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 |
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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.
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Respondent: Joanna Ledgerwood, Senior Advisor, Access to Finance, Aga Khan Foundation
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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