Agenda and Speakers

The Extreme Inclusion conference took place on May 2, 2013, at 51 Winthrop Street on the Tufts University campus in Medford, Massachusetts.

Check out the agenda below.

Thursday, May 2
08:30 Registration, coffee, light breakfast
08:45 Welcome Remarks
09:00 Debate: Financial Inclusion means Formal Financial Inclusion, moderated by Peter Walker, Director, Feinstein International Center and Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition & Human Security, Tufts UniversityTwo rounds of arguments and rebuttals by each side (in an Oxford-style debate), followed by questions and commentary from the audience and a plenary vote.   

Pro:

  • Lauren Hendricks, Executive Director, Access Africa, CARE
  • Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion, Accion
  • Marguerite Robinson, Independent International Development Consultant

Con:

  • Jenny Aker, Assistant Professor of Economics, The Fletcher School and the Department of Economics, Tufts University
  • Daryl Collins, Director, Bankable Frontier Associates
  • Ignacio Mas, Senior Fellow, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School
Respondent: Joanna Ledgerwood, Senior Advisor, Access to Finance, Aga Khan Foundation
10:15 Break
10:30 Keynote Address: Demanding Inclusion
with James Lawson, Activist and Principal Strategist for the American Civil Rights MovementIntroduction by Hardy Merriman, Vice President and Director of Content Development at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)
11:30 Inclusion around the World: A DialogueJoin Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean and Executive Director of The Fletcher School’s Institute for Business in the Global Context for a discussion with industry leaders on the progress of financially inclusive practices around the world.    Panelists:

  • Rama Bijapurkar, Market Strategy Consultant and Independent Director
  • Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Global Economic Advisor, MasterCard Worldwide
12:30 Lunch
01:30 Insights from Original Fletcher Research on Three ContinentsA panel of Fletcher fellows and faculty share new insights on inclusion and inclusive technologies in “extreme” circumstances.

Panelists:

  • Jenny Aker, Assistant Professor of Economics, The Fletcher School and the Department of Economics, Tufts University
  • Nicholas Sullivan, Senior Fellow, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School
  • Kim Wilson, Lecturer, The Fletcher School and Senior Fellow, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School
02:00 On the Frontlines: Extreme Inclusion in Practice, moderated by Peter Uvin, Academic Dean and Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies, The Fletcher SchoolExperts from around the world discuss how they blend financial services with other practices to include the ultra-poor.

Panelists:

  • Janet Heisey, Director, Technical and Strategic Alliances, Trickle Up
  • Maria May, Program Manager, Social Innovation Lab, BRAC
  • Nancy Swanson, Executive Director, Linked Foundation
03:30 Break
04:00 Pitch for Inclusion: Student competition finals and prizesThe finalists pitch their start-ups in this interactive series of final “Pitches for Inclusion!”

Judges:

  • Anarge Frangos, Founding Partner and Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Ekaria, LLP
  • Walter Frick, Business Editor, BostInno
  • Ron Hynes, Group Executive, Global Prepaid Solutions, MasterCard Worldwide
  • Ben Knelman, CEO, Juntos Finanzas
  • Victoria Slingerland, President and Co-Founder, Upward Mobility and PracticeQuiz.com
05:00 Reception
05:30 The day will conclude at approximately 5:30 pm.

Conference Co-Chairs

Nicholas Sullivan, Senior Fellow, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School

Kim Wilson, Lecturer, The Fletcher School and Senior Fellow, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School

Faculty Moderators

Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean, International Business & Finance, The Fletcher School

Peter Uvin, Academic Dean and Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies,The Fletcher School

Peter Walker, Director, Feinstein International Center and Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition & Human Security, Tufts University

Keynote Speaker

James Lawson, Activist and Principal Strategist for the American Civil Rights Movement

Panelists

Jenny Aker, Assistant Professor of Economics, The Fletcher School and the Department of Economics, Tufts University

Rama Bijapurkar, Market Strategy Consultant and Independent Director

Daryl Collins, Director, Bankable Frontier Associates

Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Global Economic Advisor, MasterCard Worldwide

Janet Heisey, Director of Technical and Strategic Alliances, Trickle Up

Lauren Hendricks, Executive Director, Access Africa, CARE

Joanna Ledgerwood, Senior Advisor, Access to Finance, Aga Khan Foundation

Ignacio Mas, Senior Fellow, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School

Maria May, Program Manager, Social Innovation Lab, BRAC

Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion, Accion

Marguerite Robinson, Independent International Development Consultant

Nancy Swanson, Executive Director, Linked Foundation

Roundtable Moderators

Sybil Chidiac, Senior Technical Advisor, CARE

John Hammock, Associate Professor of Public Policy, The Fletcher School and Adjunct Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Timothy Flacke, Executive Director, D2D

Salah Goss, Program Officer, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Ron Hynes, Group Executive, Global Prepaid Solutions, MasterCard Worldwide

Henrietta Lake, Director, Lake Advisory

Yasmina McCarty, Senior Manager, Mobile Money for the Unbanked program, GSMA

Iqbal Z. Quadir, Professor of the Practice of Development and Entrepreneurship, MIT and Founder and Director, Legatum Center at MIT

Paul Rippey, Savings Revolution

Patrick Schena, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School and Senior Fellow, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School

Student Pitch Competition Judges

Anarge Frangos, Founding Partner and Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Ekaria, LLP

Walter Frick, Business Editor, BostInno

Ron Hynes, Group Executive, Global Prepaid Solutions, MasterCard Worldwide

Ben Knelman, CEO, Juntos Finanzas

Victoria Slingerland, President and Co-Founder, Upward Mobility and PracticeQuiz.com