| Wednesday, 14th November 2018 | |||
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Green Inclusive & Climate Smart Finance Action Group | ||
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Understanding & managing risk in Cambodia: using the Lender Guidelines dashboard [More Info] | ||
| 12:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH Networking lunch in the Agora | ||
| 13:00 - 16:00 | Human Capacity Development Action Group [More Info] | ||
| 13:30 - 16:30 | Workshop on Responsible equity exits [More Info] | ||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Workshop on the Green Index [More Info] | ||
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Joint meeting Rural Outreach and Innovation & Digital Innovations for Financial Empowerment Action Groups [More Info] | ||
| 15:30 - 16:30 | e-MFP Board meeting [More Info] | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Client protection in digital credit: feedback on emerging standards [More Info] | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Workshop on Climate/Data smart finance and Energy finance [More Info] | ||
| 17:00 - 18:30 | e-MFP General Meeting of Members | ||
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Networking Opportunity | ||
| 18:30 - 21:00 | COCKTAIL RECEPTION Welcome cocktail in the Agora | ||
| Thursday, 15th November 2018 | |||||
 09:00 - 10:30 | Financial inclusion through technology [More Info] Room José Ensch Keynote speech: Graham Wright, MicroSave Moderator: Gera Voorrips, Triple Jump Lisa Chassin, PHB Development Albert Sié Dah, Advans Cote d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast Paul Thomas Kadambelil, ESAF Small Finance Bank, India Karlygash Raikhanova, KMF, Kazakhstan | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Networking break in the Agora Agora (Plaza) | ||||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Client protection and digital finance, practices from Kenya [More Info] Room José Ensch Moderator: Lucia Spaggiari, MFR Peace Osangir, Kopo Kopo Inc., Kenya Anup Singh, MicroSave Isabelle Barrès, The Smart Campaign Laura Foose, Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) | Financial education: how to build momentum? [More Info] Room Edmond Dune Moderator: Florian Berndt, GIZ Esther Nanjovu, GIZ - Uganda Ewa Bankowska, Microfinance Centre (MFC) Tim Kaiser, University of Koblenz-Landau & German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) | Crowdfunding financial inclusion [More Info] Room Nic Klecker Moderator: Florian Grohs, Symbiotics Anaïs Moraud, Babyloan Koen The, Lendahand Pierre Schmitgall, LITA.co Thierry Sanders, Mekar Marloes Noppen, Plumseeds | Microfinance, energy and PAYGO: financing clean energy one day at a time [More Info] Room Chapel Moderator: Eduardo Appleyard, UNCDF CleanStart Stefan Grundmann, BrightLife (FINCA Plus LLC) Samuel Adiprakoso, MicroEnergy International Stefan Zelazny, Mobisol Annie Von Huelsen, Village Power | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Networking lunch in the Agora No location | ||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Go big by going small: serving the needs of smallholder farmers [More Info] Room José Ensch Moderator: Hannah Siedek, European Investment Bank (EIB) Jean-Marc Debricon, Alterfin Jamie Anderson, CGAP Sylver Kyenyune, PRIDE Microfinance, Uganda | Fintegration: innovation meets legacy systems [More Info] Room Edmond Dune Moderator: Lonneke Noteboom, FMO Edwige Takassi Kikpa, Equity Bank S.A., DRC Faisal Abdul Wahab, PCES doo Gera Voorrips, Triple Jump | Building capacity for better social performance management [More Info] Room Nic Klecker Moderator: Patricia Richter, ILO Mathilde Bauwin, ADA Cécile Lapenu, CERISE Chiara Pescatori, MFR Yolirruth Núñez, Oikocredit International Laura Foose, Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) | Managing governance risk [More Info] Room Chapel Moderator: Soulémane Djobo, ADA Giovanni Calvi, Boulder Institute of Microfinance Birgit Galemann, International Finance Development (IFD) Emmanuelle Javoy, MIMOSA | Savings Groups: a revolution in microfinance for the poor [More Info] Room A11 Moderator: Annikka Berridge, FAHU Foundation Grace Majara, CARE International Roy Mersland, Universitetet i Agder / CERSEM Linda Nakato, Universitetet i Agder / CERSEM Hugh Allen, VSLA |
| 15:45 - 17:15 | Digital solutions for sustainable smallholder agrifinance [More Info] Room José Ensch Moderator: Alexandre Nayme, BNP Paribas Davide Forcella, CERMi David Solis, GFA Consulting Group Mariel Mensink, ICCO Terrafina Dirk Lebe, Swisscontact | Financial inclusion through technology: the regulator perspective [More Info] Room Edmond Dune Moderator: John Palmer, Toronto Centre Ghiyazuddin Ali Mohammad, AFI Matthew Soursourian, CGAP Socorro Heysen, Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP, Peru Dirk Zetzsche, University of Luxembourg | Sustainable Development Goals: the new international framework to guide investor strategy [More Info] Room Nic Klecker Moderator: Jürgen Hammer, SPTF / Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation Alain Lévy, BNP Paribas Paul Thomas Kadambelil, ESAF Small Finance Bank, India Cécile Lapenu, CERISE Dina Pons, Incofin Investment Management | Supporting sustainable human capacity development in MFIs [More Info] Room Chapel Moderator: Carmelo A. Cocuzza, European Investment Bank (EIB) Isabelle Katthagen, Academy of German Cooperatives ADG-International Willemien Libois, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Andrew Obara, FRIENDS Consult, Uganda Victoria Chanda Mumba, Zambia Institute of Banking & Financial Services | Are NGOs really more client-centric? The myth of post-transformation mission drift [More Info] Room A11 Moderator: Paul DiLeo, Grassroots Capital Management Mercedes Canalda de Beras-Goico, Banco de Ahorro y Crédito Adopem, Dominican Republic Antonique Koning, CGAP Alex Silva, OMTRIX |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | Bus transfer to the European Investment Bank No location | ||||
