Forum Resouces

FRIDAY 24 MARCH

	PLENARY PANEL 5
	Creating an Enabling Environment for Microfinance
Moderator:	Bai Chengyu , Secretary-General, CICETE
Speakers:	G abriela Braun, Head of Financial System Development Section, GTZ How Can Governments promote microfinance in Asia? Joselito S. Almario, Deputy Exeutive Director, National Credit Council, Department of Finance, Philippines Improving supervision of microfinance through partnership models Du Xiaoshan, Deputy Director, Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The development and policy of microfinance in China

	DAY 2 BREAKOUT SESSIONS
GROUP A:	Regulations regarding access to capital
Moderator:	Kate Druschel, Associate Director IRIS, University of Maryland
Speakers:	Deborah Burand, Executive Vice President for Programs, Grameen Foundation USA Shankar Man Shrestha, CEO, Rural Microfinance Development Centre Ltd, Nepal Mark Wensley, UNITUS Doan Anh Tuan, Asia Area Economic Opportunies Advisor, Save the Children, USA

GROUP B:	Policies and regulations to expand electronic banking for the poor
Moderator:	John Conroy, Special Consultant, FDC
Speakers:	Riza Primahendra, Director, CORES - Bina Swadaya, Indonesia Policies and regualation to expand electronic banking for the poor Rogelio Encinas, Head of the Microfinance Group of Examiners, Central Bank of the Philippines The Role of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Microfinance Ali Ahmed, Chief Information Officer, First MicroFinance Bank, Pakistan Policies and Regulation to Expand e-Banking for the Poor Phan Cu Nhan, Director, International Cooperation, Vietnam Bank for Social Policies E-Banking 4 the poor in Vietnam

GROUP C:	Importance of transparency for microfinance development
Moderator:	Stephen Rasmussen, Lead Specialist, The World Bank, Pakistan
Speakers:	Fabio Malanchini, Director, Microfinanza Rating Ruben de Lara, Executive Director, TSPI, Philippines Hussain Tejany, President/CEO, First MicroFinance Bank, Pakistan Perrine Pouget, Rating Fund Administrator, Microfinance Rating and Assessment Fund Bob Lyon, Chairman, ANZ Pacific Sanjay Sinha, Managing Director, Micro-Credit Ratings International Limited, India
	PLENARY PANEL 6
	The Future of Microfinance in Asia
Moderator:	Beris Gwynne, Executive Director, FDC
Speakers:	Wang Jun, The World Bank, China H.I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust Ventje Rahardjo, Director of Microbanking, Bank Rakyat Indonesia The future of Asia Microfinance: Perspective of Indonesia Speaker Note Jiao Jinpu, Deputy Director General, Financial Research Institute, People’s Bank of China
	CLOSING SESSION Chandula Abeywickrema, Chairman, BWTP Network Robert Annibale, Global Director of Microfinance, Citigroup

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