MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), South Asia Micro-entrepreneurs Network (SAMN) to Present “Conclave 2016: Financial Inclusion to Sustainable Development: The Road Travelled;” March 8-9, 2016; New Delhi, India

Event Name: Conclave 2016: Financial Inclusion to Sustainable Development: The Road Travelled

Event Dates: March 8-9, 2016

Event Location: Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India

MICROFINANCE EVENT: “Mifos Tech Days 2016 – Innovation for Innovators” to Examine Implementation of Open Source Microbanking Information System Mifos, March 8-11, 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Event Name: Mifos Tech Days 2016 – “Innovation for Innovators”

Event Dates: March 8-11, 2016

Event Location: Volkshotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Burgundy School, Chinese Association of Microfinance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University to Host 7th International Conference on the Institutional, Technological Environment for Microfinance (ITEM7), March 15-17, 2016, Shanghai, China

Event Name: 7th International Conference on the Institutional and Technological Environment for Microfinance (ITEM7)

Event Dates: March 15-17, 2016

Event Location: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Network (EMN) to Host 13th Annual Conference “Who, What and For Whom? Shaping European Microfinance,” June 16-17, 2016, Warsaw, Poland

Event Name: 13th Annual EMN Conference “Who, What and For Whom? Shaping European Microfinance”

Event Dates: June 16-17, 2016

Event Location: Novotel Warszawa Centrum Hotel, Warsaw, Poland

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Africa Board Fellowship on Financial Inclusion Accepting Applications Through February 29, 2016

The Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), an affiliate of the US-based nonprofit Accion that aims to promote universal financial access, is seeking board members and chief executives of organizations that work toward financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa to enroll in its six-month Africa Board Fellowship.

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Middle East Global Advisors (MEGA) to Host 2nd International Forum on Islamic Finance (IFIF), February 9-10, 2016, Khartoum, Sudan

Event Name: 2nd International Forum on Islamic Finance

Event Dates: February 9-10, 2016

Event Location: Al Salam Rotana Hotel, Khartoum, Sudan

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Arab Gulf Fund Program for Development (AGFUND) to Co-Host 18th Microcredit Summit, “Frontier Innovations in Financial Inclusion,” March 14-17, 2016, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Event Name: 18th Microcredit Summit, “Frontier Innovations in Financial Inclusion”

Event Date: March 14-17, 2016

Event Location: Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, West Corniche, Al Khubeirah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Vision Fund Zambia, Financial Sector Deepening Zambia to Host Online Event on Savings Groups, Microfinance Institutions During Center for Financial Inclusion’s FI2020 Week

Event Name: Zambia Event, FI2020 Week

Event Date: 8 AM – 4 PM CAT, November 4, 2015

Event Location: Online

Event Cost: Free

MICROFINANCE EVENTS: Inclusive Finance India Summit, December 8-9, 2015; Livelihoods Asia Summit, December 10-11, 2015, New Delhi, India

Event Name: Inclusive Finance India Summit, Livelihoods Asia Summit

Event Date: December 8-9, and December 10-11, 2015, respectively

Event Location: The Ashok and Eros Hotels, New Delhi, India, respectively

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Singapore Management University, MasterCard Partner Academic Program on Social, Financial Inclusion

MasterCard, a US-based payments and technology company, recently formed a partnership with Singapore Management University (SMU) to establish an academic program on “Social and Financial Inclusion”[1].

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) to Host 17th Annual Inter-American MicroEnterprise Forum (Foromic), October 26-28, 2015, Santiago, Chile

Event Name: Foromic 2015: The Future of Financial Inclusion Forum

Event Date: October 26-28, 2015

Event Location: CasaPiedra Convention Center, Santiago, Chile