The Microcredit Summit Campaign and Gema PKM are pleased to announce the opening
of registration and the launch of the Asia-Pacific Regional Microcredit Summit website. The Asia-Pacific Regional Microcredit Summit will be held in Bali, Indonesia from July 28-30,
2008. The website contains information on registering online, the Summit’s program, travel to Bali, and much
more.
Submission of a 2008 Action Plan will be a prerequisite for registering as a delegate. Those who have already submitted a 2008 Action Plan do not need to
resubmit. Read more about the upcoming Summit. A project of http://www.results.org
Asia-Pacific Regional Microcredit Summit 2008
http://www.inamicrocreditsummit.org/
Detailed Agenda – Updated as of 4 March 2008
This agenda is subject
to change, please check back for frequent updates.
Sunday, July 27 (Pre-Summit)
10:30 – 18:00
On-site Registration
All-day
Site Visits**
Monday,
July 28
7:30 –
20:00
On-site Registration
9:30 –
11:00
Opening Ceremony
11:00 –
11:30 Break
11:30 –
13:15 Plenary Session
Ø
Compartamos IPO: Lessons
for Asia and the World of Microfinance
13:15 –
14:45 Lunch
14:45 –
15:00 Break
15:00 –
16:45 Workshop Sessions
1.
The Future of Microfinance:
Visioning the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of Microfinance Expansion Over the Next 10 Years
2.
Solving the Problems
of Asian Urban Slums: Innovations with and beyond Microfinance
3.
Transformation of Microfinance
Operations from NGO to a Regulated MFI while
Maintaining Social Mission
4.
Governance: Organizing,
Developing, and Empowering the Board to Oversee the MFI
5.
Commercial Bank Participation
in Microfinance: Options and Opportunities
6.
The Floodgates are Open:
Channeling the Flows of Funds for Microfinance Effectively
7.
Innovations in Reducing
Costs and Enhancing Productivity
8.
Challenges in Microfinance,
both in Agriculture and in Areas with Low Population Density
16:45
–
17:15 Break
17:15 –
19:00 Plenary Session
Ø
Building Financial Systems
that Work for the Majority: Local Currency Borrowing, On-Lending Savings, Autonomous Credit Funds, and Appropriate Legal Framework
Tuesday, July 29
9:00 – 10:45
Plenary Session
Ø (Regional Organizer Plenary Session)
10:45 –
11:15 Break
11:15 –
13:00 Workshop Sessions
9.
Innovations in Information
Technology for the Clients and the MFI
10.
Five Cents a Day: Innovative
Programs for Reaching the Destitute with Microgrants, No-Interest Loans, and Other Instruments
11.
Effective Micro-Insurance
and Micro-Health Insurance Programs to Reduce Vulnerability
12.
Microfinance and Gender:
Benefits and Challenges of Targeting Women
13.
How MFIs and Their Clients
Can Have a Positive Impact on the Environment
14.
Using Research Findings
to Improve Design of Products and Services
15.
Good Practices in Business
Development Services: How Do We Enhance Entrepreneurial Skills of MFI Clients?
16. Microfinance Investment Funds: What is the Role
for Foreign Direct Investors and Are We Measuring both Financial and Social Performance?
13:00 –
14:30 Lunch
14:30 –
16:15 Plenary Session
Ø
Factors that Contribute
to Exponential Growth: Case Studies for Rapid but Sustainable Outreach to the Poor and Poorest
16:15 –
16:45 Break
16:45 –
18:15 Council Meetings
Ø
Practitioners &
Non-Governmental Organizations
Ø Parliamentarians & Advocates
Ø
Domestic Government
Agencies & UN Agencies
Ø Educational Institutions & Service Clubs & Religious
Institutions
Ø Corporations & Banks and Commercial Finance Institutions
& International Financial Institutions
Ø Donor Agencies & Foundations and Philanthropists
18:15
–
18:30 Break
18:30 –
19:30 Associated Sessions
Wednesday, July 30
9:00 – 10:45
Plenary Session
Ø Assessing Movement across the $1/Day Threshold through Analysis
of Pre-Existing Baseline Data or Expanded Use of Cost-Effective Poverty Measurement Tools
10:45 –
11:00 Break
11:00 –
12:45 Workshop Sessions
17.
Overcoming Regulatory
and Legal Constraints to Savings Mobilization
18.
Microcredit in Post
Conflict/Conflict, Natural Disaster, and Other Difficult Settings
19.
Integrating Microfinance
with Health Education and Addressing HIV/AIDS
20.
Remittances: What Are
the Challenges and Opportunities?
21. Baseline Data and Measurement Tools: A Deeper Discussion
of Assessing Movement across the $1/Day Threshold
22.
(State of Microfinance
in Regional Organizer Country)
23. How MFIs Can Best Work in Competitive, Saturated
Environments
24. Making Microfinance Matter for Clients and Their
Families: Ensuring a Social Performance Bottom Line in the Industry
12:45
–
14:00 Lunch
14:00 –
15:45 Plenary (IAP) Session
Ø
(IAP Plenary Session)
15:45 –
16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:00
Associated Sessions
17:00 –
19:15 Break
19:15 –
21:30 Closing Dinner
Thursday, July 31 (Post-Summit)
9:00 – 12:00
Day-Long Courses**
Ø Learning to Plan for Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency
while Reaching the Poorest Families
Ø Learning to Cost-Effectively Assess and Manage Social Performance
in Microfinance
Ø Learning to Sustainably Integrate Microfinance and Education
in Child Survival, Reproductive Health, and HIV/AIDS Prevention for the Poorest Entrepreneurs
Ø
Establishing an Appropriate
Legal and Regulatory Environment for Microfinance Institutions Including One that Allows for Collection and Onlending of Savings
Ø
Introduction to Using
the New Poverty Measurement Tools that Measure $1 a day Poverty