Programme: 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 & Client Protection 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 e-MFP Green Inclusive and Climate Smart Finance Action Group (GICSF-AG) Working Session Climate & Green finance Session Streamed Joana Afonso, e-MFP Natalia Realpe Carrillo, HEDERA Sustainable Solutions GmbH Davide Forcella, JuST Institute
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM	11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Sustainable Outcomes Management: Insights From the Financial Inclusion Sector Impact, Outcomes & Client Protection LAPENU Cécile, CERISE Célia Fernandez, Cerise+SPTF Caterina Giordano, Alterfin Charlotte Clarke, CGAP
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 for 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 Session Streamed Philippe Guichandut, Fondation Grameen Crédit Agricole Laura Foschi, ADA Appui au développement autonome Denitsa Berkhoff, European Investment Bank (EIB) Oxana Binzaru, Finance in Motion sebastien DUQUET, Mirova
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 Impact Data Management in Practice: Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Impact Investing Practitioners Impact, Outcomes & Client Protection Digital Finance & Fintech, Session Streamed Jaser Ali, MicroSave Consulting Alfonso Caiazzo, HEDERA Sustainable Solutions Ian Best, Entrepreneurs du Monde Janety Mulievi Kuteli Namwenya, Fortune credit Joe Huxley, British International Investment	3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Protecting Migrant Workers: Insurance Solutions for Remittance Stability Insurance Refugees & FDPs, Session Streamed Matthew Genazzini, Microinsurance Network Marjolaine Chaintreau, AXA EssentiALL / e-MFP Pranav Prashad, International Labour Organisation Asmaa Jabri, GIZ Patrick Asingizwe	3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The Business Case for Client Financial Health: Voices from the Field Impact, Outcomes & Client Protection Davide Castellani, University of Bergamo Benjamin Mazzotta, BFA Global Stephanie Garcia Van Gool, BBVA Microfinance Foundation Medha Wilson, MicroLoan Foundation Ángel Andrés Espinosa, Acreimex
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Workshop (By Invitation Only): Using Geospatial Data to Boost Agriculture and Forestry Financing in Developing Countries Climate & Green finance Christina Ehlert, ADA Eelko Bronkhorst, LendXS Ruud Grim, Netherlands Space Office Albert BOOGAARD, Rabobank Bénédicte Audet, YAPU Solutions Maria Matteo Iborra, IBISA
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 AI & Financial Inclusion: Practical Examples for Today and Tomorrow Digital Finance & Fintech Impact, Outcomes & Client Protection, Session Streamed Lucia Spaggiari, MFR Dave Smit, Oikocredit Edoardo Totolo, Center for Financial Inclusion (Accion) Jonathan Fu, University of Zurich Sander van der Heyden, Musoni System Salam A. K. Faizan, Sajida Foundation	4:45 PM - 6:00 PM The Future of Social Impact Reporting and Its Implications for the Inclusive Finance Industry Funding & Investing Session Streamed Ahmed Ouamara, LuxFLAG Christophe Bochatay, Triple Jump Jurgen HAMMER, SPTF Europe asbl Tatiana Kalinina, Triodos Linda van Goor, Regulatory Communication	4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Client Voice Shaping FSP and Fund Governance: Opportunities & Challenges Impact, Outcomes & Client Protection Pranav Sridhar, 60 Decibels Jon Sallé, SIDI Maide Pido, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc. Rory Bruce, VisionFund International
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Cocktail

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 Biodiversity Frontier in Financial Inclusion Climate & Green finance Regulation, Funding & Investing Lucia Spaggiari, MFR Torsten Becker, FS Impact Finance Tatiana Kalinina, Triodos Chiara Pescatori, Investing for Development / LMDF Mariella Llontop, Bank im Bistum Essen (BIB) Nausica Fiorelli, ADA	9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Strengthening Client Protection through Governance: The Role of Boards, Investors, and Senior Management Impact, Outcomes & Client Protection Session Streamed Anne-Laure Behaghel, Cerise+SPTF Vidary Inthamone, Gojo&Co Daniel Rozas, e-MFP Milena LOAYZA AMORIN, BIO S.A. Jon Sallé, SIDI	9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 'Young Entrepreneurs' as a Priority for Impactful Inclusive Finance Youth Session Streamed Benedikt Wahler, ConsumerCentriX Axel de Ville, ADA Peter Bielik, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Daniel Arnold, ConsumerCentriX Ana Kentera, MFI Alter Modus DOO Katarina Zdraljevic, ProCredit Holding
