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Conference Program Monday, December 15, 2003
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9:00 am – 10:00 am |
Registration
Location: Pre-function Area—Resort
Building |
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10:00 am |
Doors to the Ballroom 1 & 2—Resort
Building close.
For security reasons, participant may
not enter the hall after 10:00 am in
preparation for the arrival of Her
Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah |
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10:30 am –
12:00 pm |
Opening Session
Location: Ballroom 1 & 2— Resort
Building |
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Speakers |
Mr.
Mohammed Khaled,
Director, SANABEL, Palestine
Mr.
Nabil El-Shami,
Chairman, SANABEL, Egypt
Her
Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah
H.E.
Dr. Bassem Awadallah,
Minister of Planning, Jordan
H.E.
Bahiyya al-Hariri,
Member of Parliament, Lebanon
Ms.
Judith Brandsma,
Microfinance Consultant, The
Netherlands |
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12:00 pm – 1:15 pm |
Pick up conference materials.
Location: Pre-function Area—Resort
Building
Lunch
Location: Al-Saraya Restaurant |
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
MIS Exhibition
Location: Pre-function Area—Convention Center
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1:15 pm –
2:45 pm |
Plenary 1: State of Microfinance in the
Arab World
Location: Ballroom 1 & 2—Resort
Building |
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Moderator |
Mr. Nabil El Shami,
Executive Director, Alexandria
Business Association, Egypt |
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Speakers |
Ms. Judith Brandsma,
Microfinance Consultant, The
Netherlands
Mr. Blaine Stephens,
Senior Analyst Microfinance
Information eXchange (MIX),
United States
Mr. Xavier Reille,
Senior Microfinance
Specialist/Industry Team Leader,
Consultative Group to Assist the
Poor (CGAP), United States
Mr. Grzegorz Galusek,
Executive Director, Microfinance
Centre of Central & Eastern
Europe and the Newly Independent
States, Poland
Mr. Kimanthi Mutua,
Managing Director, K-Rep Bank,
Kenya
Ms. Elisabeth Rhyne, Senior Vice President, ACCION International,
United States |
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2:45 pm –
3:15 pm |
Break
Location: Pre-function Area—Resort
Building |
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3:15 pm –
5:00 pm |
Workshop 1
Concurrent sessions. Please see separate
sheet for your individual workshop
assignments. |
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Moroccan Microfinance Industry: Case
Study in Growth |
Exploring Islamic Lending |
MFI Sustainability: The Path Towards
Commercialization |
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Location: Grand Ballroom 1- Convention
Center
Moderator
Dr. Pierre Copti,
Executive Director
Lebanese Association for Development (Al
Majmoua), Lebanon
Speakers
Dr. M. Mustapha Bidouj, General Secretary
Fondation Banque Populaire pour le
Microcrédit, Morocco
Mr. Aziz Ben Maazouz,
Executive Director
Fondation Zakoura, Morocco
Mr. Fouad Abdelmoumni, Executive Director
Association Al Amana, Morocco
Ms. Anna Gincherman,
Relationship Manager, Eastern Europe and Middle East
Women’s World Banking, United States |
Location: Grand Ballroom 2 – Convention
Center
Moderator
Mr. Bassem Khanfar, General Manager
Microfund for Women, Jordan
Speakers
Dr. Mohammed N. Alam, Islamic Microfinance Consultant
Canada
Mr. Kais Aliriani, Head of Unit, Small and Micro Enterprise Development Unit
Social Fund for Development, Yemen
Mr. Magdy Moussa, Senior Manager and Finance Advisor
Environmental Quality International (EQI),
Egypt
Ms. Eva Stenius,
Associate
JAK Members Bank, Sweden |
Location: Grand Ballroom 3- Convention
Center
Moderator
Mr. Jamil El Wheidi,
MFI Projects Manager
USAID-funded AMIR Program, Jordan
Speakers
Mr. Khaled Al-Gazawi, Executive Director
Jordan Micro Credit Company, Jordan
Ms. Essma Ben Hamida,
Co-Director
Enda Inter-Arabe, Tunisia
Mr. Mohammed Abdessamad, Operations Manager
Association Al Amana, Morocco
Mr. Hassan Faried,
Executive Director
Dakalya Businessmen’s Association, Egypt |
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6:30 pm |
Busses leave for Marriott Jordan Valley
Hotel.
Location: Main entrance—Mövenpick
Resort & Spa - Dead Sea |
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7:00 pm –
7:45 pm |
Traditional Jordanian dancing and music
performance.
