Programme (back up): European Microfinance Week 2024

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Coffee - Networking
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM	9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Workshop: 'Impact Management: Institutionalizing Impact-Driven Change' Impact / Outcomes Sahana Arun Kumar, Amarante Consulting Leilah Elmokadem, Amarante Consulting Chris Czerwonka, Amarante Consulting
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Green Inclusive & Climate Smart Finance Action Group - Working Session Climate & Green finance Session streamed
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM	11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Sustainable Outcomes Management: Insights from the financial inclusion sector Impact / Outcomes
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch - Networking
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Welcome: Christoph Pausch, e-MFP Opening Remarks: Georges Ternes, Director of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs - Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Opening Plenary - Empowering Global Change: How Inclusive Finance Will Accelerate the Path to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Financial inclusion Session streamed Philippe Guichandut, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation / InFiNe Laura Foschi, ADA Appui au développement autonome Denitsa Berkhoff, European Investment Bank (EIB) Oxana Binzaru, Finance in Motion
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Break - Networking
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Protecting Migrant Workers: Insurance Solutions for Remittance Stability Insurance Session streamed Matthew Genazzini, Microinsurance Network Marjolaine Chaintreau, AXA EssentiALL / e-MFP Pranav Prashad, International Labour Organisation Asmaa Jabri, GIZ Patrick Asingizwe, Representative of Refugees		3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Innovations in Impact Data Management: Experiences, Practices, and Challenges of Microfinance Practitioners Impact / Outcomes Session streamed Jaser Ali, MicroSave Alfonso Caiazzo, HEDERA Sustainable Solutions Ian Best, Entrepreneurs du Monde		3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The Business Case for Client Financial Health: Voices from the Field Financial health Max Nino-Zarazua, Consultant in Financial Inclusion & International Development Davide Castellani, University of Bergamo Benjamin Mazzotta, BFA Global Stephanie García Van Gool, BBVA Microfinance Foundation
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM	4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Break - Networking
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM	4:45 PM - 6:00 PM The Role of Machine Learning and AI in Financial Inclusion Data Session streamed Lucia Spaggiari, MFR / e-MFP		4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Pioneering Social Impact Funding / Investing Ahmed Ouamara, LuxFLAG Christophe Bochatay, Triple Jump		4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Client Voice Shaping FSP and Fund Governance: Opportunities & Challenges Client protection Session streamed Pranav Sridhar, 60 Decibels Jon Salle, SIDI
Thursday, November 14, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee - Networking
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Strengthening Client Protection through Governance: The Role of Boards, Investors, and Senior Management Client protection Session streamed Anne-Laure Behaghel, Cerise+SPTF Vidary Inthamone, Gojo & Company		9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 'Young Entrepreneurs' as a Priority for Impactful Inclusive Finance Youth Session streamed Axel De Ville, ADA Appui au développement autonome Peter Bielik, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Daniel Arnold, ConsumerCentriX Ana Kentera, Alter Modus		9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Biodiversity Frontier in Financial Inclusion Climate & Green finance Lucia Spaggiari, MFR / e-MFP Torsten Becker, FS Impact Finance Tatiana Kalinina, Triodos Chiara Pescatori, Investing for Development / LMDF Mariella Llontop, BIB Nausica Fiorelli, ADA Appui au développement autonome
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Break - Networking
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Plenary - Advancing Financial Inclusion for Refugees & Forcibly Displaced People Refugees & Forcibly Displaced People Session streamed Patricia Abdelnour, Sustainability & Social Inclusion Expert Rooh Savar, Welcome Account Manar Zeinaldin Daria Fiodorov, International Rescue Committee Micol Pistelli, UNHCR Craig Churchill, ILO Ricardo Garcia Tafur, IFC Suzanne van Ballekom, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Aqrchet Diana Salume, Opportunity Bank Uganda Limited
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch - Networking
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Financial Health - Research AG TBC (stand by)
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Making the Invisible Visible: Safeguarding Women from Financial Abuse at Home Client protection Claudia Belli, BNP Paribas Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, Personal Aude de Montesquiou, CGAP/FinEquity Bobbi Gray, Grameen Foundation		1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Digitalization: Emerging Practices and Their Beneficiaries Digitalisation Session streamed Erin Taylor, Finthropology Anne Marie van Swinderen, L-IFT Amelia Greenberg, Cerise+SPTF		1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Matching Supply and Demand in Financing Emerging Impact Fund Managers Funding / Investing
