Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Energy Security in South Asia: Towards Cooperation or Conflict?
Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative, The Brookings Institution
12:30 in Mugar 200, The Fletcher School
Part of the series Resource Conflicts: Spotlight on Global Trends, National Interests, and Private Sector Role, co-sponsored by CIERP, CEME, Tufts Energy Conference, FLEC, and INCR
Wednesday, November 9, 2011:
Womens Trust Ghana – A Model for Microfinance
with Founder Dana Dakin and Executive Director Wilma Longdon
6:30-8:30pm, Cabot 7th Floor, The Fletcher School
Friday, October 28, 2011:
The Road to a Cashless Society
Ajay Banga, President & CEO, MasterCard Worldwide
3:15-4:30, ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue
Tuesday, October 25, 2011:
The Opportunity of Crisis: Navigating International Business in an Uncertain World
Geopolitical Crises: When the Front Page Converges with the Business Page Co-hosted by the Tufts Financial Network and the Institute for Business in the Global Context
6:00-8:30 p.m., Roosevelt Hotel, New York, New York
This event was the first in a three-part series on the Opportunity of Crisis: Navigating International Business in an Uncertain World. The first event explores the dynamic terrain of geopolitical crises and their impact on the global economy, business risk and opportunity. Panelists included:
- Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean, The Fletcher School and Special Representative for North Korea Policy, U.S. Department of State
- Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School and Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates
- Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs
- Moderator: Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean, International Business and Finance and Executive Director, Institute for Business in the Global Context, The Fletcher School
Wednesday, October 12, 2011:
Resource conflicts: Renewable energies as peace enablers?
Sherri W. Goodman, SVP and Corporate Secretary, CNA Analysis and Solutions
12:30-1:45, The Fletcher School
Part of the series Resource Conflicts: Spotlight on Global Trends, National Interests, and Private Sector Role, co-sponsored by CIERP, CEME, Tufts Energy Conference, FLEC, and INCR
Tuesday, September 27, 2011:
Resource Wars - Underlying Structures and Trends
Dr. Michael T. Klare, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, based at Hampshire College
12:30-1:45 in Room 702, The Fletcher School
Part of the series Resource Conflicts: Spotlight on Global Trends, National Interests, and Private Sector Role, co-sponsored by CEME, CIERP, Tufts Energy Conference, FLEC, and INCR
Friday, April 22, 2011:
Killing Cash
Pros and Cons of Mobile Money for the World’s Poor: A Look at Both Sides of the Coin
Open to the general public, this full-day conference featured a series of debates and dialogues on the role of e-cash and its impact on the global "base of the pyramid" and regulatory regimes. Anthropological, economic, and security perspectives were addressed.
April 18-29, 2011:
Fletcher School Leadership Program for Financial Inclusion (invitation only)
In a unique two-week training program, CEME hosted a cohort of 10 individuals drawn from leadership posts in regulatory and policymaking bodies that work on advancing and promoting policy and regulatory reforms that enable innovative products and services which meet the needs of the poor and unbanked. The Program provided these regulators and policymakers, who are on the forefront of financial inclusion, with the leadership skills to take their work to the next level through original curriculum and events developed by The Fletcher School, drawing upon current developments and cases in the inclusive finance sector, and including roundtables and expert presentations in the area of branchless banking. Participants in the Program will each produce original policy briefs to be presented in relevant international events. Funding is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Attendance was by invitation only.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011:
Country Management: Strategy, Operations and Leadership in Emerging and Frontier Economies
This limited-attendance seminar was intended for high-level corporate officials and decision-makers dealing directly with country management issues or the oversight of a multi-country strategy, as well as scholars and students who interested in addressing the key challenges involved in managing across borders and within different regional markets. A wide range of academic, industry, governmental, civil society, geographic, and other perspectives were represented in the dialogue, which featured a series of practical cases and scholarly papers highlighting real-life scenarios and core aspects of country management. The closing session of the seminar looked toward the development of future research and educational frameworks for world-class country management.
December 1, 2010:
CEME Corporate Colloquium
Join CEME for an evening in downtown Boston as we host a debate of our Enterprise Strategy Fellows and a reception for corporate attendees from greater Boston and beyond (via web streaming).
November 3, 2010, 5:30:
New Platforms for the Poor: Safely Saving through Mobile Money with Ignacio Mas, Gates Foundation
Ignacio Mas, deputy director of the Financial Services for the Poor initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke about why the poor need a safe place to save and building effective, scalable mobile money platforms to meet their needs.
October 13, 2010, 7:30:
Financial Roundtable Special Event: Sovereign Wealth Funds and CEME’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative
Open to Fletcher students interested in becoming involved with the Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative (SWFI), this event featured CEME Fellows Dr. Eliot Kalter, Thomas Holt, and Patrick Schena, who reviewed the SWFI’s progress to date, hot topics in sovereign wealth fund management, and research opportunities with SWFI.
October 12, 2010, 11:30:
Banking Along the Last Mile with Claire Alexandre, Gates Foundation
Claire Alexandre, Senior Program Officer in the Financial Services for the Poor program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reviewed the role of technology, and in particular the spread of real-time communications networks, that permits banks to delegate ‘last mile’ cash management and customer servicing functions to third-party retailers like Walmart and the corner store. This talk discussed how new service providers are transforming the economics of low balances and small transactions and challenging current regulation.
September 22, 2010, 12:30:
Mobile Financial Services in Africa: Onto the Third Generation with David Porteous, BFA
CEME and the Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs hosted David Porteous, founder and director of Bankable Frontier Associates, a consulting firm specializing in policy and strategy which promotes financial inclusion, serving financial regulators and policymakers, private financial providers, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors and private foundations around the world. He presents the opportunities and challenges of third-generation mobile financial services in Africa.
September 15, 2010:
CEME Fellows Bi-Annual Meeting and Fletcher Social Hour
CEME convened its Fellows for a bi-annual meeting to review research agendas and upcoming CEME activities for the 2010-2011 academic year. CEME fellows then joined the Fletcher student body for a CEME-hosted Social Hour at The Fletcher School.
March 29, 2010:
Go Boldly: An Approach to Investing in Youth with Reeta Roy, MasterCard Foundation
Reeta Roy, CEO of the MasterCard Foundation, reviewed the foundation’s approach to youth services, particularly expansion of access to microfinance and entrepreneurship resources.
March 29, 2010:
The Financial Lives of the Poor
CEME fellow and Fletcher lecturer Kim Wilson hosted a roundtable-style discussion with three inclusive finance experts: Daryl Collins, Bankable Frontier Associates; Joanna Ledgerwood, Aga Khan Foundation; and Reeta Roy, MasterCard Foundation.
February 24, 2010:
Africa: The Final Frontier
Emmanuel Katongole, CEO of Quality Chemicals Ltd., and Zain Latif, Principal, TLG Capital, presented an overview of the trends and challenges of doing business in Africa from both a financial and cultural perspective, as well as the sectors and opportunities that have been so far overlooked by private equity players in the region.
March 3, 2010:
Reassessing Risk Management and Governance in the Banking Industry with Maureen Miskovic, State Street Corporation
Industry leader and expert Maureen Miskovic, executive vice president and chief risk office at State Street (former), discussed banking’s complex risk management and governance practices – and how they have been impacted by the events of 2008-2010.