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Mobile Financial Services Conference 2011
Executive Seminar Room, Faculty of Law
UWI, Mona
December 12, 2011 – December 12, 2011
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).
Mobile Financial Services Conference 2010
Terra Nova All Suite Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica
17 Waterloo Road
Kingston, JM
December 10, 2010 – December 10, 2010
The Mobile Financial Services Conference 2010 brings together a cadre of international experts with wide-ranging expertise and experience in the related areas of Mobile Banking / commerce & mobile wallet, together with key stakeholders and practitioners from Jamaica's Banking and Telecommunications sectors, to elucidate a range of issues (regulatory, commercial and technical) with the shared vision of establishing the most effective approach for the delivery of mobile financial services in Jamaica.
Speakers at the Conference include:
- The Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance & Public Service, Jamaica
- Mr. Carl Rosenquist, Strategic Business and IT Consultant with extensive expertise in international mobile phone payment systems
- Dr. J P Shim, Professor, Management & Information Systems, Mississippi State University
- Professor Hopeton Dunn, Director,Telecommunications Policy and Management Programme, Mona School of Business, UWI
- Dr Dawn Elliott, Department of Economics, Texas Christian University
- Ms Menekse Gencer, mPay Connect, Inc. (via teleconference)
- Ms Camille Busette, mPay Connect, Inc. (via teleconference)
- Mr. Hugo Daley, CEO of Transcel Limited
- Mr. Joshua Haynes, Development Technologist, DAI
- Mr. Edmundo Jenez, General Manager, J.E.T.S Ltd, operators of Jamaica's Multi-Link debit network
- Ms. Loretta Michaels, CGAP
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 in the Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI), in association with USAID Jamaica, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Development Bank of Jamaica and The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ).