• Nienke Beintema, IFPRI: Investments Trends in and Funding Options for Agricultural Research with Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
• William Masters, Purdue University: Innovative Finance for Agricultural R&D
• Annik Dollacker, Bayer CropScience: Bayer CropScience and Agricultural R&D

• Jerry Skees, University of Kentucky: Using Index-based Risk Transfer Products to Facilitate Rural Lending in Mongolia, Peru, Vietnam
• Olivier Mahul, World Bank: Promoting Innovative Sovereign Catastrophic Risk Financing Solutions
• Hemanth Valvekar, BASIX: BASIX & Weather Insurance
• Joanna Syroka, WFP/World Bank: Experiences in Index-Based Weather Insurance for Agriculture- Lessons Learnt from India & Malawi
• Christina Ulardic, Swiss Re: Index Based Insurance for Agriculture

Session 3: Micro health insurance in Africa

• Gerry Noble, MicroCare: Affordable Access to Quality Healthcare
• Rupalee Ruchismita, IFMR: Proliferation & Penetration of Micro Health Insurance- A Few Lessons
• Agnes Chakonta, Madison Insurance: Microinsurance and HIV/AIDS in Zambia (Appendix)

Session 4: Sub-national instruments for financing basic utilities

• Jason Ngobeni, City of Johannesburg: Sub-National Instruments for Financing Basic Utilities & the City of Johannesburg
• Isaura A. Guzmán L., Fitch Ratings: The Role of International Credit Ratings in Financing Utilities- The Case of Mexico
• Randall Dodd, IMF: Lessons From The U.S.-Muni bond market inefficiencies and what to do about them
• Vikram Kapur, Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Ltd.: Case study from India- Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund