2013 Mifos Summit

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Last updated: Nov 26, 2013
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The final summit with a full description of each session is available for download via PDF. 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 (slides)
  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 (slides)
  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 (slides)
    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 (slides)
    3. Supporting Technology from Within: Managing an Internal Mifos Helpdesk   Praveen, Polly, Patrick (slides)

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 (slides)
    3. Practical Problems in the Field (slides)
  2. Training Sessions Round 2
    1. Agile 101 (slides)
    2. Client Protection Principles Training Pt. 2
    3. Selling Open Source: Dispelling the Myths about Open Source (presentation)
  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 (Qmobile Slides) (Qloud Inclusion Slides)
    3. InVenture - Ted  (Product Overview) (Video)
    4. intro to SONAR - Gurpreet(slides)
    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 (slides)
  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 ( MIFOSX-119 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) (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