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The Speakers of the 2011 Forum

     

Opening Session to the 4th Convergences 2015 Forum

François de Witt, Chairman, Finansol (Moderator)
Pierre Schapira, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of International Relations, European Affairs and the Francophone World
Jean-Louis Bancel, Chairman, Crédit Coopératif
Frédéric Roussel, Co-founder, ACTED
Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development, European Commission
Henri de Raincourt, Minister for Cooperation, France

Taking the MDGs beyond 2015

Serge Michailof,Professor, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
Cécile Molinier,Director of the Bureau de Liaison in Geneva, United Nations Development Program
Lionel Zinsou,CEO, PAI Partners
Georges Serres,Deputy Director, Direction de la mondiaisation, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

RTA 3 /// Significance of governance structure for success: Discussing good Practices

Anne Rodier, Journalist, Le Monde (Moderator)
François-Xavier Hay, Director of Partnerships, MACIF
Nicolas Hazard, Deputy Director, Groupe SOS
Hugues Sibille, Vice President, Crédit Coopératif, Chairman, AVISE

RTA 1 /// Conversation between a social entrepreneur, a fair trade company and a MFI: Labels, objectives and mission drift

Arnaud de Bresson, General Delegate, Paris EUROPLACE (Moderator)
François Marty, Chairman, ChêneletChairman, Chênelet
Roger Persichino, University lecturer
Franck Renaudin, Managing Director, Entrepreneurs du Monde
Jérôme Schatzman, Managing Director, Tudo Bom ?

MCC 1 /// Measuring the social performance of MFIs: Results from Planet Rating and Microfinanza Rating

Aurélie Duthoit, Co-founder, Babyloan (Moderator)
Micol Guarneri, Social Rating Director, Microfinanza Rating
Emmanuelle Javoy, Managing Director, Planet Rating

WSA 1 /// BoP 2.0 for big companies: Co-creating wealth at the Base of the Pyramid - In partnership with IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité and its Rendez-vous du BoP

Henri de Reboul, General Delegate, IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité (Moderator)
Sébastien Goua, Project Officer, Croix-Rouge Française
Emmanuel Marchant, General Delegate, danone.communities
François Perrot, Project Manager, Lafarge
Shyama Ramani, Full Professor, Maastricht University School of Business & Economy
Fabienne Riom, Manager France BoP Learning Lab, CSR/BoP, ESSEC IIES
Bernard Saincy, Vice President CSR - strategy and sustainable development division, GDF SUEZ
Rustam Sengupta, Founder, Boond
Gilles Vermot-Desroches, Sustainable Development Director, Schneider Electric

WSA 3 /// Making rural and agricultural finance work

Philippe Guichandut, Foundation, Head of development and technical assistance, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation (Moderator)
Bernard Ornilla, Project Manager, Alterfin
Adama Ba, Operations Manager, UM PAMECAS-ADA-GRET
Adama Camara, Managing Director, Soro Yiriwaso
Jean-Baptiste Cavallier, Programme Officer, CFSI
Renée Chao Beroff, Head of the Microfinance department at CIDR and General Manager of PAMIGA
Nicolas Hertkorn, Project Manager, AFD
Dominique Lesaffre, Investment Officer, SIDI
Etienne Mottet, Operations Manager, OXUS Afghanistan
Marc Roesch, Researcher, Institut de Pondichéry

RTC 3 /// What type of local governance for what kind of impact?

Jean Karinthi, Director, Maison des Associations du Deuxième Arrondissement, Mairie de Paris (Moderator)
Perrine Lantoine-Rejas, Microfinance and philanthropy Project Manager, Fédération Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne
Gérard Longatte, Deputy Partnership Manager, MACIF
Georges Métayer, Innovation and social entrepreneurship, Manager, Croix-Rouge Française
Jean-Michel Ricard, Managing Director, SIEL Bleu

RTA 2 /// The triple bottom line: New model or utopia?

Brice Terdjman, Executive Director, ENEA Consulting (Moderator)
Stef van Dongen, Founder, Enviu
Elisabeth Laville, Founder, Utopies
Fanny Picard, Partner, Alter Equity
Pierre Victoria, Vice-President Sustainable Developement, Veolia Environnement

RTB 4 /// How can public funds be deployed more effectively to leverage private sector investment?

Jean-Michel Lécuyer, Managing Director, Société d’Investissement, France Active (Moderator)
Marc Bichler, Chairman, e-MFP & Director for Development, Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luxemburg
Laurent Demey, Deputy Managing Director, PROPARCO
Christophe Person, SRI Product Expert, IDEAM
Perrine Pouget, Investment Officer, European Investment Bank

MCA 1 /// The microfinance crisis: Results from various surveys

Jean-Michel Servet, Professor, IHEID (Moderator)
Sébastien Duquet, Managing Director, PlaNIS responsAbility
Marco Fischer, Senior Research Analyst, responsAbility Social Investments AG
Mariana Paredes, Consultant, Marulanda Consultores

RTA 9 /// Sustainability: How to exit from emergency programmes?

