ASIA PACIFIC MICROFINANCE Speakers FORUM Claudio Viezzoli Managing Director, SME Finance & Development European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), UK Sabine Spohn Senior Investment Specialist Asian Development Bank, Philippines Anneloes Mullink-Bos Kate Hallam Investment Manager, Financial Institutions Team CDC Group, UK Begaim Sadyrova Asia & Pacific Debbie Watkins Managing Director, APMEA Fern Software, Singapore Director of the Responsible Inclusive Finance Facility, Southeast Asia Kapil Gupta & Director Cocktail Reception Sponsor Head of Asia Pacific Business Development BlueOrchard Finance Ltd, Singapore Swapnil Neeraj Principal Investment Officer & Microfinance Lead, Asia International Finance Corporation World Bank Group, Singapore Pranav Kumar Associate Director & Lead of MFI Investments, South and Southeast Asia Eric Savage Co-founder & Unitus Capital, India Finance Leaders Fellow The Aspen Institute, USA Siva Chidambaram Investment Officer Asia & Pacific Daphne Ng Swee Lin JEDTrade, Singapore Ecxo Member Singapore FinTech Association Yuriko Hara Manager Crowdcredit, Inc., Japan Arun Kumar Head of Business Development 30-31 October 2018, Singapore Hotel Fort Canning Partners Maud Savary Mornet Regional Director of Asia Pacific responsability Investments AG, Hong Kong Marnix Monsfort Manager, Financial Institutions Asia Ashwin Mahabaleswara Head of Debt Investments Asia, Africa & Middle East DWM Asset Management, USA Prof. Annie Koh Vice President, Office of Business Development Singapore Management University Dr. Hema Bansal Senior Director, South & Southeast Asia The Smart Campaign & Accion International, India Sasidhar Thumuluri Basix Sub-K itransactions Ltd., India Cameron Goldie-Scot Musoni Services, the Netherlands TBA C-Qadrat Asset Management, Austria Next Generation Microfinance Software
Key Topics New Perspectives on the APAC Microfinance Ecosystem Impact Investing: Combining financial returns with positive social impact Impact Measurement: Evaluating short vs. long-term impacts of investments Entrepreneurship & Microenterprises: Scaling up the self-help Funding: What are the key evaluation criteria for investors? Enabling the Healthy Competition: Why small businesses matter? Enabling the Healthy Competition: Why small businesses matter? Digitalization & Financial Innovations: Meet the enablers Client Protection & The Smart Campaign Strategic Risk Management: Analyzing and mitigating risks
Tuesday, 30 October 2018 DAY 1 08:30 Registration & Morning Coffee 08:50 Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Chairman KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1. APAC MICROFINANCE ECOSYSTEM & IMPACT INVESTING Question: What is the role of Microfinance sector in the APAC region? How does it function and differ across the region? 09:10 New Perspectives on APAC Microfinance Microfinance: The hearth of a new global industry? APAC Microfinance: Gaining a regional understanding of the sector Comparative perspectives across the region Challenges and opportunities for impact investors Microfinance as a means for poverty alleviation, or more? 09:40 Evaluating Impacts of Microfinance Investments Gaining the regional understanding of investments Impact investing: combining financial returns with positive social impact Short term vs. long-term impacts of investments How can the investors reinforce their footprint in the fast-growing Asia Pacific market? A macroeconomic outlook into Microfinance in the Asia Pacific Head of APAC Business Development BlueOrchard Finance, Singapore 10:10 Impact Investing: Do s and Don ts What is hot and what is not in Indian Microfinance sector? Are MFIs built for clients or investors? The questions MFIs should ask investors How to make money as an investor Eric Savage Co-founder & Unitus Capital, India 10:40 11:10 Coffee Break & Networking SPECIAL LECTURE + INTERACTIVE GROUP DISCUSSION 2. FUNDING Question: How can MFIs raise funding in concert with the expectations of investors? 11:10 How Can MFIs Attract Investors in a Competitive Environment? Emerging and frontier markets Funding and mentoring of the Microfinance sector Enabling access to financial resources and services Improving financial & operational sustainability of MFIs Ashwin Mahabaleswara Director of Debt Investments, Asia, Africa & the Middle East DWM Asset Management, USA 11:40 What Are the Key Evaluation Criteria for Impact Investors? Decision-making and evaluation processes for investors Monitoring social & economic performance of MFIs Impact assessment tools and indicators Anneloes Mullink-Bos 12:10 13:00 MFIs MEET INVESTORS: Interactive Group Discussion Maud Savary Mornet Pranav Kumar Regional Director of Asia Pacific Associate Director & Lead of MFI responsability Investments AG, Investments, South and Southeast Asia Hong Kong Begaim Sadyrova Head of APAC Business Development BlueOrchard Finance, Singapore 13:00 14:00 Lunch Break SPECIAL LECTURE + DISCUSSION WITH BANKS & REGULATORS 3. ENABLING THE HEALTHY COMPETITION Question: How MFIs and Banks compete over financial resources? How to enable the healthy competition via regulatory measures? 14:00 Investing in Small Businesses: Why MSMEs Matter? The growth of micro, small, medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in APAC region Opportunities and challenges for investors, MFIs, and banks New financing requirements in Microfinance Competition or cooperation? Facilitating local enterprises and private sector development Claudio Viezzoli Managing Director of SME Finance & Development EBRD, UK 14:30 MSME Banking Providing promotional, financial, and developmental support to MSMEs Defining, adapting, and implementing Microfinance strategy across Asia Microenterprose and microfinance promotion Institutional policy reviews of large microfinance programmes Swapnil Neeraj Principal Investment Officer & Microfinance Lead, Asia International Finance Corporation World Bank Group, Singapore 15:00 15:30 Afternoon Coffee & Networking SPECIAL LECTURE + CASE STUDY + BUSINESS MEETING 4. