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| Monday,
April 18, 2005 |
| 13:00
– 20:00 |
Registration
(on site) |
| 20:00-
22:00 |
Opening
Cocktail |
| Tuesday,
April 19, 2005 |
| 08:00
– 09:30 |
Registration
(on site) |
| 09:30-
11:30 |
Opening
Ceremony:
2005 Latin America/Caribbean Region
Microcredit Summit Begins.
Chair :
to be confirmed
Panelists:
* Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen
Bank, Bangladesh
* Sam Daley-Harris, Director, Microcredit
Summit Campaign, USA
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| 11:30
– 12:00 |
Break |
| 12:00
– 13:45 |
Plenary
Session:
Ensuring Impact: Demonstrating Microcredit’s
Contribution to Achieving the Millenium Development
Goals
Chair :
*Juan Eduardo Errazuriz, President, Caja los
Andes, Chile
Panelists:
*Anton Simanowitz, Program Manager, ImpAct,
UK – AUTHOR.
* Roxana Mercado, General Manager, CRECER,
Bolivia.
* Rupert Scofield, Executive Director, FINCA
International, USA.
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| 13:45
– 15:15 |
Lunch |
| 15:15
– 17:00 |
Six Workshops
Delinquency Management: How to Overcome
the Repayment Crises?
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*Hilda Menjivar, Director, FINCA Honduras
* Carlos Hernández Zárate,
Deputy Manager of Risks at BancoEstado Microempresas
S.A., BancoEstado, Chile.
* Lourdes Pérez, Founder and General
Manager, Excelencia Empresarial, Panama.
* Martin Burt, General Manager, Fundación
Paraguaya, Paraguay.
Empowerment of Women
through Microfinance
Chair :
*Mónica Hernandez, Executive Vicepresident,
Banco Solidario, Ecuador
Panelists:
* Alejandro Cuevas Merino, General Manager,
Banco Santander Banefe, Chile
* Claudia Rovelo, Director, AlSol Chiapas,
Mexico
* Naldi Delgado, Country Director, Pro Mujer
Perú
* John Hatch, Founder, FINCA International,
USA
Transformation of Microfinance
Operations from NGOs to Regulated MFIs
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
* Mercedes Canalda, Executive Director,
ADOPEM, Dominican Republic.
*Gabriel Solórzano, President, FINDESA,
Nicaragua.
* Lesly de Herrera, Superintendent of Values
and other Institutions, National Commission
of Banks and Securities of Honduras.
Designing Internal
Control Systems to Minimize Fraud and Irregularities
Chair :
* Mónica Pescarmona, Founder/President,
Fundación Grameen Mendoza, Argentina
Panelists:
*Germán Contreras, President, Finamerica,
Colombia
*Joyce Lehman, Senior Consultant and Program
Manager for Microfinance at MEDA, USA
Transparency on the
Depth of Outreach: Indicators for Programs
Performance and New Efforts to Cost-Effectively
Measure Absolute Poverty
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*Nigel Biggar, Senior Program Officer, Grameen
Foundation USA
*Chris Dunford, President, Freedom from
Hunger, USA
The Role of the Microfinance
Networks in the Growth and Expansion of
the Sector in Latin America
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists: to be confirmed
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| 17:00
– 17:30 |
Break |
| 17:30
– 19:15 |
Plenary
Session:
The Profile of Microfinance in Latin America
in 10 Years: Vision and Characteristics
Chair/Panelist:
* Beatríz Marulanda, President of the
Board of Directors, Banco Caja Social –
Fundación Social, Colombia –
CO-AUTHOR
Panelists:
*María Otero, President and CEO, ACCION
International, USA – CO-AUTHOR.
*Carmen Velasco, Executive Director, Pro Mujer,
Bolivia .
*Álvaro Ramírez, Chief of the
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Division,
IADB |
| Wednesday,
April 20, 2005 |
| 09:00
– 10:45 |
Plenary
Session:
From Individualism to Cooperation for
a National Strategy toward the Most Vulnerable:
the Chilean Experience
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*José Manuel Mena, Executive General
Manager, BancoEstado, Chile.
* Jorge Rodriguez, Minister of Economy, Chile.
*Hector Chamorro, President of the Chilean
Network of Microcredit Institutions and Manager
of the Bank of Microentrepreneurs, Banco Santander
Banefe, Chile.
