Expanding Horizons of Microfinance
The 6th Annual San Diego Microfinance Summit will be held Tuesday, April 8th at the University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice. Come learn new microfinance concepts, converse with like minded people, and participate in supporting local microfinance clients.
The 2014 San Diego Microfinance Summit will bring together leading microfinance practitioners, social entrepreneurs, students and members of the general public to explore the expanding horizons of the microfinance industry. Larry Reed, the Director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign, will be the keynote speaker. The event will also highlight speakers from innovative organizations such as Kiva, GiveDirectly, Edify and Puddle. Panels and presentations throughout the day will center on discussions about new ways to expand the reach and impact of microfinance by bringing vital financing to under-served markets. At the end of the day we will host a tremendous networking mixer with a million dollar view.
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Pre-Summit Networking Mixer
Ritual Tavern (a microfinance-funded establishment)
Monday, April 7th; 6:00 - 8:00pm
Cost: $12, including appetizers and one drink
www.ritualtavern.com
San Diego Microfinance Summit
University of San Diego
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
Tuesday, April 8th; 9:00am - 5:00pm
Summit Tickets*:
General: $50.00
Student: $25.00 (for current students with a valid student identification)
*Ticket price includes breakfast, lunch and reception, as well as a free voucher worth $10 to be applied to any purchase in the Artisan Client Marketplace. You’re encouraged to shop and support the vendors (no cash back value).
2014 San Diego Microfinance Summit Agenda
8:15 – 9:00 am Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 – 9:30 am Welcome - USD Director Stephen Conroy, Dean Paula Cordeiro
9:30 –10:15 am Keynote Speaker - Larry Reed
10:15 – 10:25 am Break
10:25 – 11:30 am Plenary Session - Innovations In Finance
Jonny Price, Kiva; Jean Claude Rodriguez, Puddle; Paul Niehaus, GiveDirectly; Moderator: Craig McIntosh (UCSD)
11:30 – 11:45 am Microfinance CLIENT Success Story: Angela Maweu
11:45 –1:00 pm Lunch and Marketplace
1:00 – 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions- Concurrent
1) The Changing Horizon of Local Micro Lending: Impact, Innovation and Advocacy
2) Emerging Models: Returning to Traditional Ways of Saving and Sharing
2:10 – 3:10 pm Plenary Session: Education & Microfinance
Larry Reed, Microcredit Summit Campaign; Chris Crane, Edify; Moderator: Paula Cordeiro, USD
3:10 – 4:30 pm Networking Reception
Keynote Speaker - Larry Reed is the director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign. He has worked for more than 25 years in designing, supporting and leading activities and organizations that empower poor people to transform their lives and their communities. For most of that time Larry worked with Opportunity International, including five years as their Africa regional director and eight years as the first CEO of the Opportunity International Network. During his time with Opportunity, Larry helped to implement a strategy for developing full-service banks that served the very poor while mobilizing hundreds of millions of dollars in savings deposits and investments. Under his leadership, Opportunity developed the first micro-insurance brokerage, which now serves hundreds of millions of people around the world. Larry has taught at the Boulder Institute of Microfinance for 15 years, served as the chair of the SEEP Network, and consulted with industry-wide initiatives like the Smart Campaign for Client Protection and MicroFinance Transparency. Larry authored the State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report in 2011, 2012, and 2013 and has contributed to several books on finance and the poor including The New World of Microfinance (Rhyne, Otero, et. al., 1996), Serving with the Poor in Africa (Yamamori, Myers, Bediako and Reed, 1996), Globalization and the Kingdom of God (Goudzwaard, 2001), and More Pathways Out of Poverty (Harris et. al., 2006). He is a graduate of Wheaton College and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Moderators
University of San Diego - Paula Cordeiro grew up in New England and is a former teacher, principal and school head in international, bilingual schools in Venezuela and Spain. She holds a Master’s degree in TESOL from Rhode Island College and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Houston. Paula is currently a professor and dean of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES) at the University of San Diego. In 2007 Paula was appointed to the board of The James Irvine Foundation in San Francisco and also serves on the boards of San Diego Grantmakers, the international micro-lender Edify, and the Boston-based nonprofit Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC). She is the author of three books and in 2012 completed, with co-author Bill Cunningham, the 5th edition of her textbook Educational Leadership: A Bridge to Improved Practice. Her research interests are in school leadership and education in developing nations.
