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Monday, 24 September 2007
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Scaling up Success in Emerging and Frontier Markets
Symposium chair: Ximena ESCOBAR DE NOGALES,
Director a.i, CASIN
Overlooked Investment Opportunities
Louisa MOJELA, Group CEO,
WIPHOLD, South Africa
Emerging and Frontier Markets: Some Definitions
Lars KALBREIER,
Managing Director, Head of Global Equities & Alternatives
Research, Credit Suisse
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Globalizing Access to Finance
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Alan PATRICOF, Co-founder,
Apax Partners, L.P. Founder and Managing Director Greycroft LLC.
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Debt Finance: SME Debt Financing in Emerging Markets
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Chair: Lisa SHERK, Director of Investment Analysis, BlueOrchard
Finance, Geneva
Vijay CHANDOK,
Senior General Manager, ICICI, India
Peer
STEIN, Head, Financial Infrastructure, IFC
Rajendra MALLA, Chairman and Managing Director, Small Industries
Development Bank of India
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Venture Capital:
Business Models in Venture Capital in
Emerging Markets
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Chair: Jennifer CHOI, Head of Research, Emerging Market Private
Equity Association (EMPEA), USA
Julian
E.LANGE, Professor, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Babson
College, USA
Discussants: Noah BECKWITH, Partner, Aureos Capital, UK
Hubertus
VAN DER VAART, CEO, SEAF, USA
Peter TROPPER, Principal Investment Officer, IFC
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A Dialogue with the Pioneers. Size, Management and Liquidity:
The Deal Makers or Breakers - Direct and Indirect Investment
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Chair: Melchior DE MURALT, Managing Partner, de Pury Pictet Turettini
& Co Ltd, Geneva
Hubertus VAN DER VAART, CEO, SEAF, USA / Sichuan Small Investment
Fund, China
Sandeep GHOSH,
Head, Commercial Banking Business, Citigroup, India
Jurie WILLEMSE, CEO, GroFin, South Africa
Holger ROTHENBUSCH, Senior Vice President Structured Finance, DEG
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany
Jo SCHWENKE, Business
Partners Ltd., South Africa
Paul VAN AALST, Director, E+Co Europe
Leila MOKADDEM, Manager, Private Sector & Microfinance Department,
African Development Bank
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Hard Talk: Has Anyone Made Money?
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Simon
RUTEGA, CEO, Uganda Securities Exchange, Uganda
Chair: Robert E. WEISSENSTEIN, Managing Director, Credit Suisse,
USA
With input from:
Noah BECKWITH, Partner, Aureos Capital, UK
Mildred CALLEAR,
Executive Vice President, SEAF
Kenneth ONYANDO, Regional Investment Manager, GroFin East Africa
Fund, South Africa
Claude BARRAS, Managing Director, Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging
Markets (SIFEM)
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Working on the Investment Climate: Paving the Way for Private
Investors
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Jean-Daniel GERBER, State Secretary, Director
of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
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Bernhard LIPPUNER, Managing Director,
Geneva Region, Credit Suisse
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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The Global Importance
of SMEs: Unleashing Opportunities in Emerging Markets
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Lars H. THUNELL, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC
Chair: Maria LIVANOS CATTAUI, Former Secretary-General, International
Chamber of Commerce
Blaise GOETSCHIN, Chairman, Banque Cantonale
de Genève (BCGE)
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Financial Infrastructure
& Risk Mitigation: Addressing the Risks
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Chair: Claude BARRAS, Managing Director, Swiss Investment Fund
for Emerging Markets (SIFEM)
Lessons from Building Small Business Lending in the USA, Marc
BERNSTEIN, Vice-President, Wells Fargo, USA
Currency Risk, Robert E. WEISSENSTEIN, Managing Director, Credit
Suisse, USA and Nanno
KLEITERP, Chief Investment Officer, FMO, Development Finance
Company, The Netherlands
Political Risk, Hal BOSHER, Investment
Officer, New Initiatives and Products, Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA), USA
Commercial Risk Information, Joachim BARTELS,
Managing Director, Business Information Industry Association
Asia Pacific-Middle East (BIIA)
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Plenary: Breakout Sessions presentation
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Chair: Nick
Van RENSBURG, Anglo Zimele, South Africa
1. BOP Investments, Klaus TISCHHAUSER
2. Private Equity in Latin America, Luc
GERARD
3. Aureos Capital, Noah BECKWITH
4. African SME Venture Capital, Alan PATRICOF
5. Aspire, Kenneth ONYANDO
6. Blue Waters Growth Fund, Vietnam/SEAF, Rik VYVERMAN
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Breakout Sessions
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1. BOP Investments, Unique evergreen fund-of-funds concept
for investment opportunities at the base of the pyramid
Chair: Thierry BUCHS, Head, Investment Promotion Division, Seco
Biplab DAS, Director, Private Banking Investment Services and
Products, Credit Suisse
Klaus TISCHAUSER, Managing Director, responsAbility
Christoph ACHINI, Senior Investment Manager, SIFEM
2. Private Equity in Latin America
Luc
GERARD, President, Tribeca Partners, Colombia
Mareike HUSSELS,
Associate - New Ventures, World Resource Institute, USA
3. Aureos Capital
Chair: Peter TROPPER, Principal Investment Officer, IFC
Noah BECKWITH, Partner, Aureos Capital, UK
Rod EVISON, Portfolio Director, Africa, CDC Group plc, UK
Els
BOERHOF, Manager, Micro and Small Enterprise Fund, FMO,
The Netherlands
Vegard HALVORSEN, Investment Manager, Norfund
4. African SME Venture Capital, Fund to support early stage
and expansion growth companies
Chair: Anino EMUWA, PhD candidate, Nottingham Business School,
UK and EM, Lyon, France
Alan PATRICOF, Co-founder, Apax Partners, L.P.
Per
Emil LINDOE, Project Director Africa, Norfund, Kenya
Ayisi MAKATIANI, CEO African Management Services Company, South
Africa
5. Aspire, Investment facility with a viability-based approach
combining business development assistance and appropriate finance
Chair: Nikolaus
SCHULTZE, Head, Strategy and Partnerships, Syngenta Foundation,
Basel
Chris WEST, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation, UK
Gary HATTEM, President, Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development
Fund, USA
Kenneth ONYANDO, Regional Investment Manager, GroFin East Africa
Fund, South Africa
Ed DIENER, Counsel, Skoll Foundation, USA
Carole MAMAN, Manager, Development Fund, bio, The Belgian Investment
Company for Developing Countries, Belgium
Pekka JUUSELA, Senior Investment Manager, FINNFUND, Finland
6. Blue Waters Growth Fund, Vietnam/SEAF, Providing growth
capital and operational support to businesses in emerging markets
Chair: Mildred CALLEAR, Executive Vice President, SEAF
Hubertus van der VAART, CEO, SEAF
Rik VYVERMAN, CEO, Blue Waters Finance Growth Fund Vietnam/SEAF
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Closing Keynote
Address
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Giles KEATING, Managing Director, Credit Suisse
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* Comments Welcome, please send
them to: symposia@casin.ch
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