Serge Mostura, Director of the crisis center, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Moderator)
Xavier Boutin, Managing Director, IECD
Olivier Gilbert, Head of Social Innovations, Veolia Environnement
Anne Héry, Director of external relations, Secours Islamique France
Thierry Mauricet, Managing Director Première Urgence – Aide Médicale Internationale
Anne Leymat, Technical Advisor, Handicap International

WSB 4 /// Linking NGOs with the private sector for funding: When, why, how?

Médéric Jacottin, Head of external relations, Fondation GoodPlanet (Moderator)
Charles-Benoît Heidsieck, Chairman, Le RAMEAU (Moderator)
Alain Caudrelier-Bénac, Managing Director, Plan France
Augustin Debiesse, Senior Consultant, Optimus
Damien Desjonquères, Societal Coordinator and Head of Access to Energy Program, Total
Patrick Edel, Founder, La Guilde Européenne du Raid
Stéphane Godin, Partnership manager, Groupe SOS
Philippe Lévêque, Managing Director, CARE France
Didier Piard, Social Projects Director, Croix Rouge-Française

WSB 2 /// Innovative financial solutions to scale up social businesses

François de Witt, Founder and Chairman, Finansol (Moderator)
Luciano Balbo, Chairman, Fondazione Oltre
Mark Campanale, Director, The Social Stock Exchange
Samuel Clause, Senior Microfinance Investment Manager Officer, European Investment Fund
Nicolas Hazard, CEO, Le Comptoir de l’Innovation
Sébastien Lyon, Financial Director, ACTED
Emmanuel Marchant, General Delegate, danone.communities
Maximilian Martin, Founder, Impact Economy
Christophe Poline, Sustainable Investment Director, Schneider Electric

RTB 1/// More responsibility and more impact: Lessons learned and new principles in microfinance investment

Xavier Reille, Microfinance Industry Team Leader, CGAP
Femke Bos, Fund Manager, Triodos Investment Management
Claude Falgon, Board Member, Advans
Stefan Fischer, Investment Manager, Blue Orchard Investments
Guillermo Salcedo, Deputy Director, Department Loans and Investments, Oikocredit

RTB 2 /// Improving financial services for the poor: Facilitating international remittance flows and enhancing their efficiency

Saïd Bourjij, Managing Director, Epargne Sans Frontières (Moderator)
Adama Ba, Operations Manager, UM PAMECAS-ADA-GRET
Obed Makori, General Manager, Irnet Coop Kenya
Jean Pouit, Managing Director, My Transfer
Pape Sene, Chairman, CGMD
Pedro de Vasconcelos, Programme Coordinator, FFR, IFAD

RTA 7 /// Trade and poverty: What is the link?

Adrien de Tricornot, Journalist, Le Monde (Moderator)
Romain Benicchio, Advocacy Manager, OXFAM France
Kif Nguyen, Operations Manager, Café Africa
Eugénie Malandain, Impact Evaluation Officer, PFCE
Ghislaine Psimhis, Deputy General Secretary, GICA RCA

RTA 4 /// Pressure to grow: How big can a social venture get without compromising its model?

Olivier Kayser, Managing Director, Hystra Consulting (Moderator)
Laurence Grandcolas Lamoureux, Development Manager, Ashoka France
Johny Joseph, Director, Creative Handicrafts
Laurent Muratet, Marketing and Communication Director, Alter Eco
Christophe Roturier, Chief Operating Officer, Max Havelaar France

RTA 8 /// Microfinance crisis in India: The road ahead In partnership with Microfinance India Summit

Vipin Sharma, Chief Executive Director, ACCESS Development Services
Arvind Ashta, Professor, ESC Dijon-Bourgogne
Royston Braganza, CEO, Grameen Capital India
Suresh Krishna, Managing Director, Grameen Koota
Alok Prasad, CEO, MFIN

MCA 4 /// Branchless banking: Making it work

Sugandh Saxena, Executive Director, South Asian Microfinance Network (SAMN) (Moderator)
André Oertel, Head of Research and Consulting, Horus Development Finance
Mohsin Syed Ahmed, Managing Director, Pakistan Microfinance Network
Dominique Villeneuve, Project Manager, PlaNet FinanceLaurent Clauser Laurent Clauser,Horus Development Finance

RTB 5 /// Innovative financing for development: Moving from promise to reality

Frédéric Dohet, Board Member, ACTED (Moderator)
Luc Lamprière, Managing Director, OXFAM France
Jean-Michel Lécuyer, Managing Director, Société d’Investissement France Active
Pierre Valentin, Deputy Managing Director in charge of finance, Crédit Coopératif
Jean-Louis Vielajus, Chairman, Coordination SUD