UC San Diego - Craig McIntosh is a Professor of Economics at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in agriculture and resource economics. He is a development economist whose work focuses on program evaluation. His main research interest is the design of institutions, which promote the provision of financial services to micro-entrepreneurs. He has conducted field evaluations of innovative anti-poverty policies in Mexico, Guatemala, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. He is currently working on research projects investigating how to boost savings among the poor, on whether schooling can be used as a tool to fight HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, and on mechanisms to improve the long-term viability of Fair Trade markets.
Morning Plenary Session
Kiva - Jonny Price first came to Kiva in 2009 as a volunteer on a 5-month externship from his management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. After 6 years at Oliver Wyman, first in London and then in San Francisco, he joined Kiva full-time in September 2011, to lead the Kiva Zip pilot project. Jonny is married to Ali, who he met at Kiva, and occasionally you may glimpse them cycling their tandem to work. He graduated with a BA in History from the University of Cambridge.
GiveDirectly - Paul Niehaus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at UC San Diego as well as a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Junior Affiliate at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), an Affiliate of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and an Affiliate at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA). His research deals with program implementation in developing countries and with learning. He is also co-founder and president of the nonprofit GiveDirectly. In 2013 Foreign Policy named him one of its leading 100 “Global Thinkers.”
Puddle - Jean Claude Rodriguez is a co-founder of Puddle with Matt Flannery, CEO of Kiva. Puddle is an online platform that gives individuals instant access to a line of credit and a platform where money is lent and borrowed freely among members. Before moving to San Francisco, he implemented Puddle offline in more than 10 countries. He is an Ashoka fellow and was selected Best Creative Entrepreneur of the World in 2008. He holds a Ph.D. in Microfinance.
Afternoon Session (1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
The Changing Horizon of Local Micro Lending: Impact, Innovation and Advocacy (Conference Room C)
Practitioners in the evolving field of micro lending are continually challenged to develop innovative solutions to address the need for access to capital and business education. The nature of these solutions can vary but the goal is always the same: creating lasting impact for underserved entrepreneurs. In this session, microfinance practitioners will discuss how their micro lending programs have evolved to meet the needs of the local market in four tangible ways including: policy advocacy for systemic changes to benefit small businesses, expansion of traditional underwriting processes to include character and commitment to business training, impact analysis via measurements of household and business income, and collaborative approaches to delivering business assistance to entrepreneurs.
Panelists
Valery Belloso, ACCION San Diego, Business Development Officer
Kaitlan Hammock, Microenterprise Program Manager, International Rescue Committee,
Susan Lamping, Vice President of Community Lending, CDC Small Business Finance
Sandra Martinez, Program Manager, Foundation for Women
Emerging models: Returning to traditional Ways of Saving and Sharing (Conference Room D)
In recent years new models designed around savings are appearing in the world of micro-finance. In a way this is a return to traditional models used by villages. Many communities are hesitant to enter into debt outside of their community relationships or do not have a third party linking them to sources of capital. Some communities, due to cultural traditions, do not believe in debt as a development vehicle. In this panel discussion we will explore the history of this movement and hear from organizations exploring these new methodologies.
Panelists
Jean Fort, Vice President of Programs and Partnerships, Women’s Empowerment
Anna Lu, Founder, EPTEAM Network @ UCSD; San Diego Microfinance Puddle
Neils Lund, Executive Director, Microloans for Mothers
Jean Claude Rodriguez, Co-Founder, Puddle
Panel Moderator: Elisa Sabatini, Executive Director, Via International
Afternoon Plenary Session (2:10 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.)
Edify- Chris Crane is President & CEO of Edify, a humanitarian organization he founded in September 2009 to make loans to Christian schools educating impoverished children in Africa and Latin America. Chris Crane served from 2002-2009 as President & CEO of Opportunity International Inc., the world’s largest faith-based microfinance organization. During Chris’ tenure, Opportunity’s revenues grew at a compounded annual rate of 30%. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Finance from Boston College. He studied economics, art appreciation and music appreciation for two years at the University of Vienna, Austria. In 1999 he was awarded the Ernst & Young/USA Today Entrepreneur of the Year Award in San Diego and in 2009 the Bob Buford Half/Time Achievement Award. He was a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) from 1990 to 2002. He has been married to Jane for 30 years, and they have one son, Andy.
Microcredit Summit Campaign - Larry Reed (see Biography above)
To learn more about previous San Diego Microfinance Summits you can Click Here.
If you are not familiar with The San Diego Microfinance Alliance (SDMFA) - This 20 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY paints a picture of microfinance in San Diego and how The SDMFA is collaborating to create greater opportunities for entrepreneurs, students and those interested in engaging in microfinance.