Events & Presentations
The Center for Financial Inclusion regularly sponsors events (and panels at industry events) on a variety of financial inclusion topics with the intent to bring participants in the industry together to promote new ideas and to collaborate in tackling industry challenges.
The Center’s professionals also regularly speak at industry conferences on issues such as prospects for financial inclusion, client protection and avoiding overindebtedness, investing in inclusive finance, risk management and governance at microfinance institutions, access to finance for persons with disabilities, energy and microfinance, and more.
For more information on events, please view the listing below.
MFC Annual Conference: "Business or Development? Time to Choose"
May 29-30, 2012 - Tibilisi, Georgia
CFI's Investing in Inclusive Finance team will present their Running with Risk project and will moderate a discussion focused on risk and crisis management at the MFC conference. This session will also include a discussion on CFI's "Weathering the Storm" publication which offers guidence for microfinance institutions dealing with crises.
The MFC Annual Conference 2012 will focus on the question of “Business or Development? Time to Choose,” and will take a critical look at the microfinance industry, its impact (positive and negative), and the key choices the sector faces in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere.
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InterAmerican Development Bank/Global Impact Investing Network: Impact Investing Forum
May 29, 2012 - Washington, DC
Elisabeth Rhyne will be part of a panel on Catalyzing Impact Investment through Public Sector Involvement.
This forum will focus on social and environmental impact investment in Latin American and the Caribbean. The event will feature discussions led by experts to engage experienced and new investers in this area.
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Philanthropy New York Conference: "Doing the Right Thing: 'Smart Microfinance' and the Donor's Role"
May 22, 2012 - New York City, New York
The Director of the Smart Campaign will participate in this event and will conduct a presentation on the Client Protection Principles.
Funders and practitioners will join together on a panel to discuss the state and future of the microfinance industry and the importance of client protection.
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Accion Network Annual Meeting
May 11-12, 2012 - Miami, Florida
Managing Director Elisabeth Rhyne and Advisory Council Member Tony Goland (of McKinsey) spoke at this meeting to members of the Accion Network about the global outlook for financial inclusion.
Leadership Conference on International Disability Rights
May 9-10, 2012
This conference of leaders of key human rights and development organizations, aims to reinforce U.S. leadership in advocating for human rights and the inclusion of persons with disabilities, and to foster increased civil society engagement in promoting international disability rights. The meeting will provide participants with an opportunity to give input as the State Department works to develop an international disability rights policy strategy.
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