| 7:30 - 9:30 |
Registration, Coffee, MicroMarketplace Opens |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Opening Remarks and Welcome |
Jim Louttit, Conference Chair |
| 9:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote Speaker
“Staying The Course – Microfinance Matters!”
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Kadita ‘A.T.’ Tshibaka, Director, Opportunity International |
| 9:15 - 10:00 |
Introduction |
Bob Annibale, Global Director, Citi Microfinance and Community Development |
| 10:00- 10:15 |
Transition to Breakout Sessions |
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| 10:15 - 11:15 |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions A |
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A1. Village Banking
Moderator: Jeff Rayman |
Michael Bowles, Aga Khan Foundation
Jacquie Green, FINCA |
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A2. Not All Microfinance Institutions Are The Same
Moderator: Heather Broughton |
Charles Belanger, FINCA
Narinder Dhami, Rotman-CAMH Rise Asset Development
Marilyn Fitzgerald, Common Ground Solutions |
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A3. Local Microfinance – Learn The Process And Meet The Clients
Moderator: Alex Kjorven |
Wes Misener, Misener Menswear
Joanna Eaton, Newbieknees
Buchi Onakufe, Oluchi Group
Jennifer North, North Accounting |
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A4. Rating Microfinance Institutions and Risk Management
Moderator: Lina Tikhonovsky |
Damian von Stauffenberg, MicroRate
Lynn Exton, Opportunity International Network |
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A5a. Financial Literacy and Youth Programs
Moderator: Susan Henry |
Dr. Tanjina Mirza, Plan Canada
Jennifer Gurbin Harley, MEDA |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Transition to Breakout Sessions / Refreshments |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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B1. Financial Access Through Mobile Banking And Technology
Moderator: Thomas Haubenreisser |
TBD, SciNet.com
Joyce Lehman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Stéphanie Émond, FINCA Canada |
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B2. Investment Funds That Have Impact - Perspectives From Market Leaders
Moderator: Jonathan Hera |
Edgar Hielema, Oikocredit Canada
Serge LeVert-Chiasson, Sarona Asset Management
Barry Pinsky, Rooftops Canada-Abri International |
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B3. Microfinance Initiatives in Latin America
Moderator: Annemarie Pallister |
Jannalee Anderson, Opportunity International Canada
Katie Marney, Wasiymi Wasiki |
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B4. Financial Inclusion and First Nations
Moderator: Bernd Christmas
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Kenn Ross, Miziwe Biik
Rosalind Lockyer / Stacia Kean, PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprises |
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B5. Microfinance Policy -Donor & NGO Perspectives
Moderator: Javed Sakhawat |
Joanna Richardson, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Tess Bayombong, CARE Canada |
12:30 -2:00
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Sit-Down Lunch |
Luncheon Speaker - Jeff Rayman, President, Secutor Capital; Director, Uend:Poverty
Welcome of Behalf of Rotary and Introduction: Bob Wallace, District Governor, Rotary District 7070
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| 2:00- 2:15 |
Transition to Breakout Sessions |
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| 2:15- 3:15 |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions C |
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C1a. Making A Difference in Africa
Moderator: Annemarie Pallister |
Deborah Lindholm, Foundation for Women
Martha Deacon, The Townships Project |
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C2. Microfinance in Conflict Zones & Cooperative Models
Moderator: Javed Sakhawat |
Mahir Momand, IIFC Group Afghanistan Amy Ball, Friends of Kurdistan
Derek Cameron, Canadian Cooperative Association |
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C3. Social Enterprises: Transforming Lives By Linking Markets
Moderator: Julie McDowell |
Claire Ross Dunn, Cuppa Change
Angela Draskovic, Zoe Alliance
Tal Dehtiar, OLiberte Shoes |
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C4. Enhancing Microfinance Education Through Collaborative MFI Partnerships Moderator: Heather Broughton |
Jeff Huebner, Ambrose University College
Julie Redfern, MEDA |
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C5. How Microfinance Enables Global Health Initiatives
Moderator: Amit Shah |
Beck Pryor, The New Development Solutions Group |
| 3:15 - 3:30 |
Transition to Panel Discussion / Refreshments |
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| 3:30 - 4:45 |
Panel Discussion – The Business of Microfinance
Moderator: Gord Crann, Rotarian Action Group for Microcredit |
Panel: Vidar Jorgensen, Grameen America; Joyce Lehman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Dr. Tanjina Mirza, Plan Canada; Phil Smith, Philanthropist & Co-author; Damian von Stauffenberg, MicroRate
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| 4:45- 5:00 |
Closing Remarks |
Jim Louttit, Conference Chair
Carol Golench, President, TIMS |
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