Microfinance Industry Events
IAMFI is currently compiling a list of conferences and events with specific relevance to microfinance investment that will occur in 2011. Please check back regularly over the next few weeks to see new additions. If you would like your event to be added to the calendar, please email Tala Akhavan at takhavan@iamfi.com.
The following events calendars present conferences of specific interest to investors. Please click on past events for presentations, if available, and on upcoming events for agenda and registration information. Each event is linked to its corresponding webpage unless the link is unavailable or expired. To view only the events where IAMFI is hosting, co-hosting, or presenting, please click here.
Events in 2012
The following 2012 Events Calendar presents conferences of specific relevance to microfinance investment. IAMFI will update the calendar regularly as event sponsors announce their 2012 activities. Please click on upcoming events to link to agenda and registration information.
| Conference | Date | Location | Host |
| Financial Services for the Poor Professional Development Course | February 3, 2011 | Bangladesh |
Alliance Forum Foundation & BRAC |
Events in 2011
The following 2011 Events Calendar presents conferences of specific relevance to microfinance investment. IAMFI will update the calendar regularly as event sponsors announce their 2011 activities. Please click on upcoming events to link to agenda and registration information.
| Conference | Date | Location | Host |
| J.P. Morgan, Omidyar-Tufts, TIAA-CREF: A Conversation with Prominent Microfinance Investors | January 18, 2011 | New York, New York |
The Microfinance Club of New York and J.P. Morgan |
| Investment and Innovation in Microfinance - Asia | January 24-26 | Singapore | Hanson Wade |
| January 26, 2011 | The Hague, Belgium | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, BMZ, CGAP, and IFC | |
| University of Michigan Law School International Transactions Clinic | February 15 | Ann Arbor, MI | UMich ITC |
| New York University Microfinance: Structuring Finance Lecture | February 16 | New York, NY | NYU |
ALFI Sustainable and Responsible Investments Conference |
February 17, 2011 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry |
| Mobile Financial Inclusion | Feburary 22-24, 2011 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hanson Wade |
| Microfinance Investment Forum | March 1-2, 2011 | London, England | IQPC |
| Charting the Course: Best Practices and Tools for Voluntary Debt Restructurings in Microfinance | March 9, 2011 | New York, NY | IAMFI-Morgan Stanley |
| Take Action! Impact Investment Conference Series | March 14-16, 2011 | Redwood City, CA | Correlation Consulting |
| March 15, 2011 | New York, New York |
The Microfinance Club of New York |
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| ALFI Microfinance Conference | March 17, 2011 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry |
| Latin America's 2nd Annual Microinsurance Summit 2011 | March 28-31, 2011 | Miami, FL | Hanson Wade |
| Will Microfinance Succeed in the BRIC Countries? Does Regulation Matter? | March 30, 2011 | New York, New York | the Financial Women’s Association (FWA) Microfinance Committee |
| Introduction to the Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance (PIIF) | March 31, 2011 | Virtual | IAMFI-Triodos |
| Matt Bannick: Social Entrepreneur Series | April 5, 2011 | San Francisco, CA | Omidyar Network |
| Linking Microfinance with Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges | April 6, 2011 |
New York, New York |
The Microfinance Club of New York |
| 9th Annual WWB Microfinance and the Capital Markets Conference | April 6-7, 2011 | New York, New York | Women's World Banking and J.P. Morgan |
| How can funders support microfinance effectively: The CGAP course for funders of microfinance | April 25-29, 2011 June 6-10, 2011 |
Jakarta (english) Senegal (french) |
CGAP |
| Investors’ Summit on Social Investing and Social Enterprise in Africa |
May 3, 2011 | Cape Town, South Africa | Africa Investor |
| May 3-5, 2011 | Paris, France | Convergences 2015 | |
| Sankalp Forum: Catalyzing Impact Investments into Sustainable and Scalable Investments Globally | May 5-6, 2011 | Mumbai, India | Intellecap |
| Chicago Microfinance Conference | May 6, 2011 | Chicago, Illinois | Chicago Microfinance Conference |
