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Annual Microfinance Conference 2020
We are pleased to announce that Pakistan Microfinance Network is hosting its fourth edition of the Annual Microfinance Conference (AMC-4) on the theme “Sustaining Resilience; Microfinance in a Post Pandemic Era” on November 25th and 26th, 2020 at Serena Hotel, Islamabad Pakistan.
The primary objective of this conference is to cultivate a concrete policy with the help of all the regulators, stakeholders and the microfinance sector thinktanks to deal and handle natural calamities (including pandemics), as well as financial & economic disasters. Also, to identify the possible hurdles that exist in the microfinance industry that can hinder the process of growth and to propose ideas to overcome them.
Another purpose of this event is to provide a platform to all stakeholders such as microfinance providers, financial service providers (like banks, digital financial service providers, fintechs) insurance companies, donor agencies, policy makers, regulators, development agencies and government authorities to discuss the ways to broaden the horizons of the microfinance industry.
AGENDA
Day 1
10:00am - 11:30am | Opening Session |
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11:30am - 11:45am | Launch & Signing Ceremonies |
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11:45am - 12:00pm | Morning Brew |
12:00pm - 1:15pm | Plenary Session I: Policy Dialogue |
Session Chair: Mr. Waqas ul Hassan, Senior Private & Financial Sector Advisor, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Pakistan Panelists:
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1:15pm - 2:15pm | LUNCH |
2:15pm - 3:30pm | Plenary Session II: Microfinance & Low-Cost Housing |
Mr. Zafar Masud, President & Chief Executive Officer- The Bank of Punjab (BOP) to share his vision on Housing Finance Session Chair: Mr. Ali Khizer Aslam, Head of Research, Business Recorder Panelists:
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3:30pm - 4:00pm | Evening Brew |
4:00pm - 5:15pm | Plenary Session III: Financial Inclusion in Economically Deprived Areas & Socio-Economic Segments |
Session Chair: Mr. Ghazanfar Azzam, President & Chief Executive Officer - Mobilink Microfinance Bank Panelists:
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5:15pm - 6:00pm | Fire Side Chat on Global Perspective to Microfinance due to COVID-19 |
Mr. Mudassir Aqil, President & Chief Executive Officer Telenor Microfinance Bank to converse with Mr. Stephen Rasmussen, Lead, Digital Rails, CGAP |
* Subject to confirmation
Day 2
9:30am - 10:15am | A Conversation Between Two Microfinance Luminaries from Pakistan & India |
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10:15am - 10:45am | Morning Brew |
10:45am - 12:00pm | Plenary Session IV: COVID-19; A Catalyst for Digital Finance |
Session Chair: Mr. Ali Sarfaraz, Chief Executive Officer-Karandaaz Pakistan Panelist:
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12:00pm - 1:00pm | Plenary Session V: Promoting Funding Resilience for MFP’s |
Scene Setting: Mr. Shahzad Saleem, Chief Executive Officer – The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited (PACRA) Session Chair: Mr. Farrukh H. Khan, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director-Pakistan Stock Exchange Panelists:
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1:00pm - 2:00pm | LUNCH |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Plenary Session VII: Making Microfinance Resilient: Putting in Place a Disaster Risk Fund |
Session Chair: Mr. Ghalib Nishtar, Chairman – Pakistan Microfinance Network Panel Discussion:
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3:00pm | Wrapping Up |
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* Subject to confirmation