2009 Agenda and Presenters

Banking on the Future: Microfinance as Service
September 29, 2009

Sponsored by the Francis Center for Servant Leadership at Pfeiffer University

8:00 - 8:45 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 am	Welcome Dr. Chuck Ambrose, President, and Dr. Tracy Espy, Provost, Pfeiffer University
9:00 - 10:15 am	Microfinance and Faith
	The Spread of Microfinance Through HOPE Katie Nienow, HOPE International, a faith based MFI
	Financing Small Enterprises Through Mudharabah Yahsob Al- Eryani, Ph.D., Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences - Yemen
10:15 - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 - 11:30 am	Conflicts within Microfinance
	Conflicts in Microcredit: The Battle over Mission and Sustainability Warner Woodworth, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	Microfinance and the Capital Markets
	Capital Markets Style Risk Assessment: Testing Static Pool Analysis on Microfinance Rupert Ayton, Center for Development of Social Finance
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 pm	The Evolution of Microfinance Thought: A Review
	Microcredit Theory - A General Review of Existing Literature Dwight Haase, Ph.D., University of Toledo
2:30 - 3:30 pm	More on Microfinance and the Capital Markets
	A Case Study of Microfinance in Ghana Deena Burris, Ph.D., Guilford College
3:30 - 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 - 4:45 pm	How To Develop a Microfinance Program
	Example of a Microfinance Program in Guatemala Eugene Pickler, Pfeiffer University
	Example of a Microfinance Program in Honduras Tom Fourre, OPPORTUNITIES, INT’L
	What Students and Faculty Can Do to Build Microfinance Programs Warner Woodworth, Ph.D., Brigham Young University Lisa Jones Christensen, Ph.D., UNC Kenan Flagler