| 18:30 - 21:00 | European Microfinance Award 2018 Ceremony (followed by cocktail reception) [More Info] European Investment Bank | ||||
| Friday, 16th November 2018 | |||||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Where next for microfinance: a view from The Founders [More Info] Room José Ensch Moderator: Bernd Balkenhol, University of Geneva Essma Ben Hamida, Co-Founder of Enda Tamweel, Tunisia Godwin Eseiwi Ehigiamusoe, Founder of LAPO Microfinance Bank, Nigeria Carmen Velasco, Founder of Promujer, Bolivia Hans Dieter Seibel, Professor Emeritus, University of Cologne | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Networking break in the Agora No location | ||||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Youth economic inclusion, where do we stand? [More Info] Room José Ensch Moderator: Jérémie Chapet, ADA Walid Jebili, Enda Tamweel, Tunisia Margaret Owusu Asare, Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans, Ghana Tania Haidara, Swisscontact Uganda | Advancing access to financial services for refugees (Part I): Opening [More Info] Room Edmond Dune Micol Pistelli, UNHCR Davide Forcella, CoopMed Alia Farhat, Al Majmoua, Lebanon | The power of portfolio guarantees to deepen financial inclusion [More Info] Room Nic Klecker Moderator: Jorge Ramírez, European Microfinance Network (EMN) Adriano Pallaro, Banca Etica Shadin Viratham Pulsawatdi, European Commission Perrine Pouget, European Investment Fund (EIF) Samuel Paulus, MicroLux | Making insurance markets work for the poor: is financing the binding constraint? [More Info] Room Chapel Moderator: Katharine Pulvermacher, Microinsurance Network Anne Contreras, Arendt & Medernach Miguel Solana, ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility Jim Roth, LeapFrog Investments Anup Singh, MicroSave | Preventing overindebtedness in Cambodia: can self-regulation work? [More Info] Room A11 Moderator: Jessica Schicks, Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries (BIO) Vanndarong Pen, AMK, Cambodia Dina Pons, Incofin Investment Management Daniel Rozas, MIMOSA / e-MFP Isabelle Barrès, The Smart Campaign |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Advancing access to financial services for refugees (Part I) Panel 1: Refugees’ entrepreneurship support [More Info] Room Edmond Dune Moderator: Micol Pistelli, UNHCR Mir Shekib, Central Bank of Afghanistan Bruno Dunkel, CoopMed Swati Mehta, GIZ Ewa Bankowska, Microfinance Centre (MFC) Andrea Limone, PerMicro | ||||
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Networking lunch in the Agora No location | ||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Advancing access to financial services for refugees (Part II): Panel 2: Engaging FSPs - Funding and other market-based incentives [More Info] Room Edmond Dune Moderator: Lene M.P. Hansen, Financial Inclusion Specialist Resi Janssen, Cordaid Investment Management Jim Brands, FMO Philippe Guichandut, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation | Applying the universal social performance standards to new actors: banks and SME finance institutions [More Info] Room Nic Klecker Adriano Pallaro, Banca Etica Mercedes Canalda de Beras-Goico, Banco de Ahorro y Crédito Adopem, Dominican Republic Micol Guarneri, Consultant Lucia Spaggiari, MFR Jürgen Hammer, SPTF / Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation | Financial inclusion through technology: the investor perspective [More Info] Room Chapel Moderator: Sachin S Vankalas, LuxFLAG / e-MFP Radhika Shroff, ACCION Lonneke Noteboom, FMO Emilie Allaert, Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) Edmund Higenbottam, Verdant Capital | Recent developments in housing [More Info] Room A11 Moderator: Patrick McAllister, Consultant Olivia Caldwell, Affordable Housing Institute Max Niño-Zarazua, Consultant Noel Verrinder, Genesis Analytics Jonathan Godbout, iBUILD | |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Advancing access to financial services for refugees (Part II): Panel 3: Digital solutions to expand access and lower costs [More Info] Room Edmond Dune Moderator: Alexandra Sánchez, PHB Development Katharina Braun Botao, GIZ - Jordan Pamela Eser, UNCDF | ||||
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Is there room left for the 'little guy'?: a debate on the relevance of Tier 2 & 3 MFIs [More Info] Room José Ensch Moderator: Sam Mendelson, European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) Maria Teresa Zappia, BlueOrchard Finance Ltd Maude Massu, Consultant Kaspar Wansleben, Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund (LMDF) Alex Silva, OMTRIX | ||||
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Closing Drink 2nd floor | ||||