| 4th annual Global Microfinance Investment Congress | May 16-17, 2011 | New York, NY | PlaNet Finance and American Conference Institute |
| May 17-19, 2011 | Mexico City, Mexico | Hanson Wade | |
| MFC Annual Conference | May 18-20, 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic | Microfinance Centre |
May 19, 2011 |
London, England |
Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry |
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| Microfinance USA Conference | May 23-24, 2011 | New York, New York |
ACCIÓN, Kiva, and Opportunity Fund |
| Investment and Innovation in Microfinance - Europe | May 24-25, 2011 | London, England | Hanson Wade |
| IAMFI Connect | May 26, 2011 | London, England | IAMFI |
| SOCAP EUROPE | May 30, June 1 2011 | Amsterdam | Social Capital Markets |
Currency Risk in Microfinancing: Fundamentals, Perspectives and Alternatives |
June 8, 2011 |
New York, New York |
The Microfinance Club of New York |
| Responsible Investing: Impact & Innovation | June 9-10, 2011 | Washington, D.C. | Social Investment Forum |
| Canadian Responsible Investment Conference | June 20-22, 2011 | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Social Investment Organization |
| Metas e Inversiones en Microfinanzas (Goals and Investments in Microfinance) | June 20-24 | Madrid, Spain | Agency Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) |
| Introduction to Microfinance Investing | June 21, 2011 | Madrid, Spain | Local Investor |
| 3rd Pacific Microfinance Week 2011 | July 26-29, 2011 | Port Vila, Vanuatu | Microfinance Pasifika |
August 5th, 2011 |
Boulder, Colorado | Boulder Institute of Microfinance |
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September 8-9, 2011 |
Karlsruhe, Germany | The Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia & the Pacific | |
| September 15-16, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | TBLI | |
September 20-21, 2011 |
Washington, D.C. |
Hanson Wade |
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| IAMFI Investor Network Meeting | October, 2011 | TBD | IAMFI |
| Foromic - XIV Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise | October 10-11, 2011 | San Jose, Costa Rica | Inter-American Development Bank |
| Investment and Innovation in Microfinance Africa | October 18-19, 2011 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Hanson Wade |
| The Tipping Point: Sustained Stability for the New Economy | October 19-20, 2011 | Washington, D.C. | UNEPFI |
| GIRAFE + SOCIAL Rating Training Session | October 24, 2011 | Paris, France | Planet Rating |
| November 10-11, 2011 | London, England | TBLI | |
| Global Microcredit Summit | November 14-17, 2011 | Valladolid, Spain | The MicroCredit Summit Campaign |
Events in 2010
The following 2010 Events Calendar presents conferences of specific relevance to microfinance investment. IAMFI will update the calendar regularly as event sponsors announce their 2010 activities. Please click on upcoming events to link to agenda and registration information.
| Conference | Date | Location | Host |
| International Conference on Microfinance | January 22-24 | Kalapet, Pondicherry India | Pondicherry University |
| Microfinance and Sustainable Development: The Investment Opportunity Harnessing Market Forces to Catalyze Poverty Alleviation & Human Development | January 25-27 | New York, NY | The International Quality and Productivity Center, The Microfinance Club of New York, and The Wall Street Microfinance Alliance |
| Microfinance Asia | January 26-27 | Singapore | Hanson Wade |
| IAMFI Lenders Working Group Meeting | January 28 | New York, NY | IAMFI- Morgan Stanley |
| Microfinance Summit Nepal 2010 | February 14-16 | Kathmandu, Nepal | Centre for Microfinance |
| 4th Annual Microfinance Forum 2010: Confronting Crisis & Change | February 18-19 | Istanbul, Turkey | Uniglobe |
| MicroInsurance Summit 2010 | February 23-25 | London, England | Hanson Wade |
| Understand, Learn, Improve - Workshop on Capital Structuring and Equity Raising in Microfinance | February 25-26 | Hyderabad, India | Intellecap |
| Microfinance & New Technologies Summit | March | Morocco | PlaNet Finance |
| Microfinance Investment Summit-Geneva Edition | March 10-11 | Geneva, Switzerland | C5 |
| IAMFI Connect | March 16 | Oslo, Norway | IAMFI- Norwegian Microfinance Initiative- Formuesforvaltning |
| National Microfinance Conference |
March 17-18 | New Delhi, India | Sa-Dhan |
| IAMFI MF Lenders Working Group Stakeholders | March 23 | New York, NY | IAMFI- Morgan Stanley- WWB |