MCB 2 /// The impact of carbon finance on development aid

Maxime de Rostolan, Founder, Babel Blue (Moderator)
Pierric Jammes, Managing Director, Pur Projet
Gautier Quéru, Director, Natixis Environnement et Infrastructures
Matthieu Tiberghien, Action Carbone Project Manager, Fondation GoodPlanet
Laurent Valiergue, Origination Director, orbeo

WSC 1 /// Implementing a social impact evaluation in your organization

Jérôme Auriac, Managing Director, Be-linked (Moderator)
Angela de Santiago, Managing Director, Youphil.com (Moderator)
Jérôme Bossuet, Business Developer, Prakti Design
Lucile Brachet, Project Member, Planète d’Entrepreneurs
Joseph Le Marchand, Founder, Le Non Marchand
Richard Kennedy, Director, SROI Network
Suzanne Renard, Executive engineer, Prakti Design
Irène Serot Almeras, Director, Fondation Ensemble
Hedwig Siewertsen, Director, d.o.b. Foundation
Vatansho Vatanshoev, Managing Director, OXUS Tajikistan
Dominique Weiss, Senior Analyst, Grameen Crédit Agricole

WSB 1 /// Sourcing social projects: Lessons learned from various impact Investors

Jean-Luc Perron, General Delegate, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation (Moderator)
Bernard de Boischevalier, Project Officer, SIDI
Loïc de Cannière, Managing Director, Incofin
Laurent Chéreau, Representative, Tembeka
Emmanuel Gautier, Portofolio Manager, Natixis AM
Olivier de Guerre, Chairman, PhiTrust Active Investors
Jérémy Hajdenberg, Investment Director, I&P
Laurence Méhaignerie, Chairman, Citizen Capital
Christophe Poline, Sustainable Investment Director, Schneider Electric
Michel Pernot du Breuil, Managing Director, SENS
Louise Schneider-Moretto, Vice President, Community Development Group, Deutsche Bank

RTA 10 /// Income generation for the most vulnerable: Which role should NGOs play?

Philippe Ryfman, Professor, University Paris I
Alain Boinet, Managing Director, Solidarités International
Laurent Corbaz, Head of Delegation, ICRC
François Danel, Managing Director, Action Contre la Faim
Jean-Guy Henckel, Founder, Réseau Cocagne
Bénédicte Hermelin, Managing Director, GRET
Frédéric Roussel, Co-founder, ACTED

MCA 2 /// Microfinance plus: Linking microfinance to other services to reach the poorest

Christophe Villa, Professor, Microfinance Chair, Audencia (Moderator)
Yannick Bézy, Manager, Economic development sector, InterAide
Aude de Montesquiou, Microfinance Analyst, CGAP
Rustam Sengupta, Founder, Boond

RTB 3 /// Can private aid end poverty? Analysis and outlook of corporate and individual philanthropy

Priscilla de Moustier, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, OXUS Holding (Moderator)
Béatrice de Durfort, General Delegate, Centre Français des Fondations
Pierre-Emmanuel Grange, Founder, MicroDON
Arnaud Poissonnier, Founder and Chairman, Babyloan
Michel Soublin, Former Chairman, Comité de la Charte du Don en Confiance
Judith Symonds, Principal, JCS International

RTA5 /// From South to North: Replicating successful models and experiments to address social issues - In partnership with IMSEntreprendre pour la Cité and its Rendez-vous du BoP

Olivia Verger-Lisicki, BoP Project Manager, IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité (Moderator)
Daniel Dantand, Senior Program Manager CSR Strategy and Sustainable Development Division, GDF SUEZ
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot, Executive Director, Chair Social Business, HEC
Carlos de Freitas, Coordinator, Palmas Institute Europe
Maria Nowak, Founder President, Adie

MCB 1 /// Understanding the emergence of impact investing: Report from J.P. Morgan and the Rockefeller Foundation

Olivier de Guerre, Chairman, PhiTrust Active InvestorsChairman, PhiTrust Active Investors (Moderator)
Yasemin Saltuk, Research Analyst, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co

RTC 1 /// Impact evaluation - Discussing methods and techniques: A comparison among sectors

Cécile Lapenu, Managing Director, CERISE (Moderator)
François Grünewald, Managing Director, URD
Emeline Stievenart, Social Impact Evaluation Project Manager, ESSEC IIES

WSB 3 /// Microfinance and decentralized cooperation In partnership with ACTED & Cités Unies France

Bertrand Gallet, General Director, Cités Unies France (Moderator)
Michaël Knaute, CEO, OXUS Development Network
Constance Koukoui, Project Officer, Cités Unies France
Ingrid Metton, Project Officer, ACTED

WSA2 /// Towards effective regulation and supervision of microfinance institutions. Towards a labeling of MFIs.

