Sanabel organizes an annual conference for Arab microfinance practitioners every year in a different Arab country. It is usually a two and a half day event filled with plenary meetings, workshops and networking.

Sanabel's conference strives to meet the following objectives:

• on the practitioner level: to promote and faciitate exchanges between MFIs through presenting, discussing and debating major industry issues in the region
• on the regulator level: to promote an enabling environment for best practice microfinance by raising public awareness and understanding among governments and donors
• on the donor/investor level: to help building strategic relationships between MFIs and Arab/global donors and commercial entities in anticipation of fulfilling future capitalization needs.