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Panels

April 18, 2008
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The Microfinance Club is currently in the process of finalizing this year's panels. At the conference last year, some of the panel sessions focused on MFIs as an investment vehicle, empowering women through microfinance, and the next generation of microfinanciers.

 

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Social Impact and Sustainability (Session 1)
Moderator: Professor Geoff R. Archer (Associate Professor, Royal Roads University)
Panelists:
Betsy Teutsch (Communications Director, Green Microfinance)
Nathanael Goldberg (Financial Inclusion Director, Innovations for Poverty Action
Lara Storm-Swire (Relationship Manager, Pro Mujer)

Risk Management & Investment Strategies (Session 1)
Moderator: Professor Keith Weigelt of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
 • Ron Dadina (Chief Credit Officer, Minlam Asset Management)
Jacob Haar (Managing Director, Minlam Asset Management)
Christian Ruehmer (Founder and President & Founding Partner, Perfect Point
Partners/Horizonte Ushpa Ushpa)
John Wilson (Analyst, Frontier Investments)


Capital Markets (Session 2)
Moderator: Professor Andrew Lamas of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Panelists:
Mark Narron (AVP, Social Investments Fund Division, Deutsche Bank)
Bryan Wagner (Environment, Social Finance & Community Reinvestment
Morgan Stanley)
Jessica Moffett-Rose (Associate, Private Equity, Developing World Markets)

Ethics and Responsibilities (Session 2)
 Moderator: Professor Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of the Fels Institute of Government
 • Hanadi Toutonji (Programme Manager, United Nations Capital Development Fund)
Katie Mckee (Senior Advisor, CGAP)
Michaela Walsh (Founder and Board member, WWB)
Thomas Brunner (Partner, Wiley Rein LLP)


Technology (Session 3)
 Moderator: Nicholas Sullivan (Author of You Can Hear Me Now: How microloans and cell phones are connecting the world’s poor to the global economy)
 • Estelle Berger (Director of Knowledge Management, Opportunity International)
Rajesh Jayaraman(CTO, Oflows)
Alberto J. Jimenez(Mobile Banking for SMEs, IBM Global Business Services)

Social Entrepreneurs: Generation Next (Session 3)
 Moderator: Erica Dorn (Kiva and Volunteer Coordinator, Accion USA)
 • Charlie Javice (Founder PoverUP)
Lend for Peace 
Wooster Microfinance Initiative

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