Emmanuel de Lutzel, Head of Microfinance, BNP Paribas (Moderator)
Anne Bastin, Microfinance Project Manager, Lux-Development
Eric Duflos, Senior Microfinance Specialist, CGAP
Erik Ekué, Consultant
Anne-Françoise Lefèvre, Head of Institutional Relations, World Savings Banks Institute
Laurent Lhériau, Consultant
Paul Loridant, Secretary General, Observatoire de la Microfinance, Banque de France
Patrick Naïm, Founder, Elseware
David Payne, Managing Director, OXUS Afghanistan
Jean-Luc Perron, General Delegate, Grameen-Crédit Agricole
Franck Renaudin, Founder, Entrepreneurs du Monde
Matthew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan
Chuck Waterfield, CEO and President, MicroFinance Transparency

MC 1 /// Is there an increase in poverty in developed countries?

Antoine Michon, Representative, General Delegation, ATD Quart- Monde (Moderator)
Olivier Bontout, Under-Deputy Director, DREES, OECD
François Dechy, Managing Director Delegate, France Active Financement
Bernard Devert, General Delegate, Habitat & Humanisme
Michael Förster, Senior Economist, Social policy division, OECD
Jérôme Vignon, Chairman, Observatoire national de la pauvreté et de l’ exclusion sociale (ONPES)

RTA 6 /// Comparing definitions of social economy in various countries

Apostolos Ioakimidis, Principal Administrator, Directorate General Entreprise and Industry, European Commission (Moderator)
Tarik Ghezali, General Delegate, Mouvement des Entrepreneurs Sociaux
Anne-Claire Pache, Assistant Professor in Social Entrepreneurship, ESSEC IIES
Fabrice Serfati, General Partner and Financial Director, IGNIA Fund

RTC 2 /// Collaborative impact: How to stimulate collaboration between the different actors to optimize social impact?

Alexandre De Carvalho, Network Partner, Hystra Consulting (Moderator)
Serge Allou, DAT Programme Manager, GRET
Jake Benford, Project Manager, Bertelsmann Foundation
Ziggy Garewal, Country Director, ACTED Afghanistan
Jennifer Vasquez, Senior Director, SEEP

MCA 3 /// Beyond microfinance to livelihoods and value chain development

Marie-Anne de Villepin, Communication Officer, Microfinance Department, BNP Paribas (Moderator)
François Durollet, General Manager, PlaNet Finance
Kif Nguyen, Operations Manager, Café Africa
Vipin Sharma, Chief Executive Director, ACCESS Development Services

Barometers 2011

Emmanuel de Lutzel, Director of Microfinance, BNP Paribas

Convergences 2015 Awards

Anne Houtman, Head of the Representation in France of the European Commission
Michaël Knaute, CEO, OXUS Development Network
Pierre Schapira, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of International Relations, European Affairs and the Francophone World
Antoine Reverchon, Editor, Le Monde Economie
Seybah Dagoma, Councilor for Paris and Paris 1st district, Deputy to the Mayor of Paris

Plenary session
Taking the MDGs beyond 2015

Georges Serre, Deputy Director, Globalization Direction, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Moderator)
Serge Michailof, Professor, Paris Institute of Political Studies
Cécile Molinier, Director Liaison Office Geneva, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Lionel Zinsou, Chairman and CEO, PAI Partners

Le Monde's Great Debate 1:
Being responsible for the future. Re-thinking capitalism.

Erik Izraelewicz,Managing Director and member of the board, Le Monde
Michel Pébereau,Chairman, BNP Paribas
Augustin de Romanet, Managing Director, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
Francisco « Chico » Whitaker Ferreira,Co-Founder, World Social Forum
Antoine Frérot,Chairman and CEO, Veolia Environnement

Le Monde's Great Debate 2:
Is social economy on the margin or at the heart of market economy?

Antoine Reverchon,Editor, Le Monde Economie
Susan George,Honorary President, ATTAC-France
Martin Hirsch,Chairman, Agence du Service Civique
Cécile Renouard,Researcher, ESSEC IRENE
Gérard Andreck,Chairman, MACIF Group

Le Monde's Great Debate 3:
Where does the end of poverty begin?

Serge Marti,Chairman, Association des journalistes économiques et financiers
Hernando de Soto,President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy

Closing Session: the Paris consensus

Frédéric Roussel,Co-founder, ACTED (Technical Cooperation and Development Aid Agency)
Jean-Luc Perron,General Delegate, Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation
François De Witt,CEO, Finansol
Jean-Marc Borello,General Manager, SOS Group
Olivier Guersent,Head of Michel Barniers' cabinet, European Commission
Anne Hidalgo,1st Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of city planning and architecture
Jean-Louis Vielajus,CEO, Coordination SUD
Claude Alphandéry,Honorary President, France Active