2019 SEEP Annual Conference | SEEP | 21 October 2019 | Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Richmond Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202, United States

The annual conference will highlight proven and experimental strategies that harness the potential of markets to support people, enterprises and communities that are highly vulnerable to the shock-stress-shock cycle.

The conference will address the following questions:
• How can access to markets contribute to greater resilience for vulnerable households?
• How are financial services, formal and informal, contributing to increased resiliency?
• What is the role of social capital and social networks in nurturing resilience and supporting livelihoods?
• What are the specific challenges to advancing resilience in thin markets and fragile contexts?
• Can women’s empowerment and gender equality serve as a source of resilience?
• How can we better harness data to strengthen market resilience overall?

The conference theme is articulated around four technical tracks:
• Fostering Resilience through Financial Inclusion
• Leveraging Markets for Resilience in Fragile Environments
• Gender Equality as a Resilience Strategy
• Data and Resilience – Building the Evidence Base

2019 Speakers

Benjamin Allen
CRS Technical Advisor for Microfinance Research and Learning

Catherine Alston
Alston Global

Matilda Asante-Asiedu
Access Ghana Bank

Esther Bates
World Vision Australia

Dan Bierenbaum
Global Parametrics

Tanya Boudreau
Food Economy Group

Margie Brand
EcoVentures International

Silvio Chiau
FSD Mozambique

Sahara Dahir
CaLP East Africa

Jennifer Denomy
MEDA

Lucia Diaz-Martin
J-PAL Global

Babajide Fatinikun
FCMB Nigeria

Mike Field
EcoVentures International

Sarah Gammage
ICRW

Anna Garloch
ACDI/VOCA

Laura Glaeser
Chemonics

Bobbi Gray
Grameen Foundation

Mwajuma Hamza
Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce

Claire Hancock
Tearfund

Shoshana Hecker
Trickle Up

David Hircock
Estée Lauder Companies

Kazi Eliza Islam
BRAC International

Neetu John
ICRW

Sana Khan
International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Ann Koontz
Relief International

Dr. Mark Langworthy
TANGO International

Erin Lewis
The BOMA Project

Anabela Mabota
FSD Mozambique

Brett Matthews
My Oral Village

Megan McDermott
LINC

Dr. Judith McFarlane
Texas Women's University

Anna Mecagni
Women for Women International

Ndumiso Mpofu
World Vision International

Eliya Mtupile
Tanzania Local Enterprise Development

Kevin Mulligan
USAID

Rosita Najmi
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

James Naughton
DAI

Pendo Ndumbaro
Mama Asili

Asdrubal Negrete
Chemonics

Chris Nicoletti
iDE

Eva Noble
Women for Women International

Courtney O'Connell
World Relief

Bukola Onyishi
Women for Women International

Elise Perrin
Advans Cote d'Ivoire

Nicki Post
Mercy Corps

Jeff Ratcliffe
USAID

Ali Regah
Oxfam Somalia

James Robinson
Itad

Dr. A. Tom Roberts
World Vision International

Richard Rumsey
World Vision International

Meera Sawkar
GeoPoll

Julian Schweitzer
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Richard Shumann
Vitas Group

Casper Sikkema
Solar Works

Amy Sink Davies
RTI

Kate Skingley
VSO

Mar Lar Soe
East West Seed

Rosa Tarling
DAI

Aldo Tembe
Moçambique Previdente

Dorcas Thorpe
LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited

Jaya Tiwari
The BOMA Project

Neeraj Trivedi
Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD)

Theophile Twahirwa
CARE International

Jean-Michel Voisard
RTI

George Wamae
ACDI/VOCA

Wes Wasson
DreamStart Labs

Holly Welcome Radice
CARE USA

2019 Partners

GOLD PARTNERS:
• mastercard foundation
• USAid

BRONZE PARTNERS:
• Australian Government Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• DAI
• Chemonics
• Mercy Corps

COPPER PARTNERS
• Acdi Voca
• ICRW
• Palladium
• RTI International
• Save the Children

NETWORKING RECEPTION PARTNER:
• World Vision

OUTREACH PARTNERS:
• devex
• FinDev Gateway
• Marketlinks
• next billion