*Yazna Provoste, Minister of Planning, Chile
* Roberto Delmastro, Congressional Representative,
Chile
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| 10:45
- 11:15 |
Break |
| 11:15
– 13:00 |
Six
Workshops
Successful Management
Strategies to Reduce Costs and Improve Efficiency
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*Jaime Pizarro Tapia, Small Enterprise Manager,
BancoEstado, Chile.
* Pedro Valdéz Valderrama, Director,
PlaNet Finance Mexico.
* Kurt Koenigsfest, General Manager, BancoSol,
Bolivia .
* Clara de Akerman, President, Fundación
WWB Colombia.
Human Resource Management:
Recruiting, Training and Motivating Staff
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*José Luis Blanco, Director General,
Servicios Financieros Solidarios (SERFINSO),
Mexico.
*Susana Barton, Vice-President of International
Operations, ACCION International, USA
* Kim Pityn, Vice President of International
Operations and Director of Human Resources,
MEDA, Canada.
Impact Evaluation and
Microfinance Market Research
Chair :
*Raúl Sanchez, Executive
Director, Katalysis Central American Microfinance
Network, Honduras.
Panelists:
*Anton Simanowitz, Program Manager, ImpAct,
UK.
*Miguel Navarro, Financial Manager, ODEF,
Honduras.
*Isabel Rueda Fernandez, Education, Capacitation
and Human Resources Manager, CRECER, Bolivia.
*Carola Conde Bonfil, Researcher, El Colegio
Mexiquense, A.C., Mexico.
Accessing Loans and
Grants from Bilateral and Multilateral Donor
Agencies for Microcredit Programs
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
* Raúl Hopkins, Regional Economist,
Latin America/Caribbean Division, IFAD,
Italy.
* André Leclercq, President, Fondation
AnBer, France.
* Alain Le Saux, Director of Foreign and
European Affairs, Regional Council of Ile-de-France,
France
Microcredit and Agriculture:
How to Make it Work
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*Pablo Coloma, Chief of the Financial Assistance
Department, Institute for Agricultural Development,
Chile.
* Teresa Rivarola de Velilla, Deputy Vicepresident
and Commercial Director, Financiera El Comercio,
Paraguay.
* Mayra Falck, Director, Panamerican School
of Agriculture, Honduras
Technology:
Indispensable Tool for MFIs to Support their
Clients Efficiently
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*James Dailey, Technical Project Manager,
Grameen Technology Center, USA.
* Dagoberto Cereceda González, Deputy
Manager, Electronic Banking and Applied
Technology Division of the Medium and Small
Enterprise Bank, BancoEstado, Chile.
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| 13:00
– 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30
– 16:15 |
Plenary
Session:
Presentation of Institutional Action Plan
Chair :
* Alex Counts, President, Grameen Foundation
USA
Panelists: to be confirmed
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| 16:15
- 16:45 |
Break |
| 16:45
– 18:30 |
Plenary
Session:
Building Better Lives: Sustainable Integration
of Microfinance and Education in Child Survival,
Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention
for the Poorest Entrepreneurs
Chair :
* Denis Gallet, Managing Director, DESAFIO
and President, Fundación Contigo, Chile
Panelists:
*Neisa Vasquez, Development and Services Manager,
PRO MUJER Bolivia.
*Padre Luis Roblero, Director, Universidad
del Trabajador (INFOCAP), Chile.
*Chris Dunford, President, Freedom from Hunger,
USA – AUTHOR
*John Hatch, Founder, FINCA International,
USA
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| 18:30
– 18:45 |
Break |
| 18:45
- 19:45 |
Six
Associated Sessions (to be announced) |
| Thursday,
April 21, 2005 |
| 09:00
– 10:45 |
Plenary
Session:
Policies, Regulations and Systems that
Promote Sustainable Financial Services to
the Poor and Poorest
Chair :
*María del Carmen Díaz-Amador,
General Coordinator of the National Program
for Financing Microenterprise, Secretariat
of the Economy, Mexico.
Panelists:
*Chris De Noose, Chairman of the Management
Comittee, World Savings Bank Institute,
Belgium.
* Jacques Trigo Loubiére, Consultant,
(Ex-Minister of Finance and Superintendent
of Banks), Bolivia.
* Enrique Marshall, Superintendent of Banks
and Financial Institutions, Chile.
