MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Mobile Money Transfer Asia Pacific Conference and Expo, Manila, Philippines, January 17-20, 2011

Event Name: Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) Asia Pacific (APAC) Conference and Expo 2011

Event Date: January 17 – January 20, 2011

Event Location: Manila, Philippines

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Cost: Conference USD 1999, regulatory workshop USD 600, field visits USD 800. Various discounts available for groups as well as for registrations received before November 19 and December 18.

Summary of Events: The event is comprised of a one-day pre-conference workshop on regulation, a two-day conference and one day of site visits to the offices of Smart Communications and Globe Telecom in Manila.

Background on Organizer: Clarion Events is a British events company with annual turnover of GBP 150 million (USD 241 million). The team behind the mobile money transfer events has a combined 80 years of experience of hosting strategic conferences focusing on payments innovation, telecommunications, government and emerging technologies.

Event Themes and Topics:
The pre-conference workshop will focus on designing a mobile money transfer (MMT) business model within different regulatory frameworks. Particular focus will be given to the prevention of money laundering, the security of payment mechanisms and consumer protection in any given country.

The conference will cover topics including international remittances services, country specific case studies, mobile money transfers and microfinance as a tool for financial inclusion.

About the Presenters:

Orlando B Vea, Chief Wireless Advisor & Co Founder, Smart Communications, Inc.

Ernest L. Cu, President & CEO, Globe Telecom, Inc.

Nestor Espenilla, Deputy Governor, BSP

Shailendra Prasad, M-Paisa Product Manager, Vodafone Fiji

Toshihiro Eto, Director, Frontier Services Division, NTT DoCoMo

Eun-seok Kim, Deputy Director, Mobile Data Business Unit, Korea Telecom

John Owens, Chief of Party, MABS

Betty Wilkinson, Microfinance Specialist, Asian Development Bank

A complete list of speakers can be found at http://www.mobile-money-transfer.com/apac/speakers

Event Website: http://www.mobile-money-transfer.com/apac

For additional information, you may contact: Sonum Puri at sonum.puri@clarionevents.com or by phone at +44 (0) 20 7067 1846

By Witt Gatchell, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Information:
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) APAC Conference & Expo, December 8-9, 2009, Manila, Philippines, Sponsored by Obopay
https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-event-mobile-money-transfer-mmt…

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mobile Money Transfer Africa Conference and Expo to be hosted May 4 – May 7, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-mobile-money-transfer-afr…

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