Devex Invested:

The future of development finance

OCTOBER 25, 2022

London & Online ・ 9 a.m. BST

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About the Event

On October 25, Devex will host Devex Invested: Future of Development Finance, bringing its expert analysis and journalism to bear on this urgent topic.

At this critical juncture, complex challenges threaten the global economy, compromising the ability to invest in everything from global health to economic development, especially in the world’s lowest income countries. Pandemic recovery efforts, rising food insecurity, debt and inflation are all throwing public financial commitments into question. Meanwhile funding gaps persist on nearly all fronts — from climate change to pandemic preparedness to humanitarian aid. Impact investors, development finance institutions and ESG trends are making their mark, but questions remain about transparency, impact and measurement.

Join DFIs, finance experts, aid agencies, international NGOs, corporate leaders and investors for the fourth annual iteration of this event, led by Devex Senior Reporter and Invested newsletter author Adva Saldinger. Through insightful interviews, hands-on workshops and plentiful networking opportunities, together we’ll take a practical look at the current development finance landscape and shed light on where the industry is headed.

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Agenda

8:50 - 9:10 a.m. BST

Registration
In person only

9:10 - 9:40 a.m. BST

Breakfast — Hosted by Open Society Foundations
In person only

9:40 - 10:40 a.m. BST

Funding inclusive and equitable pandemic preparedness [In partnership with Open Society Foundations]

Speakers:
• Mark Malloch-Brown, president, Open Society Foundations.
• Precious Matsoso, co-chair of WHO’s intergovernmental negotiating body, and former director-general of the South African National Department of Health.
• Dr. Peter Baker, policy fellow and assistant director, Center for Global Development.
• Dr. Fifa Rahman, CSO representative to WHO's ACT Accelerator, principal consultant at Matahari Global Solutions, and special adviser at Health Poverty Action.
• Colin Puzo Smith, director of expansion and communications, RESULTS.

Firestarter intervention: Priya Basu, executive head, the Pandemic Fund Secretariat, World Bank Group.

Interviewers:
- Jessica Abrahams, editor, Devex Pro.
- Richard Jones, editorial director, Devex.

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10:40 - 11:10 a.m. BST

Registration and networking

11:10 - 11:15 a.m. BST

Welcome remarks

Adva Saldinger, senior reporter, Devex

11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. BST

Accelerating development finance amid financial disruption

Speakers:
• Juan Luis Coderque Galligo, head of new financing models, ICRC.
• Michael Anderson, CEO, MedAccess.
• Simon Meldrum, co-founder, Humanitarian Finance Forum.
• Amanda Glassman, executive vice president of Center for Global Development and CEO of CGD Europe.

Interviewer: Adva Saldinger, senior reporter, Devex

12 - 12:15 p.m. BST

Structuring of an investment bond: Uzbekistan Sovereign Sustainable Development Goals Bond

Speakers:
• Matilda Dimovska, UNDP Uzbekistan resident representative.
• Alexander Wiese, managing director, global head of biodiversity and food and agriculture at Bankers without Boundaries.

Interviewer: Adva Saldinger, senior reporter, Devex

12:15 - 12:30 p.m. BST

Tackling the global debt crisis

Speakers:
• Marcos Neto, sustainable finance hub director, UNDP.
• Heidi Chow, executive director, Debt Justice.

Interviewer: David Ainsworth, business editor, Devex

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. BST

Lunch and networking

1:30 - 1:45 p.m. BST

Philanthropy efforts to fill the development financing gap

Speakers:
• Richard Hawkes, chief executive, British Asian Trust.
• Caroline Fiennes, director, Giving Evidence.

Interviewer: David Ainsworth, business editor, Devex

1:45 - 2:30 p.m. BST

Full disclosure: Increasing DFI transparency

Speakers:
• Gary Forster, CEO, Publish What You Fund.
• Duncan Hames, head of policy, Transparency International.
• Martina Castro, director of impact management, British International Investment.
• Bethany Aquilina Brez, managing director for strategy execution, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.

Interviewer: Adva Saldinger, senior reporter, Devex

2:40 - 3:40 p.m. BST

Room: St. Pancras
Workshop #1: Making NGO impact measurement fit for purpose [In partnership with PIND Foundation]
In person only

Speaker: Aline Varre, director of strategic engagement, NDPI Foundation
Interviewer: Natalie Donback, associate editor & reporter, Devex

Room: Battlebridge
Workshop #2: The rise of development finance institutions
In person only

Speakers:
• David Ainsworth, business editor, Devex.
• Adva Saldinger, senior reporter, Devex.

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. BST

Spur to grow: Investing in Africa

Speakers:
• Travis Adkins, president and CEO, USADF.
• Alexia Alexandropoulou, research manager, African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
• Paul Horrocks, head of unit for Private Finance for Sustainable Development, OECD.
• Teddy Onserio, East Africa investment adviser, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.

Interviewer: Adva Saldinger, senior reporter, Devex

4:30 p.m. - 4:42 p.m. BST

How Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund drives climate impact [In partnership with Microsoft]

Speaker: Mark Kroese, general manager for sustainability solutions, Microsoft

Interviewer: Kate Warren, executive vice president and executive editor, Devex

4:42 - 5:27 p.m. BST

The role of the private sector in climate adaptation finance

Speakers:
• Annalisa Prizzon, senior research fellow in the Development and Public Finance Programme at ODI.
• Cinzia Losenno, lead climate adaptation expert, European Investment Bank.
• Ranil Dissanayake, policy fellow, Center for Global Development.
• Deniz Harut, executive director, Pollination.

Interviewer: William Worley, U.K. correspondent, Devex