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Day 1TUESDAY, MAY 6TH, 2008 09:00 – 10:00 Opening Session & Regional Microentrepreneur Awards Welcoming Remarks: Kris Besch, Interim Executive Director, Sanabel, Egypt Speech: Essma Ben Hamida, Chairperson of Sanabel, Tunisia Speech: Dr. Nabe Rasheed Mohamad, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Syria Speech: H.E. Ali Chaouch, Minister of Social Affairs, Tunisia Keynote Speech: H.R.H. Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Bin Saud, President, AGFUND, Saudi Arabia Introduction of Microfinance Ambassador: Sonia M’barek Master of Ceremony: Fouad Abdelmoumni, General Manager, Al Amana, Morocco 10:00 – 11:00 Microentrepreneur Awards Ceremony & Conference Notices Speech: Mr. Zaher Al-Munajjed, Chairman of Grameen-Jameel Presentation of Awards 11:30 – 13:00 State of the Industry and Presentation of the Conference Themes State of Industry: Ranya Abdel Baki, Transparency Manager, Sanabel, Egypt Measuring and Managing Social Impact: Developing Quality Products to Meet Customer Demand: Formalizing the Microfinance Sector: Integration into the Financial Sector: Technology Revolutionizing the Industry: 14:30 – 16:30 Concurrent Sessions Track One - Measuring and Managing Social Impact: Social Performance in the Arab Region Katarzyna Pawlak, Deputy Director, Microfinance Centre, Poland Leïla Akhmisse, Director of Development, Fondation Zakoura, Morocco Speaker/Moderator: Ozaina Aljundi, Social Performance Management Project Manager, Sanabel, Egypt Track Two - Developing Quality Products to Meet Customer Demand: Rural and Agricultural Lending Marie-France L'heriteau, Project Manager, PROPARCO, France Rula Nesnas, Advisor, PARC - REEF, Palestine Hassine Cherif, President, ASAD, Tunisia Moderator: Lillian Diaz, Lead International Consultant, SEEP, Vietnam Track Three - Formalizing the Microfinance Sector: Crunching the Numbers: Negotiating Funding Terms Louise Schneider-Moretto, Capital Markets Group Sr. Director, WWB, USA Youssef Chouk, Charge de Clientele, BIAT with Riadh Akrout, Finance Director, Enda Inter-Arabe, Tunisia Bassem Khanfar, Executive Director, Al-Watani, Jordan Moderator: Shawn Murphy, Executive Director of Fixed Income, Morgan Stanley, United Kingdom
Track Four - Technology Revolutionizing the Industry: Using Technology to Increase Outreach and Decrease Costs Samir Zghal, Executive Partner, OXIA, Tunisia James Dailey, Independent Consultant, USA Jean Marc Lagache, Banking Solution Manager, SOPRA Group, Tunisia Moderator: Wassim Ali-Hassan, IT Officer, Grameen - Jameel, Dubai |
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