MICROFINANCE EVENT: 6th Annual Toronto International Microfinance Summit: “Microfinance for Social Justice,” October 4, 2014, Allstream Centre, Toronto, Canada

Event Name: 6th Annual Toronto International Microfinance Summit: “Microfinance for Social Justice”

Event Date: October 4, 2014

Event Location: Allstream Centre, Toronto, Canada

Cost: Tickets for the conference cost CAD 125 (USD 114) with an early registration rate of CAD 100 (USD 91) available until September 15, 2014.

Summary of Event: The theme for the event is “Microfinance for Social Justice,” and it will feature presentations on topics such as the relationship between microfinance and aboriginal peoples; investment opportunities; mining; scale and sustainability, and women’s empowerment. There will also be a “micromarketplace,” during which microentrepreneurs and “social innovators” will present their work and products. The organizers of the event also offer a book-review blog, called “microbookclub,” which will feature “If I had a Water Buffalo: Microfinance as a Means to Sustainability” by Dr. Marilyn A. Fitzgerald.

About the Presenters: The keynote speakers are Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG [Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George], the founder and chairman of BRAC (formerly known as Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), an international development organization based in Bangladesh, and Mr Rupert Scofield, the co-founder, president and chief executive officer of FINCA International, a nonprofit organization headquartered in the US city of Washington DC.

Event Website: http://www.microfinanceconference.ca/ [To Be Updated]

Online Registration Address: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/microfinance-for-social-justice-tickets-12449182841

For additional information, you may email info[at]microfinanceconference.ca or you may contact the event director, Ms Wendy Bodnoff, by telephone at +1 905 334 3660.

By Alíz Crowley, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources

6th Annual Toronto International Microfinance Summit: “Microfinance for Social Justice”

Toronto International Microfinance Summit: Book Club

MicroCapital, September 21, 2013, 5th Annual Toronto International Microfinance Summit, Allstream Centre, Toronto, Canada, October 5, 2013

MicroCapital, September 23, 2011, Panelists at Toronto International Microfinance Summit 2011 Discuss Interest Rate Pricing, Technological Solutions, Commercial and Philanthropic Funding

Do you know that MicroCapital publishes the MicroCapital Monitor newspaper each month? Find out more at https://www.microcapital.org/products-page/

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