Just a reminder that we’ll be covering the Microfinance 2.0 Conference, happening next week, June 15-17, in San Francisco, California. We’re very excited to be media partners at the conference and expect to have a few great stories to share with you.

Two writers from SocialEarth will be in attendance to participate in the stimulating discussions such as key issues in scaling microfinance to reach the next billion at the Bottom of the Pyramid, the use of the internet and social media to increase outreach and impact, reaching the poorest of the poor through technological innovations like mobile banking and much more.

Besides inspiring conversations, the conference boasts a brilliant speaker panel including:

Vikram Akula, Founder, SKS MICROFINANCE**TIME Magazine Top 100 People of the Year, 2006*

Brita Lombardi, EVP, Marketing, DONORSCHOOSE.ORG

Randy Paynter, Founder & President, CARE2

Premal Shah, President, KIVA

George Conard, Executive Director, MIFOS INITIATIVE- GRAMEEN FOUNDATION

Dennis Whittle, CEO, GLOBAL GIVING

Jim Bunch, Director of Invesments, OMIDYAR NETWORK 

Very exciting line-up and we look forward to hearing their thoughts on the future of microfinance.   We’ll be sharing our thoughts on SocialEarth and Twitter.  We’re proposing the official hashtag as #mf2.0- which we’ll confirm in the coming days. 

Stay tuned for additional coverage next week!

Contributor Profile: Naiomi

Naiomi is passionate about business for good and the field of social entrepreneurship. As co-founder of SocialEarth, she hopes to help create an uplifting and informative news source for anyone interested in helping those less fortunate.
Twitter: @naiomibisram

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