[Urbanstudy] Invitation to participate in a workshop on digital financial platforms and inclusion at IIIT-Bangalore (November 11)

[Kavitha Narayanan]

No cash, no intermediaries? Different scenarios for a digital economy
What happens when a culture of primarily cash-based and mediated financial transactions encounters the world of digital financial platforms that promise cashless and direct transactions? In a world abuzz with conversations about digital financial transactions, we explore how they work among different low-income social groups in a one-day workshop on November 11, 2016 at IIIT-Bangalore.

The workshop comprises three panels spread over the day. It will bring together diverse voices on digital financial transactions, who have earlier engaged with these issues on separate stages, to discuss changes in the nature of financial transactions. Together, we will explore possible ways to rethink cash-less and intermediary-free economies, and examine how best to incorporate the values associated with cash and financial intermediaries into the world of digital financial transactions.

 Workshop Schedule (Tentative)
0900 - 0945

Registration

0945 -1000

Welcome

1000 -1130

Session I: Logging In
Speakers: Jayshree Venkatesan (Independent Consultant), Pravin Agarwala (BetterPlace Safety Solutions), Anupam Varghese (Eko) & Indrani Medhi Thies (Microsoft Research India)

1130 - 1145

Coffee Break

1145 - 1315

Session II: Making Payment
Speakers: Pawan Bakhshi (Gates Foundation, India), Sanjay Jain (IndiaStack & iSpirt), Anubhav Sharma (National Payments Corporation of India) & Tara Nair (Gujarat Institute of Development Research)

1315 - 1400

Lunch

1400 - 1530

Session III: Transaction Complete
Speakers: Shruti Gonsalves (SEWA Grih Rin), Milan Mitra (Mckinsey Digital Labs), Elisa Oreglia (SOAS) & Janaki Srinivasan (IIIT-B)

1530 - 1600

Coffee Break

1600 - 1700

Session IV: Logging Out (Concluding Remarks)



To RSVP, please register at: https://goo.gl/forms/M1Xa4k4HMrsD5ESb2
For any clarifications, please write to kavitha.narayanan at iiitb.ac.in<mailto:kavitha.narayanan at iiitb.ac.in>

Thanks & Regards
Kavitha Narayanan
Centre for IT and Public Policy<http://citapp.iiitb.ac.in/>
International Institute of Information Technology – Bangalore (IIIT-B)<http://iiitb.ac.in/>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.mail.sarai.net/pipermail/urbanstudygroup_mail.sarai.net/attachments/20161105/68724ed9/attachment-0001.html>