Name: Speaker’s Corner 36: Aligning Stakeholder Interests: Making MFI Transitions Work
Event Date: April 13 to April 15, 2010
Event Location: This is an online forum. To sign up for the discussion, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VZFLY6M
Event Website: http://www.microlinks.org/sc/aligninginterests
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Women’s World Banking (WWB), an organization that provides technical and advisory services to its global network of microfinance institutions (MFIs), has partnered with Wharton’s Aresty Institute for Executive Education to host its first advanced leadership course for microfinance professionals in March.
Event Name: Global Partnerships in Microfinance
Event Date: September 6 – September 7, 2010
Event Location: University of Greenwich Business School, London, UK
Event Website: Preliminary information is available at http://microfinance.gre.ac.uk/Conference/Flyer-MicrofinanceConference-Sept2010.pdf. More details are anticipated via http://www.gre.ac.uk/enterprise/business-events.
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Cost: Registration is GBP 200 (USD 305). Early registration is GBP 100 (USD 152). Deadline for early registration has not yet been disclosed.
Summary of Event: The conference aims to explore how microfinance can help alleviate poverty in a sustainable way. To achieve this goal the event organizers postulate that microfinance institutions will need to collaborate with other stakeholders in the industry. The conference intends to explore all possible partnerships in microfinance and to discuss the achievements and challenges in meeting the microfinance goals.
Event Name: The Frankfurt School Summer Academies 2010
Event Date: July 2 to July 30, 2010
Event Location: Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Bankakademie)
Event Website: http://www.frankfurt-school.de/content/en/intern_advisory/summer_academies
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Event Name: Fifth Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum
Event Date: June 9 – June 11, 2010
Event Location: Doral Golf Resort and Spa, Miami, USA
Event Website: http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10/
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Cost: USD 895 for non-profit, government and credit union executives, USD 1295 for bank and financial institution executives and USD 1695 for others. Best discounts for registration before April 9, discounts also available for registration before May 7.
Summary of Event: The Underbanked Financial Services Forum is a three-day event that will cover recent research, advances in product development, marketing strategies and risk management practices, as well as provide ample time for networking.
Event Name: Chicago Microfinance Conference (CFMC)
Event Date: May 7, 2010
Event Location: University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Event Website: http://www.chicagomicrofinance.com/index.shtml
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Munich Re Foundation, a private grant making foundation, has issued a call for proposals for its sixth annual microinsurance conference, which will take place in Manila, Philippines, on November 9 and November 10, 2010.
At the Women’s World Banking (WWB) Microfinance and Capital Markets conference on March 23 and March 24, Ms Elizabeth Littlefield, the Chief Executive of CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) who has been nominated to head the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), declared “There’s a huge untapped pool of savings in poor households that’s desperate to be taken out from under the bed.”
At a recent conference organized by the Bank of Albania, the German development bank KfW Entwicklungsbank and the microfinance investment fund European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), panelists emphasized that amidst high growth rates in the region’s microfinance sector, irresponsible finance practices abound.
Event Name: Mobile Money Transfer Africa
Event Date: May 4 – May 7, 2010
Event Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Event Website: http://www.mobile-money-transfer.com/africa
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Cost: Prices range from USD 1799 to USD 3397 depending on which parts of the event participants wish to attend. Group discounts are available.
Summary of Event: The event is comprised of a one-day pre-conference workshop, a two-day conference and one-day of site visits to the local offices of M-PESA, a mobile-phone based money transfer service, and Grameen Foundation, an international organization that provides support to microfinance institutions.
Event Name: Third Annual Global Microfinance Investment Congress
Event Date: May 24 – May 26, 2010
Event Location: New York, New York
Event Website: http://www.microfinancecongress.com/
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Cost: Congress only – USD 1595; Congress and Workshop – USD 2095. Discounts available for early registration (by March 26 and by April 16) as well as a USD 200 discount MicroCapital Monitor subscribers.
Summary of Event: The Global Microfinance Investor Congress intends to provide a place for representatives of microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs), microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other industry stakeholders to meet, collaborate and share best practices.
Event Name: Global Microinsurance Summit
Event Date: June 30 – July 1, 2010
Event Location: Paris, France
Event Website: http://www.c5-online.com/microinsurance.htm
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Cost: GBP 850 (USD 1282) for microfinance institution representatives, GBP 999 (USD 1507) for investment fund representatives and GBP 1399 (USD 2110) for others. Discounts for registration before April 30 are available.
Summary of Event: The Global Microinsurance Summit aims to provide a platform for interaction and information exchange between microinsurance providers and investors.
Event Name: Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) Microfinance Conference
Event Date: March 25, 2010
Event Location: Chambre de Commerce, 7, Rue Alcide Gasperi, Luxembourg
Event Website: http://www.alfi.lu/index.php?id=70&tx_mjseventpro_pi1[showUid]=26&cHash=8f25d57051
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Event Name: Money Transfers Dubai (MTD) 2010
Event Date: March 22, 2010
Event Location: Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai
Event Website: http://www.iamtn.org/events/mtd-2010
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Event Name: The Second China Microfinance Investor Conference
Event Date: March 25 – March 26, 2010
Event Location: Beijing, China
Event Website: http://www.gtz-china.org/finance/microfinance-investor-conference-2010/
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Cost: There is no fee to attend
Summary of Event:
This conference will review the current status of microfinance in China and discuss prospects for its future. Participants will have the opportunity to network with Chinese microfinance institutions and international investors.
Event Name: Micro Financial Services World
Event Date: May 10 – May 12, 2010
Event Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Event Website: http://www.hansonwade.com/events/micro-financial-services-world/index.shtml
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Cost:
(Conference and workshops) EUR 3197 (USD 4330)
(Conference only) EUR 1999 (USD 2700)
Discounts available for non-profits and registration before March 26. See http://www.hansonwade.com/events/micro-financial-services-world/fees.shtml for more information.
Summary of Event:
Micro Financial Services World is a two-day conference preceded by a day of workshops. Participants will have the opportunity to network with players in the microfinance industry as well as to hear from a group of speakers that includes many executive officers of microfinance institutions and microfinance funds.