Innovation 4 Impact Global Summit:

Impact Investing in Emerging Markets

27 July 2015

8:15
9:00

Registration and Networking.

Opening remarks:
Ron Margalit, Lonomics;
Paul Bloom, PDB Futurecom;
Marisa Viveros, IBM.

9:20

Impact investing presentations:

Setting the Stage, with H.E. Ron Prosor, Israels Permanent Ambassador to the
United Nations;
From Margin to Mainstream, with Abigail Noble, World Economic Forum.

10:00

The Needs of Emerging Markets.

Panel: Building an investable innovation ecosystem, moderated by Nili Shalev, Economic
Minister to North America, Israel Economic Mission.
Hallie Applebaum, Innovation Specialist, World Bank;
Carter Mailican, SPRING Initiative (Rwanda), USAID;
Karthik Raman, Head of Strategy and Alliances, IBM.
Break.
Private Sector Innovation and Investing.
Panel: Innovation that changes lives: Disruptive technology companies.
Nova-Lumos;
nFrnds;
Shared-X.

11:00
11:30

13:00
14:00

17:00

Panel: Realities for impact investors, moderated by Ron Margalit, Lonomics.

Joan Larrea, MD of Aligned Capital, OPIC;
Mike Muldoon, USAID;
Yigal Kerszenbaum, Rockefeller Foundation;
Amy Wang, VP of Global Social Finance, Deutsche Bank.
Lunch.
Impact innovation workshop:
Solutions introduction, by Karthik Raman, IBM.
Discussion: Demo and innovation in Africa led by Dorron Mottes, nFrnds.
Break.
Telcos as a route to market, by Bill Lambertson, IBM.
Next Steps: How can IBM engage with you? by Marisa Viveros, IBM.
End.

About the organizers:

IBM identifies Africa as one of the key growth markets in the
world, and has in the recent past made significant investments
in the continent as part of its growth plan. Currently, IBM is
present in more than 20 African countries. IBM opened its first
research lab in Africa in August 2012, located at the Catholic
University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi.
The Government of Israel Economic Mission promotes bilateral
collaboration, trade and investment through our five offices in
the United States and more than 40 locations around the globe.
Year round, we arrange dozens investment meetings,
exhibitions and conferences for every sector of the economy,
from high-tech and healthcare to Cleantech and consumer
products. We invite you to keep in touch with us and stay
updated about our upcoming innovation events. Visit us on the
web at www.IsraelTrade.NYC
Lonomics invests in, advises to and partners with technologydriven ventures in more than 20 countries across Africa,
Emerging Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We accelerate
growth in emerging markets of exceptional technology-driven
companies building products & services for the 3B people and
small businesses in the bottom half of the global, emerging
economy.
nFrnds is an innovative mobile-technology company, which is
connecting the unconnected. Enabling users with any mobile
device to connect to the digital world, 0 install, 0 data, 0 SMS.
The nFrnds platform is live on 5 Pan African mobile operators
providing users with chat, group chat, email and connecting
them to ecosystems such as mAgri, mobile money, education,
banking, finance, health, security and more.

PFI is consulting with enterprises, Telcos , IT companies and

investment companies on how future communication
capabilities will transform their business. PFI has unique
experience in connecting Israeli innovation in Network, Mobile,
Social and Big Data to large enterprises and service providers