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June 22, 2009
Rotary International Convention
Featured speaker: GF President, Alex Counts, will speak to the Rotarian Action Group for Microcredit
Location: National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, England
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June 4, 2009
Financial Times Sustainable Banking Conference
Featured speaker: GF President, Alex Counts, will speak on "Winning the Fight against Global Poverty - Financial Solutions for the Unbanked and Underbanked in the Developing and Developed World"
Location: Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, London
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May 25-27, 2009
12th Annual MFC Conference of Microfinance Institutions
Hosted by: Microfinance Centre for Central and Eastern Europe & New Independent States
Featured speaker: Peg Ross, Director, Human Capital Center will present a workshop on “Developing Next-Generation MF Leaders”
Location: Continental Hotel Belgrade, Serbia
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May 18, 2009
Pre-Congress Workshop, 2009 Global Microfinance Investment Congress: Microfinance 101: Understanding the Fundamentals of Microfinance to Build the Business Case for Capital Investment
Hosted by: PlaNet Finance, American Conference Institute
Featured speaker: Zaved Ahmed, CMAC Associate
Location: Venue TBD, New York, NY
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May 12-14, 2009
Sanabel, the Microfinance Network of Arab Countries’ Sixth Annual Conference: “Human Capital in Microfinance: People, Passion and Value”
Hosted by: Sanabel
Featured speaker: Peg Ross, Director, Human Capital Center will moderate a plenary session: “Aligning People with Strategy”
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
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May 9, 2009
Rotary/RESULTS Toronto Microfinance Conference
Hosted by: Rotary International District 7070 and RESULTS Canada
Keynote speaker: GF President, Alex Counts
Location: Whistler’s 995 Broadview Avenue (at Mortimer/Pottery Road)
Toronto, ON M4K Canada
8:00am-3:00pm
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May 8-9, 2009
2009 Pacific Northwest Microfinance Conference: "Action: Microfinance and Your Role in Solving Global Poverty"
Hosted by: Seattle Pacific University
Featured speaker: Peter Bladin, GF Vice President for Program & Regions and Executive Director, Grameen Technology Center
Location: Upper Gwinn Commons, Seattle Pacific University
Friday, 7:00-9:00pm; Saturday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Registration fee: $40; $50 after April 30th (Student prices may differ)
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May 7, 2009
San Diego Microfinance Summit
Hosted by: San Diego Microfinance Alliance
Featured speaker: Peg Ross, Director, Human Capital Center will sit on the International Microfinance Organization panel
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, University of San Diego
8:30am-2:00pm
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April 4, 2009
Inaugural Poverty Action Conference
Hosted by: Alliance of Students Against Poverty, Nourish International and Two Dollar Challenge
Featured speaker: Kate Druschel, Regional Director for Southeast and East Asia, will participate as an expert panelist
Location: University of Mary Washington - CGPS Campus
8:00am-7:00pm
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March 31, 2009
Smith Speaker Series - "Microfinance as a Platform"
Hosted by: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Keynote speaker: GF President, Alex Counts
Location: Van Munching Hall, Frank Auditorium, University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
5:30pm-8:30pm
Fees: $10 Faculty & Staff; $15 Alumni; $20 Guests
Registration
Event article: "Changing the World, One Small Loan at a Time"
March 30, 2009
Pro-Poor Technology for Development: The Case of the Village Phone Program of Grameen Foundation
Hosted by: The Maxwell School of Public Policy, Syracuse University
Keynote speaker: Elizabeth Berthe, Director, Village Phone
Location: Maxwell School of Public Policy; Syracuse, NY
12:00pm
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March 26, 2009
The Joel and Lois Coleman Social Impact Lecture Series
Hosted by: University of Pennsylvania Joel and Lois Coleman Lecture Series, the Wharton Ethics Program and the Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Club
Keynote speaker: Grameen Foundation President, Alex Counts
Location: University of Pennsylvania, Room John Huntsman Hall 265
4:30pm-5:30pm
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"Be Part of the Solution": To build business and career opportunities
Hosted by: Misti Burmeister & Inspirion Inc.
