Presentation 1 - Setting the agenda –the industry perspective: Building disaster-resilient economies and sustainable markets. A call to the industry to develop innovative insurance solutions ( presentation by Jean -Laurent Granier,Member of the Management Committee, CEO Mediterranean and LAC, Chairman & CEO AXA Global P&C)

Presentation 2 - The Drivers and Barriers of Innovation ( presentation by Ulrich Hess, Senior Advisor Sector Project Insurance GIZ )

Presentation 3 – Market Makers for Index Insurance – Role of Governments, Role of Regional Institutions in supporting Government strategies; holistic approach linking finance and insurance (presentation by Aime Bicaba, Head of the Rural Development Division and Social Projects, BOAD)

Presentation 4 - Market Makers for Index Insurance – Role of Governments, World Bank work with governments in agriculture Index Insurance (presentation by Fatou Assah, Program Coordinator, Global Index Insurance Facility, World Bank Group)

Presentation 5 - Putting clients at the center of the design and sales process (presentation by Tanguy Touffut, Global Head of Parametric Insurance and Food Security & Agriculture at AXA CS)

Presentation 6 - Favorable conditions for achieving scale, building markets and institutionalizing Index Insurance, CNAAS experience dealing with innovations (presentation by Pape Ndiaye, CEO, CNAAS Senegal)

Presentation 7 - Distribution Channels to showcase for Index Insurance:Experience, lessons learnt and challenges faced by R4 on the distribution side (Sophia Belay, Manager R4 Rural Resilience Initiative, OXFAM)