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM	1:00 PM - 3:45 PM Inclusive Finance for Forcibly Displaced People: A Deep Dive Refugees & Forcibly Displaced People Session streamed Tamsin Scurfield, Opportunity International Hanadi Tutunji, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation Barri Shorey, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Lev Plaves, Kiva Swati Mehta Dhawan Reza Fazel, Open Capital Advisors Annelotte Jens, FMO - Netherlands Development Finance Company Philippe Guichandut, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation / InFiNe Noah Ssempijja, Opportunity International Yousra Hamed, ILO Barbara Scola, Mercy Corps Bdour M. Al-Hyari, Microfund for Women (Jordan) Paul Kithima, Bondeko Refugee Livelihoods Center
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Break - Networking
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM	2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Client-led finance I: VSLAs a Way Forward for Gender Empowerment Financial inclusion for Women Armande Mahabi, University of Agder Micol Guarneri, M - Micol Guarneri AUDREY Negui, People Power Inclusion
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM	2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Tools and Solutions for DFS Risks to Consumers Client protection Session streamed Amelia Greenberg, Cerise+SPTF Jade Potgieter, JUMO Antoine Navarro, CGAP
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Client-led finance II: Small Cooperatives Cooperatives Kurt Moors, BRS Patrick Murhula, Université Catholique de Bukavu
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM	3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Buses Depart for the European Investment Bank (EIB)
4:45 PM - 6:45 PM	4:45 PM - 6:45 PM European Microfinance Award - Ceremony
Friday, November 15, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee - Networking
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Improving Financial Access for Refugees and FDPs - different experiences: What Can We Learn for the Future? Refugees & Forcibly Displaced People Session streamed Emilia Postolache, Council of Europe Development Bank Erdal Kocoglu, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management		9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Financial Inclusion: Promoting Women’s Resilient Livelihoods Financial inclusion for Women Session streamed Veronicah Gladys Namagembe, Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) Dibyajyoti Pattnaik, Annapurna Finance Pvt. ltd. Thouraya Triki, European Investment Bank (EIB) Bdour M. Al-Hyari, Microfund for Women (Jordan) Francesca Krist, Women’s World Banking (WWB) Antonique Koning, CGAP - The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, Paris		9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Mutual Health Insurance: How Can We Build the Resilience of Vulnerable Female Entrepreneurs? Insurance Amélie Germette, Entrepreneurs du Monde Claire Lossiane, Yikri Adrien Cascarino, Atia Leslie Moreau, Lamessin NYO Annie Wang, Opportunity International
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Break - Networking
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Enhancing FSPs & MSMEs Resilience through Climate Strategies Climate & Green finance Session streamed Natalia Realpe Carrillo, HEDERA Sustainable Solutions GmbH Vika Bhagat, FMO Tamara Campero, Oxfam Novib Meriem Zine, Advans Tunisie Grégoire Danel-Fedou, Advans Group AGNES DIENE, VisionFund Senegal	10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Governance in Blended Finance: The Challenges of Private-Public Partnerships Funding / Investing Session streamed Alessandra Nibbio, BlueOrchard Laetitia Duren, Arendt & Medernach Ramkumar Narayanan, Tameo Impact Fund Solutions		10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Serving Women Intentionally Financial inclusion for Women		10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Enhancing FDPs Lives through Innovative FI Policies & Regulations Regulation Mariam Zahari, Alliance for Financial Inclusion Mohanad O Salous, Palestine Monetary Authority
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch - Networking
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM	1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Catapult: Inclusion Africa - Final Pitches Fintech			1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Gender Lens Investing Financial inclusion for Women Session streamed Deena Burjorjee, Access Alliance, Inc Florian Berndt, GIZ Weselina Angelow, WSBI ESBG - World Savings Banks Institute World Savings and Retail Banking Institute, European Savings and Retail Banking Group
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break - Networking
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Closing Plenary - Is Fintech Really the Future? Fintech Session streamed Sahana Arun Kumar, Amarante Consulting Nasir Zubairi, Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Farewell Cocktail

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