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE LOCAL EXPERIENCES Question: How to create a broader interconnected Microfinance ecosystem in APAC? 15:30 The Leadership Table: A Conversation With the Moderator Visionary Microfinance leaders, all responsible for leading their organizations business strategies and execute worldwide projects will speak about leadership, project management as well as their success and failure stories. Leveraging internal governance of MFIs Creating high-performance organizations Improving the distinctive capabilities of Microfinance managers Sharing know-how to achieve measurable impacts Moderator: Prof. Annie Koh Vice President of Office of Business Development Singapore Management University 16:00 Case Study: What Worked or Didn t - An Investor s Perspective Sabine Spohn Senior Investment Specialist Asian Development Bank, Philippines 16:30 Closing Remarks by the Chairman 16:45 17:45 OPEN SPACE SESSION & Cocktail Reception This session helps facilitate face-to-face meetings and networking among the Forum s participants. The conference team will arrange and reserve these special business meetings in advance and upon request of the delegates. An opportunity to ask unanswered questions Peer to peer discussions Discuss solutions to the challenges your company is facing A chance to reach out new business partners & connections Sponsored by
DAY 2 Wednesday, 31 October 2018 08:30 Morning Coffee 08:50 Opening Remarks from the Chairman PRESENTATIONS + PANEL DISCUSSION 1. DIGITALIZATION & FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS MEET THE ENABLERS Question: How MFIs can stay innovative and keep up with the new technologies? 09:00 Customer-Centric Approaches for Financial Inclusion Tailored product suites Alternative data credit scoring Expanding rural outreach Debbie Watkins Managing Director APMEA Fern Software, Singapore 09:30 Agri-finance & Microfinance Financial products and innovations for smallholder farmers Gaining contextual perspective Case studies Siva Chidambaram Investment Officer 10:00 Innovations in MSME Lending Upstreaming microfinance Different models of MSME lending Technology applications Customer relationship management Sasidhar Thumuluri Basix Sub-K itransactions Ltd., India 10:20 PANEL DISCUSSION 10:50 11:30 Coffee Break & Networking KEYNOTE LECTURE + DISCUSSION 2. CLIENT PROTECTION & RISK MANAGEMENT Question: How to leverage information technologies for improving the effectiveness of client protection mechanisms? How to build trust between MFIs and their clients? 11:30 Transparency in the Microfinance Sector Improving the client orientation in the sector Client protection mechanisms & financial literacy Monitoring the interest rates and over-indebtedness Fair treatment of Microfinance clients Director of the Responsible Inclusive Finance Facility, Southeast Asia 11:50 SPECIAL LECTURE & DISCUSSION WITH THE MODERATOR: THE SMART CAMPAIGN Responsible pricing Mechanisms for complaint resolution Empowerment and inclusion via Microfinance Keeping the clients first approach Smart certifications Dr. Hema Bansal Senior Director The Smart Campaign & Accion International, India Director of the Responsible Inclusive Finance Facility, Southeast Asia 12:30 Strategic Risk Management Key issues in long-term viability and sustainability of MFIs Managing credit shocks Managing liquidity risk Pranav Kumar Associate Director & Lead of MFI Investments, South and Southeast Asia 13:00 14:00 INTERACTIVE LUNCH The World Café Small roundtables where participants will discuss pre-selected topics in small groups with the contribution of a table host to make discussions more efficient. The table hosts will present the conclusions from the interactive discussions for 10-15 minutes at the end. KEYNOTE LECTURES + Q&As 3. ALTERNATIVE FINANCING STRATEGIES IN MICROFINANCE Question: How to implement alternative financing strategies in the Microfinance sector? 14:00 Blockchain Technologies & Inclusive Finance The application of blockchain technologies in (Micro)finance Financial inclusion projects across the Asia Pacific Trade and supply chain financing across major international banks Improving the outreach and product offerings of MFIs and their clients Daphne Ng Swee Lin JEDTrade, Singapore 14:30 Room for Opportunities: Alternative Financing in APAC Microfinance Connecting countries with funding gaps Credit investment opportunities Peer-to-peer lending platforms Crowdfunding & crowdcredit possibilities in microfinance Helping investors with limited credit investment opportunities Yuriko Hara Manager Crowdcredit, Inc., Japan 15:00 15:30 Afternoon Coffee & Networking PRESENTATION + PANEL DISCUSSION 4. TRENDS, OUTCOMES & FUTURE SCENARIOS Question: How to envision the future of Microfinance sector in the APAC region? 15:30 The Next Generation Microfinance Cloud-based systems Improving efficiency and reducing costs Expanding the outreach into where the majority of the unbanked live Cameron Goldie-Scot Musoni Services, the Netherlands 15:50 The Future of Customer-Centricity in Microfinance Automating processes of financial institutions Timely and cost-effective serving to customers Flexibility in process and workflow management Kapil Gupta & Director 16:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Milestones & the Future Directions of Microfinance Sector in the Asia Pacific Marnix Monsfort Manager, Financial Institutions, Asia Kate Hallam Investment Manager, Financial Institutions Team CDC Group, UK 16:50 Closing Remarks by the Chairman 17:00 End of the Conference Arun Kumar Head of Business Development TBA C-Quadrat Asset Management, Austria
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