|
Expected Outcomes Of The Summit
Welcome and Introductory Remarks from PlaNet Finance:
Arnaud Ventura, Vice President, PlaNet Finance
Anna Somos Krishnan, Executive Director, PlaNet Finance India
Short film about Microfinance and ICT
Does ICT address the operational costs and scale issues?
Launch of a report on the current situation of ICT in Microfinance covering issues like operational costs and outreach, both historically and the present day as well as looking to the future. Report prepared by PlaNet Finance and YES BANK.
Somak Ghosh, Group President, Corporate Finance and Development, YES BANK
How can ICT transform Microfinance?
Can ICT help double the client outreach to 300 million? What are the most promising technologies? How will that impact the operating model and the cost structure of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)?
A Sachitananda, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology & RBI Deputy 
What are the ICT business opportunities in Microfinance?
Key success stories, major outstanding obstacles and remaining challenges
Moderator:
Jerry Rao, Chairman,NASSCOM Foundation
Panelists:
Manish Khera, CEO, FINO
Mathew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan
Kiran Shetty, Country Director, Western Union
Hanuman Tripathi, CEO & Managing Director, Infrasoft Technologies
NP Mohapatra, Asst General Manager, Financial Inclusion, NABARD
Debate: Are ICT solutions responding to MFIs’ needs?
Debate between IT providers and MFIs about the real impact of IT on microfinance challenges.
Participants to the debate
Manish Khera, CEO, FINO
Anna Somos Krishnan, Executive Director, PlaNet Finance India
Mathew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan
Vikas Jhunjhunwala, Technology Manager, Unitus
MIS – Critical Foundation for Growth
The vast majority of MFIs are still struggling with MIS-related challenges. Why? Who bears responsibility? MFIs? MIS providers? How to select the right MIS for future growth? What are the main criteria for selection? What is the appropriate pricing and technical support?
Moderator:
Jean Pouit, Leading Expert in MIS
Panelists:
Vikas Jhunjhunwala, Technology Manager, Unitus
Alexander Bloch, Associate Partner, IBM
Pierre Pezziardi, CEO, Octopus Microfinance
Kamal Budhabhatti, CEO, Craft Silicon
Sampath Kumar, Chief technology Officer, Spandana
Debate: How far can MIS providers go to support MFIs?
Enzo Cicchirillo, Head of IT Consulting, PlaNet Finance
Karuna Krishnaswamy, Consultant, CGAP
Sampath Kumar, Chief Technology Officer, Spandana
Kamal Budhabhatti, CEO, Craft Silicon
Innovations (Smart Cards, Biometric, cell-phone based readers, PDAs)
What is the state of technology innovations? What are the drivers? How will they change or not the microfinance industry? Costs and benefits? Are they accessible to everyone?
Moderator:
Santosh Khanolkar, Platform Strategy Director, Microsoft India
Panelists:
Olivia Van Rooyen, General Manager, Kuyasa
Zvi Schreiber, CEO, G.ho.st
Rajeev Natarajan, Owner, Impetus
Siddhartha Chowdri, Country Head, AcciÓn India
Credit Bureau
The use of Credit Bureau is essential for a mature industry in order to support the credit decision-making process and to manage over-indebtedness risk. What are the challenges to generalise its implementation and use?
Moderator:
Deva De Silva, Financial Market Specialist, IFC
Panelists:
Elio Vitucci, Decision Analytics Director, Experian Mustapha Bidouj, General Secretary Foundation Banque Populaire
Enzo Cicchirillo, Head of IT Consulting, PlaNet Finance
Correspondent Banking
Correspondent banking has been increasingly used as branchless solution to increase outreach. Looking at the example of Brazil and other emerging countries using correspondent banking, the question is: is this model achieving any significant impact? What are the constraints for the MFIs and Banks as well as for the POS operator? What is the perception of the client?
Moderator:
Nalini Srinivasan, VP Marketing, Atyati
Panelists:
Minh-Huy Lai, Chief Operations Officer, PlaNet Finance
NP Mohapatra, Asst General Manager, Financial Inclusion, NABARD
Santanu Sengupta, Secretary, Change Innovators Society
Designing IT infrastructure
How can investment in IT infrastructure be done in a cost efficient way? Who should be supporting these investment costs?
Moderator:
Anna Somos Krishnan, Executive Director, PlaNet Finance India
Panelists:
Prakash Prabhu, CEO, Atyati
Royston Braganza, CEO, Grameen Capital India
Abhijit Das, Head of Hosted Services, Sify Technologies Ltd
Minh-Huy Lai, Chief Operating Officer, PlaNet Finance
Lindsay Clinton, Managing Editor, Microfinance Insights |