| 8th Annual WWB Microfinance and the Capital Markets Conference | March 23-24 | New York, NY | Women's World Banking - J.P. Morgan |
| 2nd China Microfinance Investor Conference | March 25-26 | Beijing, China | World Microfinance Forum Geneva |
| Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance | April 5-10 | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Business School and ACCION International |
| "Microfinance Institutions in Bosnia, Colombia and Nicaragua: what key trends mean for the future?" | April 15 | Virtual | IAMFI - Fitch Ratings |
| Microfinance and Small Enterprise Investments | April 15-16 | Budapest, Hungary | C5 |
| Investor Network Meeting | April 22 | San Francisco, CA | IAMFI- Omidyar Network |
| ReVisioning Value Conference The Intersection of Purpose + Profit |
April 26-27 | Portland, Oregon | Springboard Innovation |
| CGAP Course for Funders of Microfinance | April 26-30 | Bali, Indonesia | CGAP |
| Financial Management | April 26-30 | Kathmandu, Nepal | Centre for Micro-Finance |
| Chicago Microfinance Conference | May 7 | Chicago, Illinois | Chicago Microfinance Conference |
| Micro Financial Services World | May 10-11 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Hanson Wade - Unitus |
| IAMFI Connect | May 12 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | IAMFI- Fitch Ratings |
| IAMFI MF Lenders Working Group Stakeholders Forum | May 12 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | IAMFI- Morgan Stanley |
| IAMFI Connect | May 13 | London, England | IAMFI- Fitch Ratings - Co-operative Financial Services |
| Global Microfinance Investment Congress | May 24-26 | New York, NY | PlaNet Finance |
| SROI Workshop: How to Measure the Social Impact of Your Organization | May 27-28 | New York | SROI Network- SVT Group |
| Microfinance in Latin America in 2009 and the Outlook for 2010 and Beyond | June 3 | New York, NY | Financial Women's Association of New York |
| Africa: The Microfinance Landscape | June 9 | New York, NY | Morgan Stanley and Microfinance Club of New York |
| Investor Network Meeting | June 14 | Toronto, Canada | IAMFI- Sarona Fund- Social Investment Organization |
| Canadian Responsible Investment Conference | June 14-16 | Toronto, Canada | Social Investment Organization |
| Microfinance Cracking the Capital Markets South Asia | June 23-24 | New Delhi, India | Accion |
| The Investor Roundtable on Social Performance and Responsible Finance | June 28-July 2 | Bern, Switzerland | Social Performance Task Force |
| Wealth Advisors Round Table | August | New York, NY | IAMFI |
| Pension Fund Managers Forum | September | New York, NY | IAMFI |
CFI Roundtable on Opportunities and Obstacles to Financial Inclusion |
September 13, 2011 | New York, NY | Center for Financial Inclusion and Citi Foundation |
| Take Action! Summit | September 15-17 | Boston, MA | Correlation Consulting |
| 4th International Microinsurance Summit | September 29-30 | London, England | Hanson Wade |
| 4th Microfinance Investment Summit | October 6-7 | London, England | C5 |
| The Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise | October 6-8 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Inter-American Development Bank |
| Asia Microfinance Forum | October 12-15 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Banking With the Poor Network and The Foundation for Development Cooperation |
| Microfinance Impact and Innovation Conference | October 21-23 | New York, NY | Financial Access Initiative |
| Investment and Innovation in Microfinance | October 26-27 | Washington D.C | Hanson Wade |
| Microfinance in the United States | November 9 | New York, NY | Financial Women's Association |
| 6th International Microinsurance Conference | November 9-11 | Manila, Philippines | Munich Re Foundation, The Microinsurance Network |
| Microfinance 2.0: Addressing the Key Issues and Outlining the Future of the Industry | November 15-17 | San Francisco, CA | Finance IQ |
| Impact Investing Forum 2010 | November 30 - December 1 | London, England | Hanson Wade |
| 10th AFMIN Annual Conference and General Assembly | December 6-10 2010 | Bujumbura, Burundi | The Africa Microfinance Network |
| Social Impact Investing | December 30-31 | London, England | Hanson Wade |
Events in 2009
As many conferences are hosted on an annual basis, it may be helpful to review the 2009 calendar to determine what events are likely to take place in 2010 before they have been officially announced.