Panelists: Casey Golden, Ken Gills, Debbie Reiger, Matt Voorhees; moderated by Inspirion Inc. CEO Misti Burmeister
Location: 1593 Spring Hill Road, Vienna, VA 22182
6:00-8:00pm
Note: A portion of the proceeds of this event will be donated to Grameen Foundation
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Social Enterprise Symposium: A New Way of Doing Business
Hosted by: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Featured speaker: Preeti Wali, GF Communications Associate, Social Performance Management Center (SPMC) will be speaking about: "Microfinance and Beyond: Financial Services for Social Change"
5:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Frank Auditorium, 1524 Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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March 22-23, 2009
2nd World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists
Hosted by: WCMP
Featured speaker: Alex Counts, Board Director, Grameen-Jameel
Location: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Fees: Individual Rate: $1,000 USD; Group Rate: $900 USD
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March 21, 2009
"The Future of Global Engagement": 2009 Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Annual Conference
Hosted by: YPFP and the United States Chamber of Commerce
Global Development and the
Featured speaker: Brian Slocum, GF Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa, will speak about the "Impacts & Challenges of Microfinance"
Location: United States Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H Street NW Washington D.C. 20006
4:45-6:00pm (Conference begins at 12:30pm)
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March 10, 2009
Savings and the Crisis: Fourth seminar in a mini-series on the effect of the global financial crisis on MFIs and their clients
Hosted by: USAID’s “Microfinance Learning and Innovations After Hours Seminar Series”
Featured speaker: John Ikeda, Program Officer, Sub-Saharan Africa
Location: The QED Group, LLC 1250 Eye Street, NW, 11th Floor Washington D.C. 20005
4:00pm
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February 19, 2009
Author talk: Small Loans, Big Dreams, How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance are Changing the World
Hosted by: Cornell Entrepreneur Network (CEN DC) and The Cornell Club of Washington
Featured speaker: GF President and Cornell University Alumnus, Alex Counts
Location: Hilton Garden Inn Washington, D.C. Downtown 815 14th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20005
6:00pm-9:00pm
Note: This event is now closed
February 4, 2009
Dr. Muhammad Yunus: "Creating A World Without Poverty"
Hosted by: Hooks Book Events
Location: George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium, Washington D.C.
7:00pm
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Alternative Debt Financing Structures’ training
Hosted by: Grameen Foundation and Grameen Capital India
Location: Hotel Green Park, Hyderabad, India
Course fee:
National participants: INR 15,000
International participants: US $350
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November 17-19, 2008
Grameen Foundation Africa Forum: "Turning Vision into Success"
Location: Accra, Ghana
Participants: Representatives from 17 Microfinance Institutions, including 11 GF partners
Countries represented: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Rwanda and Senegal
Note: Registration is closed
November 4-7, 2008
SEEP Network Annual Conference: "Powering Connections"
Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington
1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy Arlington, VA 22202
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October 18, 2008
RESULTS Calgary Chapter 14th Annual Fundraising Breakfast
Hosted by: RESULTS Canada
Keynote speaker: Grameen Foundation President, Alex Counts
Location: The Big 4 Building, Calgary Stampede Grounds, Calgary, AB
9:30am-11:30am
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October 8, 2008
Hosted by the Treasury Executive Institute
Location: Washington D.C.
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
September 30, 2008
Hosted by The Google Cambridge, MA
Location: Five Cambridge Center
4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
September 24, 2008
Hosted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Location: Washington D.C.
2:00 p.m.
September 16, 2008
Hosted by: Silicon Valley Microfinance Network
Book Discussion/SVMN Meeting
Location: Intuit Offices
2600 Casey Avenue, Building 9 Mountain View, CA
6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
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September 12, 2008
REVOLUTION through Social Enterprise Conference
Hosted by Pepperdine University, School of Law
Location: Pepperdine University, Malibu
Graziadio Executive Center
Malibu, CA
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September 5, 2008
Hosted by Chiapas Project and PLAN Fund
Roundtable
Location: Dallas, Texas at Noon
September 4, 2008
Hosted by Capitol One Bank and Southern Methodist
University's Cox School of Business
Sponsored by The Chiapas Project and PLAN Fund
Location: SMU Cox School of Business’ James Collins Building
3150 Binkley Avenue, Dallas, Texas
6:00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Grameen Foundation : Get involved : Events
Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans and financial services, we help the poor, mostly women, start businesses and escape poverty. Our global network of 55 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 34 million people in 24 countries. In addition, we introduced and now sustain technology initiatives (Mifos and Village Phone) in Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, bringing our total country outreach to 28.
+1-202-628-3560 www.grameenfoundation.org
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