The Mobile Financial Services Conference 2011, presents the findings of a major study to develop a recommended national framework for the implementation of mobile commerce in Jamaica. Informed by extensive stakeholder consultation, international benchmarking and a national survey of the “unbanked” population in Jamaica, the findings of the study will address several key issues:

• What is the most appropriate model for an inclusive, broad-based Mobile Payments System in Jamaica?
• The nature of the "unbanked" in Jamaica - circumstances or choice?
• What is the economic opportunity associated with Mobile Financial Services?

Speakers at the Conference include:

• Mr. David Lowe, Advisor to the Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce.

• Mr. Livingstone Morrison, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, with responsibility for Administration and Technical Services, Finance and Technology, Risk Management and Payments System.

• Mr. Carl Rosenquist, an international mobile payments expert, who will outline a model for an inclusive, broad-based mobile payments system for the country.

• Dr Dawn Elliott, Associate Professor, Department of Economics at Texas Christian University, will discuss the results of a survey of the country’s unbanked. She will examine the nature of the unbanked, and the economic opportunity offered by mobile financial services

• Dr Maurice McNaughton, Director, Centre of Excellence, the Mona School of Business, will synthesize the findings and provide a perspective on potential implications for key issues such as job creation, local innovation, and SME productivity.

The Conference is being organized and facilitated by the University of the West Indies, Mona, through the Mona School of Business (MSB) and Solutions for Society, a Think Tank at UWI, in association with USAID Jamaica, the Inter-American Development Bank,  the Development Bank of Jamaica and The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ).