Microfinance Conference Highlights - 2009

Highlights from the Conference on Microfinance held at Stanford University, CA, 2009.

In May of 2009, Opportunity Fund, Kiva, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation hosted Microfinance, CA- the first statewide conference on U.S. microfinance. Over 500 people attended the conference from across the country at Stanford University. The overwhelming success of the 2009 statewide "Microfinance, CA" conference demonstrated the enthusiasm among various players in the private and public sectors for a gathering to exchange ideas and resources to grow domestic microfinance, and planted the seed for Microfinance USA in 2010.