Brussels: First European Research Conference on Microfinance

Around 200 academic papers or summaries have been submitted for the conference. The international scientific committee is currently reviewing the full papers. 75 papers will be presented during the workshops. Next to the thematic workshops, three plenary sessions with prestigious keynote speakers will take place over the three days:

Tuesday, 2nd of June 2009      
10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Welcoming Speech by Axel DE VILLE (e-MFP, Luxembourg)
11:00 a.m.-13:00 a.m.: Plenary Session 1 ‘SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN MICROFINANCE’ 
Chairperson: Professor Marek HUDON (CERMi and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, ULB, Belgium)
Speakers:  François DOLIGEZ (CERISE, France), Professor Robert LENSINK (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), Professor Jean-Michel SERVET (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland) & Javier VACA (Red Financiera Rural, Ecuador)
! PLEASE NOTE THAT BOTH THE OPENING CEREMONY AND THE PLENARY SESSION 1 ‘Social Responsibility’ ARE OPEN AND FREE EVENTS! Registration is compulsory. To register, please send an email to cermi@ulb.ac.be !
 
Wednesday, 3rd of June 2009
16:45 p.m. -18:15 p.m.: Plenary Session 2 ‘CLIENT-LED MICROFINANCE’
Chairperson: Professor Isabelle GUERIN (IRD, France)
Speakers: Professor Jonathan MORDUCH (New York University, USA), Professor Paul MOSLEY  (University of Sheffield, UK), M. Kimanthi MUTUA (K-rep, Kenya) & Stuart RUTHERFORD  (SafeSave, Bangladesh).
 
Thursday, 4th of June 2009
15:00 p.m. – 17:00 p.m.: Plenary Session 3 ‘RURAL MICROFINANCE’
Chairperson: Professor Marc LABIE (CERMi and Université de Mons, Belgium)
Speakers: Professor Beatriz ARMENDARIZ  (Harvard University -USA, UCL-UK, CERMi-BELGIUM), Yohannes DAYESSO (Buusaa Gonofa, Ethiopia),  Atakilt KIROS  (DECSI, Ethiopia) & Professor Mankal SRIRAM (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India)
 
All Plenary Sessions will take place at:
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Salle Dupréel, Campus du Solbosch
44 Avenue Jeanne, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
 
To register to the First European Research Conference on Microfinance, please visit the conference website www.microfinconf.eu
 
For more information, please write an email to cermi@ulb.ac.be
 
Looking forward to welcoming you in Brussels!
The CERMi Team

CERMi (Centre Européen de Recherche en Microfinance / Centre for European Research in Microfinance) is a research centre from Académie Wallonie-Bruxelles. It draws together researchers in microfinance from several European universities and scientific units. It is based at Centre Emile Bernheim (Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles) and at the Centre de Recherche Warocqué (Université de Mons).
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Petra Solli – Scientific Coordinator
Center for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi)
21 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 
1050 Brussels Belgium
Tel. +32 2 6506601  Fax. +32 2 6506020
Website: http://www.cermi.eu