| Conference | Date | Location | Host |
| Risk & Delinquency Management | January 5-9 | Kathmandu, Nepal | Centre for Micro-Finance – Nepal |
| Financial Analysis | January 18-22 | Cairo, Egypt | Sanabel - Microfinance Network of Arab Countries |
| International Conference on Micro Finance | January 21-23 | Kalapet, Pondicherry, India | Pondicherry University |
| Les grandes fortunes et l’investissement durable : un avenir prometteur (High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) and Sustainable Finance: A promising future) *presented in French |
January 22 | Geneva, Switzerland | Sustainable Finance Geneva (SFG) |
| Implementing the EU Microcredit Inititative - What Can We Learn from Developing and Transforming Countries? | January 26-27 | Berlin, Germany | ChaBaLEU-Project |
| 3rd Annual Microfinance East: The Investment Opportunity | January 29-30 | New York, NY | Financial Research Associates LLC |
| Microfinance: Changing Strategies for Changing Times | February 24 | Virtual | IAMFI - Standard & Poor's |
| 2nd Annual Microfinance Forum 2009 | March 19-20 | Vienna, Austria | Uniglobal Research |
| 2nd Annual Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum | March 26-27 | New York, NY | EMPEA |
| Microfinance from Below: The Power of Savings and Savings Groups in Frontier Economies | March 26-28 | Medford, MA | The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises at The Fletcher School, Tufts University |
| HBS-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance | April 13-18 | Boston, MA | Harvard Business School and ACCION International |
| 7th Annual WWB Microfinance and the Capital Markets Conference: Maximizing Access in a Capital Constrained Environment | April 30 - May 1 | New York, NY | Women's World Banking and J.P.Morgan |
| IAMFI Debt Default Study/Networking Lunch | May 5 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | IAMFI - DOEN |
| IAMFI Debt Default Study/Networking Lunch | May 6 | London, UK | IAMFI - Omidyar Network |
| Macro to Micro: Performance of Investments in Microfinance in the Current Financial Crisis | May 7 | New York, NY | Financial Women's Association |
| Navigating the Markets: Microfinance in the New Economy | May 8 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Microfinance Conference |
| IFC’s 11th Annual Global Private Equity Conference in association with EMPEA | May 12-13 | Washington, DC | IFC and EMPEA |
| 6th Annual Conference - Human Capital in Microfinance: People, Passion and Value | May 12-14 | Beirut, Lebanon | Sanabel - The Microfinance Network |
| Global Microfinance Investment Congress | May 18-20 | New York, NY | American Conference Institute and PlaNet Finance |
| IAMFI-Intellecap Microfinance Private Equity Investment Forum | May 21 | New York, NY | IAMFI - Intellecap |
| MFC Regional Conference: Bridging the Market Gap | May 25-27 | Belgrade, Serbia | Microfinance Centre (MFC) for Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States |
| Microfinance Equity Valuation: Past and Present | May 27 | Virtual | IAMFI - CGAP - J.P.Morgan |
| First European Research Conference on Microfinance | June 2-4 | Brussels, Belgium | European Microfinance Platform & Centre for European Research in Microfinance |
| Latin America - Caribbean Regional Microcredit Summit | June 8-10 | Cartagena, Colombia | The Microcredit Summit Campaign |
| Microfinance: Testing its Resilience to the Global Financial Crisis | June 9 | Virtual | IAMFI - Fitch Ratings |
| Bay Area Microfinance Investors Event | June 15 | San Francisco, CA | IAMFI |
| Microfinance 2.0: Cutting-Edge Silicon Valley Solutions to Thrive in the Downturn | June 15-17 | San Francisco, CA | IQPC |
| Will Microfinance Continue to do Well? | June 23 | Geneva, Switzerland | World Microfinance Forum Geneva |
| Investments in Microfinance | July 7-9 | London, UK | Hanson Wade |
| IAMFI Debt Default Study/Networking Lunch | July 14 | Boston, MA | IAMFI - Tufts Microfinance Fund |
| New Developments in Reporting Standards for the Microfinance Industry - After Hours Seminar | July 15 | Washington, DC | The SEEP Network - USAID - microLINKS |
| Microfinance Management and Governance: Workshop | August 31 - September 1 | Kristiansand, Norway | University of Agder and European Microfinance Platform |
| Microfinance for Institutional Investors | September 21-22 | Washington DC | Hanson Wade |
