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 DECEMBER 1 - SUMMIT DAY 1
08:00 - 09:00 Registration & Breakfast
09:00 - 09:15 WELCOME REMARKS
09:15 - 10:30 INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SESSION
Harnessing the Power of Personal Financial Decision-Making – The Key to Global Economic Development and Prosperity?
Thought leaders consider the extent to which individual financial behaviours have contributed to economic and market volatility, and debate how a better understanding of the psychology behind personal financial decision-making could impact global economic policy and financial inclusion.
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 - 12:15 CONCURRENT PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Financial Education Showcase
Experts from around the world share examples of financial education interventions that have demonstrated positive behavioural change related to specific products and services across various communities and income levels.
Session A:
Prioritising savings and asset-building
Session B:
Protecting and planning through insurance
12:15 - 14:15 LUNCH & SPECIAL ADDRESS
Focus on youth
14:15 - 15:30 CONCURRENT PANEL DISCUSSIONS (continued)
Session C:
Understanding the challenges of home ownership
Session D:
Knowing the potential pitfalls of gambling
15:30 - 16:00 Networking Break
16:00 - 17:30 PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION
The Importance of Segmentation - How Social Differences Affect Consumer Behaviour
Policy-makers, marketers and researchers discuss the significance of generational, cultural, economic and other social factors on the psychology of target groups and explore the implications of segmentation for the design of financial education programmes.
17:30 - 17:45 DAY ONE CLOSING REMARKS
18:30 - 19:30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
19:30 - 22:00 GALA DINNER & SPECIAL ADDRESS
 DECEMBER 2 - SUMMIT DAY 2
08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:45 KEYNOTE SESSION
09:45 - 11:15 PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION
Social Protection Programmes – A Gateway to Financial Capability?
Savings-linked conditional cash transfers (CCTs) and other social protection programmes have the potential to achieve financial inclusion for the most disadvantaged members of the community. How successful have they been in influencing changes in financial behaviour? Can they improve financial capability without the need for specific financial education initiatives?
11:15 - 11:45 Networking Break
11:45 - 13:00 CONCURRENT PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Financial Education Showcase
Continuing from Day One, experts from around the world share examples of financial education interventions that have demonstrated positive behavioural change related to specific products and services across various communities and income levels.
Session A:
Choosing the right investments
Session B:
Using consumer credit wisely
13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH & SPECIAL ADDRESS
Focus on women
14:30 - 15:45 CONCURRENT PANEL DISCUSSIONS (continued)
Session C:
Preparing for retirement
Session D:
Maximising remittances
15:45 - 16:15 Networking Break
16:15 - 17:30 PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION
2020 Vision – How the Financial Education Landscape Needs to Change over the Next Decade
Distinguished panellists discuss the additional steps that should be taken to boost financial capability across society, bearing in mind the latest advances in behavioural economics and other innovations in financial education, as well as the continuing challenges likely to be faced by consumers, savers, debtors, investors and retirees over the next decade.
17:30 - 17:45 CLOSING REMARKS

The organiser reserves the right to alter the programme and speakers as may be necessary.