Location: Vartanii Ballroom—Marriott
Jordan Valley Hotel |
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7:45 pm – 9:00 pm |
Dinner
Location: Vartanii Ballroom—Marriott
Jordan Valley Hotel |
Conference Program Tuesday, December 16, 2003
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9:00 am – 11:00 am |
Plenary 2: Regulatory Environment
Location: Ballroom 1 & 2—Resort
Building |
9:00 am – 6:00 pm |
MIS Exhibition
Location: Pre-function Area—Convention
Center |
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Moderator |
Ms. Niveen Abboushi,
Managing Partner, MicroServe,
Jordan |
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Speakers |
Ms. Sahar Tieby,
Consultant, Jordan
Mr. Nabil El-Shami,
Executive Director, Alexandria
Business Association, Egypt
Dr. M. Mustapha Bidouj,
General Secretary, Fondation
Banque Populaire pour le
Microcrédit, Morocco
Mr. Rafik Missaoui,
Economic Expert, ALCOR, Tunisia
Mr. Timothy Lyman,
President and Executive
Director, Day, Berry & Howard
Legal Foundation, United States |
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11:00 am – 11:30 am |
Break
Location: Pre-function Area—Resort
Building |
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11:30 am – 1:00 pm |
Workshop 2
Concurrent sessions. Please see separate
sheet for your individual workshop
assignment. |
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Credit Bureaus: Country and Regional
Collaboration
Location: Grand Ballroom 1—Convention
Center
Moderator
Dr. Naser Abdelkarim,
Associate Professor of
Accounting and Finance, Faculty of
Commerce and Economics Birzeit
University, Palestine
Speakers
Mr. Amer Klfeh, Information Technology Manager
Initiative for Sustainable and
Accessible Microfinance Industry (ISAMI
Project), Palestine
Mr. Hatem Tieby,
Senior Program Advisor
USAID-funded AMIR Program, Jordan
Mr. Fouad Benjalloun
DAI, Morocco
Mr. Miguel Llenas,
President and International Consultant,
CBMM, Inc., Dominican Republic |
Utilizing Commercial Funds:
Regional Experience
Location: Grand Ballroom 2—Convention
Center
Moderator
Ms. Nawal Tarazi,
Resident Vice President
Citibank,
Jordan
Speakers
Mr. Amr Hegazi,
Financial Advisor
Environmental Quality International (EQI),
Egypt
Dr. Mayada Bayadas, Director
CHF International, Lebanon
Ms. Nadia Laraj,
Financial Relationships Manager
Association Al Amana, Morocco
Mr. Bassem Khanfar, General Manager
Microfund for Women, Jordan |
MIX: Standards, Performance Monitoring
and Benchmarking
Location: Grand Ballroom 3—Convention
Center
Speaker
Mr. Blaine Stephens,
Senior Analyst Microfinance Information
eXchange (MIX), United States |
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1:00 pm –
2:30 pm |
Lunch
Location: Al-Saraya Restaurant |
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2:30 pm –
3:45 pm |
Plenary 3: Investor/Donor Forum
Location: Ballroom 1 & 2—Resort Building |
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Hosts |
Mr. Didier Thys,
Executive Director, Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX), United
States
Ms. Elizabeth Littlefield,
CEO, Consultative Group to
Assist the Poor (CGAP), United
States |
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Investors/ Donors |
Blue Orchard
SIDI
Citibank Jordan
European Commission
Triodos Bank
International Development
Foundation
KfW Group
Deutsche Bank
Grameen Foundation
USAID
Rockdale Foundation |
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3:45 pm –
5:00 pm |
Plenary 3: Investor/Donor Forum
Location: Al-Diwan 1 & 2—Resort Building
Individual networking with
investors/donors. |
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3:45 pm –
5:00 pm |
Break
Location: Pre-function Area—Resort
Building |
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7:00 pm –
8:30 pm |
Dinner
Location: Al-Saraya Restaurant
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Conference Program—Wednesday December 17, 2003
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8:30 am –
9:45 am |
Plenary 4: What Do We Need to Thrive?
Developing Regional Action Plans
Training/Technical Assistance Needs
Location: Ballroom 1—Resort Building
Mr. Xavier Reille,
Senior Microfinance Specialist/Industry
Team Leader, Consultative Group to
Assist the Poor (CGAP), United States
Regulation
Location: Ballroom 2—Resort Building
Mr. Timothy Lyman,
President and Executive Director, Day,
Berry & Howard Legal Foundation, United
States
Research
Location: Al-Diwan 1—Resort Building
Mr. Joseph Phillips,
Program Officer, Grameen Foundation,
United States
Mr. Grzegorz Galusek,
Executive Director, Microfinance Centre
of Central & Eastern Europe and the
Newly Independent States, Poland
Transparency/Benchmarking
Location: Al-Diwan 2—Resort Building
Mr. Blaine Stephens, Senior Analyst, Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX),
United States
Networking
Location: Library—Resort Building
Ms. Sharyn Tenn,
Network Development Services Manager,
SEEP Network, United States |
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9:45 am – 10:00 am |
Break
Location: Pre-function Area—Resort
Building |
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10:00 am – 11:15 am |
Plenary 4: What Do We Need to Thrive?
Developing Regional Action Plans
Continued
Location: Auditorium—Convention Center
Action Plan Session groups share their
regional action plans. |
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11:15 am – 12:00 pm |
Registration for the Fourth Annual
Microentrepreneur Awards
Location: Pre-function Area—Convention
Center |
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12:00 pm |
Doors to the
Grand Ballroom—Convention Center close.
For security reasons, participants may
not enter the hall after 12:00 pm in
preparation for the arrival of Her
Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah. |
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12:30 pm – 1:30 pm |
The Fourth Annual Microentrepreneur
Awards
Location: Grand Ballroom—Convention
Center |
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1:30 pm –
2:30 pm |
Reception and Entrepreneur Souk
Location: Pre-function Area—Convention
Center |
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