GFR 2013: Background documents
Session 1 – Panel 2: International organizations and remittances
Date: 20 May 09.00 – 09.45
Session 2 – Panel 2: International organizations and remittances
Date: 20 May 11.15 – 12.30
> European Commission – Report on EU Remittances for developing countries
Session 3 – Panel 1: Setting the stage: Sending money home to Asia
Date: 20 May 12.30 – 13.30
> Massimo Cirasino, World Bank
Session: 4 – Panel: 1 Creating and enabling remittance markets: Experiences and lessons – Policy and regulatory reforms
Date: 20 May 14.15 – 15.30
> Byung Rhae Lee, Financial Services Commission of the Republic of Korea
> Dato’ Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, Bank Negara Malaysia
Session 5 – Panel 2: Private sector initiatives in creating enabling remittance markets
Date: 20 May 15.45 – 17.00
> Arken Kenesbekovich Arystanov, KazPost
> KazPost, broader presentation
> Kalid Fellahi, Western Union
Session: 6 – Panel: 1 Market trends, innovations and opportunities
Date: 21 May 08.45 – 10.15
> Sebastian Plubins Malfanti, RIA Financial Services
Session 7 – Panel 2: Remittances and cross-selling of financial products: Meeting the specific needs of remittance senders and recipients
Date: 21 May 10.45 – 12.15
> Robert Cantrell, Wells Fargo
> Elena Gafarova, Vice President, Russlavbank
Session 8 – Panel : Remittances and cross-selling of financial products: Meeting the specific needs of remittance senders and recipients
Date: 21 May 12.15 – 13.00
> Norbert Bielefeld, World Savings Banks Institute / European Savings Banks Group
> Massimo Cirasino, World Bank
Session9 – Panel: 1 Financial infrastructure, innovation and new models being developed for cross-border remittance services
Date: 21 May 14.15 – 15.45
> Vijay Chugh, Reserve Bank of India
> Ian Hooper – APAC Lead – Accenture Payment Services
> Bella Santos, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
> Marc Van Teeseling – Earthport
Session: 10 – Panel: 2 Rural access and financial services: Expanding the market
Date: 21 May 14.15 – 15.45
> Sergey Nanba, Universal Postal Union
Session: 11 – Panel 1: International mobile remittances and financial services: Opportunities and limitations
DATE: 21 May 16.15 – 17.45
> Yoshimune Ishii, NTT DOCOMO, INC
Session: 12 – Panel: 2 Reaching the last mile: Success stories and challenges
Date: 21 May 16.15 – 17.45
> Prahlad Man Mali, Centre for Micro-Finance (CMF)
> Budi Setiawan, PT POS Indonesia
Session: 13 – Panel: 1 Role of financial inclusion policies for remittances
Date: 22 May 09.30 – 11.00
> Imelda M. Nicolas, Commission on Filipinos Overseas
> Karina B. Nielsen, Bill e Melinda Gates Foundation
Session: 14 – Panel: 2 Financial literacy and consumer protection
Date: 22 May 11.30 – 13.00
> Sara Hugo, Developing Market Associates (DMA)
> Czarina Medina, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP)
Session: 15 – Panel: 3 Diaspora capital: Entrepreneurship, investment and financial intermediation
Date: 22 May 14.00 – 15.30
> Thierry Sanders, BiD Network Foundation
> African Diaspora Marketplace – II factsheet
> Bikash Chowdhury Barua, BASUG
Plenary session: 16 Innovation awards ceremony
Date: 22 May 15.45 – 16.30
Videos:
> Philippines: A Penny Saved
> Philippines: From Rome to Home
> Sri Lanka: Banking the Future
> Philippines: Mobile Money
> Nepal: Foreign Exchange