| IAMFI Investor Network Meeting | September 29 | New York, NY | IAMFI |
| XII Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise | September 30 - October 2 | Arequipa, Perú | Inter-American Development Bank |
| Take Action Symposium | October 5-7 | Redwood City, CA | Correlation Consulting |
| Second Annual Microfinance Investment Summit | October 6-7 | London, UK | C5 |
| IAMFI Debt Default Study/Networking Lunch | October | Geneva, Switzerland | IAMFI |
| IAMFI Debt Default Study/Networking Lunch | October | New York, NY | IAMFI |
| Powering Connections Annual Conference | November 3-6 | Arlington, VA | Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network |
| IAMFI Webinar - Topic TBD | November | Virtual | IAMFI |
| IAMFI Investor Network Meeting | TBD | TBD | IAMFI |
| IAMFI Debt Default Study/Networking Lunch | TBD | Toronto, Canada | IAMFI - MEDA |
Events in 2008
| Conference | Date | Location | Host |
| Microfinance for the Institutional Investor | January 14-15 | New York, NY | Financial Research Associates LLC |
| Global Microfinance Investment Congress | January 21-22 | Paris, France | PlaNet Finance |
| Microfinance and the Capital Markets | February 20-22 | New York, NY | Women’s World Banking and Morgan Stanley |
| Microfinance Cracking the Capital Markets III | March 10-11 | New York, NY | ACCION International and Credit Suisse |
| 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum | March 27-28 | New York, NY | Private Equity International and EMPEA |
| Microfinance - Illuminating the Challenges and Opportunities | March 27-28 | Budapest, Hungary | Uniglobal Research |
| Chicago Microfinance Conference | April 18 | Chicago, IL | |
| Microfinance Cracking the Capital Markets III | April 29-30 | Delhi, India | ACCION International and Standard Chartered |
| Sanabel 5th Annual Conference | May 6-8 | Tunis, Tunisia | Sanabel Microfinance Network of Arab Countries |
| Global Microfinance Investment Congress | May 14-16 | New York, NY | PlaNet Finance |
| IFC 10th Global Private Equity Conference | May 15-16 | Washington, DC | IFC and EMPEA |
| 11th MFC Conference of Microfinance Institutions | May 29-31 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Microfinance Centre (MFC) and XacBank |
| Microfinance Management and Governance | June 2-3 | Kristiansand, Norway | University of Agder and the European Microfinance Platform |
| Fredericks Microfinance Conference 2008 - "Micro Is the New Macro" | July 11. | London, UK | Fredericks Foundation |
| Microfinance: The Investment Opportunity | July 14-15 | San Francisco, CA | Financial Research Associates LLC |
| Asia-Pacific Regional MicroCredit Summit 2008 | July 28-30 | Bali, Indonesia | Microcredit Summit Campaign and Gema PKM |
| Second Asia Microfinance Forum 2008 | August 26-29 | Hanoi, Vietnam | Banking With the Poor Network (BWTP) and the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) |
| Building Inclusive Financial Systems: How Funders Can Make a Difference | September 8-12 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | CGAP and Microfinance Management Institute |
| 4th Azerbaijan MF Conference: 10 Years of Best Practice | September 16-17 | Baku, Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Micro-finance Association |
| Building Fair Financial Markets for All | October 1-2 | Geneva, Switzerland | World Microfinance Forum Geneva |
| Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise (FOROMIC) | October 8-10 | Asunción, Paraguay | Inter-American Development Bank |
| Social Capital Markets 2008 | October 13-16 | San Francisco, CA | Xigi Media and Good Capital |
| The Microfinance & New Technologies Summit | October 21-22 | New Delhi, India | PlaNet Finance |
| Managing Risks and Rewards for Institutional Investors | October 29-30 | London, UK | C5 |
| Powering Connections Annual Conference | November 4-7 | Arlington, VA | Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network |
| Microinsurance Conference 2008 | November 5-7 | Cartagena, Colombia | CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance and the Munich Re Foundation |
| European Microfinance Week | November 12-14 | Luxembourg | European Microfinance Platform |
| Microfinance Investor Conference | December 11-12 | Beijing, China | PBC-GTZ |
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