MICROFINANCE EVENT: “Mobile Money: Connected Americas” to be held in Mexico City, March 26 – March 29, 2012

Event Name: Mobile Money Americas 2012

Event Date: March 26 – March 29, 2012

Event Location: Mexico City, Mexico

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Cost: Registration packages are available for USD 1,799 just for the two-day conference; USD 2,099 for the workshop or the post workshop; and USD 2,499 for the conference and two additional workshop days. You may save up to USD 300 by paying the registration fee prior to February 24, 2012.

Summary of Event: This conference will focus on academic research on mobile money with an emphasis on the Americas. Representatives of mobile money technology firms will lay out a roadmap for recommended mobile money deployment in Latin American markets including Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti and the Caribbean Islands. The agenda will include:

·    Examining case studies from the following service providers: Telefonica, Tigo, Citi and Telcel

·    Achieving profitability from mobile money

·    Exploring the evolution of mobile money into adjacent areas such as mobile health, mobile agriculture and mobile education

·    Developing partnerships with new mobile money players in Latin America, the Caribbean and the US

Event Website: http://mobile-money-gateway.com/event/mobile-money-americas-2012

For additional information, you may contact the organizers via email at mmt at clarionevents.com or via telephone at +44 (0) 20 7067 1831

Submit Your Event: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events

By Ariana Malushi, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources:

Mobile Money:“ Mobile Money Americas 2012”?  http://mobile-money-gateway.com/event/mobile-money-americas-2012

MicroCapital.org: “MICROFINANCE EVENT: African Mobile Money Research Conference (AMMREC), Nairobi, Kenya, April 2-3, 2012, Papers Solicited for Special Issues of International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (IJCIR) and African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID)”

https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-african-mobile-money-research-conference-ammrec-nairobi-kenya-april-5-6-2012-papers-solicited-for-special-issues-of-international-journal-of-computing-and-ict-research-ijci/

MicroCapital.org: MICROFINANCE EVENT: “Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) Americas Conference and Expo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 21 – 24, 2011” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-mobile-money-transfer-mmt-americas-conference-and-expo-sao-paulo-brazil-march-21-–-24-2011/

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