Download Conference Schedule  (updated Sept 16)

The conference will include presentations and dialogue by over 40 distinguished academics, policymakers, practitioners, and funders from around the world whose voices will represent different academic and applied viewpoints.

Confirmed presenters include:

Dale Adams, PhD, The Ohio State University

Wolday Amha, PhD, Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions

Kiatipong Ariyapruchya, PhD, IMF / Bank of Thailand

Thorsten Beck, PhD, Tilburg University

Crispin Bokea, MA, Central Bank of Kenya

Robert Peck Christen, MA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Steve Coffey, Micro Insurance Agency Holdings, UK

Thierno Alioune Deme, Central Bank of West African States

Annie Duflo, MA, MPA, Centre for Microfinance, IFMR - India

Gershon Feder, PhD, The World Bank

Luis González de Salceda, PhD, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey

Claudio González-Vega, PhD, The Ohio State University

Ulrich Hess, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Dean Karlan, PhD, Yale University

Lawrence Kiiza, Ministry of Finance, Uganda

Oscar Madeddu, International Finance Corporation

Craig McIntosh, PhD, University of California

Richard L. Meyer, PhD, The Ohio State University

Mario Miranda, PhD, The Ohio State University

Juan Antonio Morales, PhD, Former President, Central Bank of Bolivia

Jonathan Morduch, PhD, New York University

Erdenedalai Odkhuu, Index-Based Livestock Insurance Project, Mongolia

Stephen Peachey, World Savings Bank Institute

Francis Pelekamoyo, Opportunity International Bank of Malawi

Prabhu Pingali, PhD, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

David Porteous, PhD, Bankable Frontier

Larry Reed, MA, Boulder Institute of Microfinance

Marguerite Robinson, PhD, Independent Consultant & Author

Stuart Rutherford, PhD, Independent Consultant & Researcher

Alexander Sarris, PhD, Food and Agriculture Administration

Ken Shwedel, PhD, Rabobank-Mexico

Jerry Skees, PhD, University of Kentucky

Johan Swinnen, PhD, University of Leuven

Yashwant Thorat, PhD, Ex-Chair, National Bank for Ag. & Rural Dev. - India

Robert M. Townsend, PhD, Research Professor, University of Chicago

Martin Valdivia, PhD, GRADE

Laura Viganó, PhD, University of Bergamo

J.D. Von Pischke, PhD, Frontier Finance International

Bruce Wydick, PhD, University of San Francisco

Jacob Yaron, PhD, College of Management-Israel