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You’re cordially invited to join the launch of ‘ANDE Asia Digitalization Learning Lab’, co-hosted by ANDE India and ANDE East and Southeast Asia Chapter on Thursday, May 13 at 2:30 – 3:30 PM (GMT+5.30)/ 4:00 – 5:00 PM (GMT+7). ANDE Digitalization Learning Lab is a series of global workshops where they facilitate knowledge exchange among practitioners and assess needs for intermediaries to help support digitization and tech talents for Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs).

Session objectives:

• To present the key findings from ‘Digital Delivery: A digitalization guidebook for enterprise support organizations’ by Dalberg
• To collect insights from enterprise support organizations on their digitalization journey including challenges, gaps, and opportunities
• To compile burning topics that members need support on to be considered in the latter learning lab sessions
• To identify key stakeholders and enterprise support organizations

Agenda (GMT+7):

4:00 – 4:10 Welcome remark

4:10 – 4:30 The presentation of ‘Digital Delivery: A digitalization guidebook for enterprise support

organizations’ by Dalberg

4:30 – 4:50 Break-out sessions: Experiences from the ground

To share challenges organizations faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the adoption strategies for digital technologies moving forward

4:50 – 5:00 Closing remark

For any questions:

• Members and partners in East and Southeast Asia, please reach out to Ploy at ploy.phong@aspeninstitute.org
• Members and partners in India, please reach out to Saipriya at saipriya.salla@aspeninstitute.org

Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM (GMT+7)/ 2:30 – 3:30 PM (GMT+5.30)

Join Emerge Financial Health Network to learn more about the grant program, meet potential grant partners, and consider pitching your idea during one of their Fastpitch slots at the event.

Speaker:

Amelia Josephson

For their 2021 grant program, the Financial Solutions Lab Exchange, together with their advisory partner Credit Builders Alliance, is seeking emerging and existing nonprofit-fintech partnerships that serve justice-involved individuals and their families. Join them to learn more about the grant program, meet potential grant partners, and consider pitching your idea during one of their Fastpitch slots at the event.

Key Takeaways:

• Meet fellow fintechs and nonprofits to discuss high-impact collaborations aligned with the Exchange’s 2021 Criminal Justice Challenge
• Swap grant project ideas with peers, and/or find a partner for your application
• Discuss approaches for creating financial health among justice-involved individuals and their families

Looking for a partner? Have an idea but need somewhere to network? Be sure to indicate your interest in pitching your partnership idea when registering. Fastpitch slots are limited, register today.

Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM CT / 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST

Hosted by Robert Rubinstein

Michael Madden is an experienced investor in emerging and frontier markets. He will share his experience operating in various countries going through turmoil and upheaval, including coups, genocide and insurrection.  His latest investment is in Myanmar.

Michael is the Chairman and Founder of Ronoc and Chairman of Teneo Capital & Restructuring (New York). Michael was the founding CEO of Renaissance Credit – a Russian bank start-up which grew into a hundreds of millions dollar lending business. He established the American Express card business across the former Soviet Union, and served as Director for a portfolio of franchise markets and as Vice President for the American Express franchise business in EMEA. He is a board member of XacBank and TenGer in Mongolia.

Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT