MARCH 19 TO MARCH 20, 2009, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Uniglobal Research, a business events firm for various industries in the financial sector, will host its second Annual Microfinance Forum in Spring of 2009 in Vienna, Austria. The conference will touch upon all of the following topics: how global trends and imbalances affect the microfinance industry; successful business models in low-income markets; including the world’s poor as investors, producers, sellers, and buyers; common standards for the microfinance industry; mobile banking for the poor; retail microfinance; and micro (life) insurance. The event has been billed to various groups, including: microfinance institutions (MFIs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), commercial banks, research institutions, technology providers, and other public sector organizations. Uniglobal Research hopes participants will learn about the current activities and future plans of international commercial banks with respect to microfinance, capture lessons from relevant project experiences, and gain unique perspectives on how to align social issues with corporate strategy.
Speakers from the local branches of following organizations will be in attendance: Deutsche Bank (Germany), FINCA International (Ukraine), Habitat for Humanity (Slovakia), International Finance Corporation (Turkey), Internationale Projekt Consult GmbH (China), International Labour Organization (Switzerland), Kreditananstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (Germany), Microfinance Center for CEE and CIS (Poland), Microdevelopment Fund (Serbia), Planet Guarantee (France), PlaNIS (France), Turkish Grameen Microcredit Project (Turkey), and Zurich Insurance (Switzerland).
Interested parties must fill out a registration form online. While there is no mention of any fees on the conference website, the registration form prompts users to pay USD 1,796 (EUR 1,341) + 19 percent VAT as a fee to cover conference participation, conference materials, board, and service charges. Interested parties can also register by calling the Operations and Hospitality Team in Prague at +420-226 538 100 or by emailing registrations@uniglobalresearch.com.
For more information, please contact Olha Vyshnevskaya:
Olha Vyshnevskaya
Conference Producer
Uniglobal Research
Nekazanka 11 Prague 1
110 00 Czech Republic
Main tel: +420-226 538 100
Direct tel: +420-224 012 361
Email: olha@uniglobalresearch.eu
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