2013 Mifos Summit

2013 Mifos Summit

The final summit with a full description of each session is available for . You can also browse a list of delegates who attended the summit.

If you took notes during a session, please help in sharing these with the community by posting them to this page on the wiki.

Day 1 - October 22, 2013

  1. Keynote & Opening Remarks

  2. Mifos Year in Review ()

  3. Group Introductions (see photos)

  4. Mifos X Demo

    1. Link to Community App Demo: https://demo.openmf.org/beta (mifos/password)

  5. Mifos X Case Study: Musoni's mLite - Sander van der Heyden ()

  6. Training Sessions Round 1 

    1. Mifos X Technical Overview and API Walkthrough (Notes & Takeaways)

      1. See Mifos X API Documentation

    2. Mifos X Strategic Position and Market Adoption Strategy ()

    3. Mifos X Basic User Training (Notes & Takeaways)

      1. See Quick Start User Guides for three guides created by Conflux team.

  7. Expert Sessions Round 1

    1. Hands on with the API: Building a new App

      1. See API Documentation (above)

    2. Introduction to PPI & SPM - Gaurav Singh ()

    3. Supporting Technology from Within: Managing an Internal Mifos Helpdesk   Praveen, Polly, Patrick ()

Day 2 - October 23, 2013

  1. Community Case Studies

    1. Evolution: Charting Grameen Koota's Technology Roadmap (slides)

    2. Client Protection Principles Training Pt. 1 ()

    3. Practical Problems in the Field ()

  2. Training Sessions Round 2

    1. Agile 101 ()

    2. Client Protection Principles Training Pt. 2

    3. Selling Open Source: Dispelling the Myths about Open Source ()

  3. Exploratory Sessions Round 1

    1. Appstore and Ecosystem Development (slides)

    2. Community-Driven Roadmap: Agilely Building a Global Platform (slides)

    3. Business Intelligence: Getting the Reports and Insight to Achieve your Mission (notes)

  4. Exploratory Sessions Round 2

    1. Mobile Banking and Payment Systems (notes)

    2. Leveraging Volunteers (notes)

    3. Client Data Transparency

    4. MFI Funding Sources: enabling more efficient and effective capital (notes)

  5. Financial Inclusion Center of Excellence Report (slides)

  6. Rural Financial Inclusion Panel (slides)

  7. Speedgeeking Sessions

    1. mLite - Sander (see above for slides)

    2. QMobile - Pepe & Pelayo () ()

    3. InVenture - Ted  () (Video)

    4. intro to SONAR - Gurpreet()

    5. Client Impact Portal - Craig

      1. See https://demo.openmf.org/investor (mifos/password)

Day 3 - October 24, 2013

  1. Site Visits

  2. Community Choice Awards Dinner

Day 4 - October 25, 2013

  1. Mobile Education Session: Mobile Money, Mobile Tools for the Client and MFI (see Musoni and Quipu slides above)

  2. Training Sessions Round 3

    1. New UI Workflows with a Focus on AngularJS (slides)

    2. Mifos X Basic User Training Pt. 2 (see user guides above)

    3. Sales 101: Positioning, Pricing, and Pinpointing the Right Market ()

  3. Training Sessions Round 4

    1. Mobile Development Strategy: Hybrid v. Native App (slides)

    2. Mifos X Basic User Training Pt. 3 (see above)

    3. Data Analytics & Client Insight - Are we making an impact? (notes)

  4. Exploratory Sessions Round 3

    1. Accounting and Internal Control (notes)

    2. Evangelizing Mifos Through Local Chapters (notes)

    3. Beyond Microfinance (notes)

    4. SMS Module Planning (

      ) (wiki page)

  5. Exploratory Sessions Round 4

    1. Which flavor of financial inclusion do you practice? (UI Session) 

    2. Offline (notes)

    3. Regulated Banking (notes)

  6. Closing Remarks and Summit Wrapup