• Day One - Morning Sessions

• Day One - Afternoon Sessions

• Day Two - Morning Sessions

• Day Two - Afternoon Sessions 

DAY ONE - Wednesday, 1 March 2006

Vern Hughes, National Director, Social Enterprise Partnerships

Glenn Elliot, Chief Executive Officer, Wagga Mutual Credit Union

Colette McInerney, Manager Micro-Finance, Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services

Mark Boyd-Graham, Manager Community Engagement, Bendigo Bank

Adam Mooney, Community Relations, ANZ Banking Group 

Ingrid Burkett, Director, Foresters ANA Friendly Society

Addressing the Challenges: Regulatory Reform, Development and Innovation, National Networking

Vern Hughes, National Director, Social Enterprise Partnerships

The role of banks in community finance: exploring a partnership model - Therese Wilson, Griffith University Law School

The Brotherhood of St Laurence's pilot personal loan program -
Genevieve Sheehan, Manager Micro-finance, Brotherhood of St Laurence

Financing home ownership and housing options for people with disabilities - Vern Hughes, Families in Partnership

WA No Interest Loans Network - Nick Murphy, WA No Interest Loans Network

Mirboo North Community Finance - Rob Kiddell, Grand Ridge Agencies Pty Ltd and Mirboo North Community Support Co-operative Ltd

SPIRAL Community Hub - Amelia Salmon, SPIRAL Community Hub, Qld

Wagga Mutual Credit Union: Innovations in the Riverina - Glenn Elliott, Wagga Mutual Credit Union

Micro-credit and micro-enterprise amongst women of CALD backgrounds in Melbourne's North - Kath Deakin, Women's Health in the North

Community Investment Fund - Belinda Drew, Foresters ANA Friendly Society

Community Re-investment Fund - John Winkett, Charities Aid Foundation

Financing Small Business and Community Enterprise in Regions - Paul Dabrowski, Creative Win-Win

Micro-credit and micro-enterprise models in indigenous communities - Julian Silverman, RMIT University

Future Dreaming: Indigenous micro-finance in Central Queensland - Michelle Maloney, Future Dreaming 

Micro-finance in Australia: A research framework - Anuja Cabraal and Supriya Singh 

DAY TWO - Thursday, 2 March 2006

Ingrid Burkett - University of Queensland
Alan Norris - Wagga Mutual Credit Union

Draft Statement on Regulatory Reform

Vern Hughes - Social Enterprise Partnerships

Rowan Dowland - General Manager Development, mecu Ltd
Rob Kiddell - Mirboo North Community Finance 

Draft Statement on Development and Innovation

Vern Hughes - Social Enterprise Partnerships

Belinda Drew - Manager Mutual Aid, Foresters ANA Friendly Society