* Nancy Barry, President, Women’s
World Banking, USA –AUTHOR
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| 10:45
– 11:15 |
Break |
| 11:15
– 13:00 |
Six
Workshops:
MFIs and the Formal Banking Sector:
Developing Effective Linkages
Chair :
*Maria Nowak, President, Association pour
le Droit a l' Initiative Economique, France
Panelists:
*Pierre-Marie Boisson, President of SogeSol
& Chief Economist of Sogebank, Haiti.
* Roberto Smith, President, Banco do Nordeste
do Brasil.
* Patricio Fernandez Seyler, General Manager
of the Service for Technical Cooperation
(SERCOTEC), Chile.
* Eulalia Arboleda, President, Banco Caja
Social, Colombia.
Specialized Rural Financial Services
for the Poor
Chair :
*Percy Villazana, FORO LAC FR, Peru
Panelists:
* Luís Roberto Jiménez,
Executive Director, Fundación Integral
Campesina, Costa Rica
* Reynaldo Marconi, Manager, FINRURAL,
Bolivia
The Challenge of Reducing High Dropout
Rates: Concrete Proposals
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*Roberto González, Executive Director,
Support Center for the Microenterprise
(FINCA El Salvador)
Remittances: What are the Challenges
and What are the Opportunities?
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
* Vanessa Vizcarra Bianchi, Regional Manager
– Latin America, Microfinance International
Corporation, El Salvador.
*Anne Hastings, Director, FONKOZE, Haiti.
*María Jaramillo, Director of Marketing
and Product Development, ACCION International,
Colombia.
The Development of Microcredit in
Urban Areas
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
* Sandra Tamayo Perugachi, Business Manager,
CREDIFE Microenterprise Development, Ecuador.
* Mirella Melgar, Director of Microcredit
Programs, Asociación Movimiento
de Mujeres Melida Anaya Montes, El Salvador
* Stélio Gama Lyra Junior, Superintendent
of Microfinance and Special Projects,
Banco do Nordeste, Brazil.
* Vicente Fenoll Algorta, Director General,
FINCOMUN, Mexico.
Beyond Microfinance: Satisfying
the Business and Social Needs of the Microentrepreneurs
and Their Families
Chair :
*Susana Pinilla Cisneros, Executive President,
IDESI Nacional (EDPYMES Proempresa), Peru.
Panelists:
*Frederico Celentano, Director, PlaNet
Finance Brazil.
* Santiago Ribadeneira Troya, Executive
President, Banco Solidario, Ecuador.
* Jaime Pizarro Tapia, Small Enterprise
Manager, BancoEstado, Chile.
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| 13:00
– 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30
– 16:00 |
Meeting
of Councils (Four)
· Practitioners and NGOs
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Donors, UN Agencies, Int’l
Finance Institutions, and Domestic
Government
Agencies.
· Advocates, Parliamentarians, Educational
Institutions, Service Clubs and Religious
Institutions.
· Corporations,
Banks & Commercial
Finance Institutions and Foundations
and Philanthropists
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| 16:00
– 16:30 |
Break |
| 16:30
– 18:30 |
Six
Intensive Courses
Entering the Field: Learning the
Basics of Starting a Microcredit Program
Learning to Plan for Institutional Financial
Self-Sufficiency while Reaching the Poorest
Families
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists: to be confirmed
Learning to Use Cost-Effective Impact
Measurement Tools
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists: to be confirmed
Management Capacity Building for
Reaching Large Numbers of Clients Efficiently
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists: to be confirmed
Learning to Sustainably Integrate
Microfinance with Education for Child
Survival, Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS
Prevention for the Poorest Entrepreneurs
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists: to be confirmed
Obtaining Funds through New Financial
Instruments and Gaining Access to Foreign
Capital Markets
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists: to be confirmed
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| 18:30
– 18:45 |
Break |
| 18:45
– 19:45 |
Six
Associated Sessions (to be announced) |
| Friday,
April 22, 2005 |
| 08:30
– 11:00 |
Cont.
of Five Intensive Courses |
| 11:00
– 11:30 |
Break |
| 11:30
– 13:00 |
Closing
Ceremony
Chair : to be confirmed
Panelists:
*Managing Director of Grameen Bank, Muhammad
Yunus
* Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign,
Sam Daley-Harris |
| 13:00
– 14:30 |
Transportation
to village South of Santiago |
| 14:30
– 16:30 |
Closing
Lunch and Folkloric Show |
| 16:45
- 17:45 |
Return
to Diego Portales Convention Center |
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