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 & FDPs Session Streamed Patricia Abdelnour, Sustainability & Social Inclusion Specialist Rooh Savar, Welcome Account Manar Zeinaldin, Physiotherapy Student Daria Fiodorov, International Rescue Committee Micol Pistelli, UNHCR Craig Churchill, ILO RICARDO GARCIA TAFUR, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION 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 - 2:15 PM	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Matching Supply and Demand in Financing Emerging Impact Fund Managers Funding & Investing Climate & Green Finance Yossef Zahar, PANDAN Camille Huret, Beyond Finance Stephan Rudolph, EVITY SA PATRICK NKONGO MAMBU, FPM SA & FPM ASBL Laurence Hulin, ICFA	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Making the Invisible Visible: Safeguarding Women from Financial Abuse at Home Women's Financial Inclusion Impact, Outcomes & 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 Digital Finance & Fintech Session Streamed Erin Taylor, Finthropology Anette Broloes, Finthropology Anne Marie van Swinderen, L-IFT Amelia Greenberg, Cerise+SPTF
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM	1:00 PM - 3:45 PM Inclusive Finance for Forcibly Displaced People: A Deep Dive Refugees & FDPs Funding & Investing, Session Streamed Tamsin Scurfield, Opportunity International Hanadi Tutunji, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation Barri Shorey, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Lev Plaves, Kiva Swati Mehta Dhawan, Consultant Reza Fazel, Open Capital Advisors Annelotte Jens, FMO - Netherlands Development Finance Company Philippe Guichandut, Fondation Grameen Crédit Agricole 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 as a Way Forward for Gender Empowerment Women's Financial Inclusion 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 Digital Finance & Fintech Impact, Outcomes & Client Protection, Session Streamed Amelia Greenberg, Cerise+SPTF Jade Potgieter, JUMO Antoine Navarro, CGAP Joëlle HAZOUME ALAO, Orange Money Group
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Client-led Finance II: Pathways to Sustainable Growth for Small Financial 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 Mutual Health Insurance: How Can We Build the Resilience of Vulnerable Female Entrepreneurs? Insurance Women's Financial Inclusion Amélie Germette, Entrepreneurs du Monde Claire Lossiane, Yikri Adrien Cascarino, Atia Leslie Moreau, Lamessin NYO Annie Wang, Opportunity International		9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Improving the Economic Integration of Refugees: What Can We Learn for the Future? Refugees & FDPs Session Streamed Erdal Kocoglu, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Ewa Bańkowska, MFC Filippo Chiesa, PerMicro SpA Nida Krasniqi, Council of Europe Development Bank		9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Financial Inclusion: Promoting Women’s Resilient Livelihoods Women's Financial Inclusion Climate & Green Finance, Session Streamed Veronicah Gladys Namagembe, Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) Dibyajyoti Pattnaik, Annapurna Finance Pvt. ltd. Thouraya Triki, EIB Bdour M. Al-Hyari, Microfund for Women (Jordan) Francesca Krist, Women's World Banking Antonique Koning, CGAP
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 the Lives of Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs) through Innovative Financial Inclusion Policies and Regulations Refugees & FDPs Regulation Mariam Jemila Zahari, AFI Mohanad Salous, Palestine Monetary Authority Inés Paez, Superintendencia de Bancos de Rep Dominicana Barnaby Willitts-King, GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Edward Fraser, Consultant Ilya Sverdlov, afi	10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Serving Women Intentionally: A Client-level and Institutional View Women's Financial Inclusion Youth, Session Streamed Rani Deshpande, CGAP Liza Guzman, Accion Kwame Abrokwa, Fidelity Bank Shiela Guanzon, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc.		10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Governance in Blended Finance: the Challenges of Private-Public Partnerships Funding & Investing Alessandra Nibbio, BlueOrchard Laetitia Duren, Arendt & Medernach Ramkumar Narayanan, Tameo Impact Fund Solutions Anne Contreras-Muller, LuxDev		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 International AGNES DIENE, VisionFund Senegal
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 The Why and How of Gender Lens Investing Women's Financial Inclusion Funding & Investing, Session Streamed Deena Burjorjee, Access Alliance, Inc. Florian Berndt, GIZ Weselina Angelow, WSBI-World Savings and Retail Banking Institute Kaspar Wansleben, Investing for Development SICAV Lisa Willems, Alpha Mundi Tomás González Bergez, Pro Mujer Noemie Renier, Noemie Renier, Partner and Head of Debt at Incofin IM Juana Ramirez, Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative			1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2024 Final Pitches Digital Finance & Fintech
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? Digital Finance & Fintech Session Streamed Sam Mendelson, e-MFP Sahana Arun Kumar, Amarante Consulting Nasir Zubairi, The LHoFT Foundation
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Farewell Cocktail

Conference Agenda