PERC's Dr. Robin Varghese will present "Using the Credit Reporting System to Expand Financial Inclusion" at the 1st Arab Credit Reporting Initiative (ACRI) Workshop in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

PERC will sponsor the American Gas Association's Uncollectibles Workshop and host an informational table. More information is available here.

PERC's Dr. Robin Varghese sat on the panel of experts at the 5th SEACEN/ABAC/ABA/PECC Public Private Dialogue for the Asia-Pacific Region in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Michael Turner will be presenting at the National Association of Credit Management's Credit Congress 2009. He will focus on the positive effects of utilities reporting customer payment information to credit reporting agencies. For more information, or to attend, please see NACM's conference website at creditcongress.nacm.org.

Dr. Michael Turner will be presenting on credit reporting standards in the Asia-Pacific region on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition at the Second APEC Business Advisory Council meeting in Brunei Darussalam.

Dr. Michael Turner will be presenting on cross-border data access for lenders and third-party credit providers at FairIsaac's InterACT 09 Conference. Dr. Turner will review current legislation to create better credit markets through data sharing, as well stress the importance of positive data.

InterACT 09 is FairIsaac's annual risk conference. To register for the event, or to view the latest agenda, please go to the InterAct 09 home page.

PERC President Dr. Michael Turner will be attending the next meeting on the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) held in Wellington, New Zealand. Dr. Turner will be participating in dicussions about financial identity and credit reporting systems as part of a larger, APEC-wide financial inclusion agenda. For more information, please visit the ABAC website at www.abaconline.org.

PERC President Dr. Michael Turner will be speaking at the NMSDC Petrochemical & Energy Industry Group Procurement Connections Forum. He will discuss Recovering But Not Recovered, PERC's latest research publication on small business recovery in the Gulf Coast. The Forum seeks to introduce minority and women business enterprises to the benefits of certification, identify high potential MWBEs to support the energy industry, and to provide capacity building opportunities for MWBEs.

Drs. Michael Turner and Robin Varghese of PERC are sharing preliminary findings from their assessment of  the credit information sharing implementation process to members of the Kenyan Bankers Association at the Nairobi Hilton. Please see the attached file for a copy of the presentation.

(New Orleans, LA) - Alyssa Stewart Lee, Executive Director of the Markets and Information Nexus (MAIN) at PERC, will present at the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation's Annual Meeting and Commemorative Event: People, Policy and Progress: Investing in Sustainable Communities . This is a commemorative event to reflect on the third anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Alyssa Stewart Lee, the executive director of MAIN, presented at the FDIC's Small Business Recovery Conference on the reults of PERC's latest survey of small business recovery in the Gulf Coast, Recovering But Not Recovered.

Patrick Walker from the Political and Economic Research Council and Uli Zeisluft from FairIsaac will represent the APCC at the Asian Bankers Association 25th General Meeting and Conference. For more information, please see the ABA's home page at www.aba.org.tw.

Alyssa Stewart Lee, Founding Executive Director of the  Markets and Information Nexus (MAIN) at PERC will present at the Credit and Collection Symposium of the America. Ms. Lee will share results from her research on the impacts of fully reporting non-financial payment data to consumer credit bureaus. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the impacts upon credit access for Hispanic borrowers broken out by age, gender, income, and credit risk tier. Lee will demonstrate the great potential for sustainable growth in this segment possible through underwriting using non-financial payment data alone or in combination with traditional credit file data.

Dr. Michael Turner will present PERC's findings on alternative data at the 2008 World Consumer Credit Reporting Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For more information about the conference, please visit the official website.

Dr. Michael Turner will speak at theAustralian Institute of Credit Management 2008 National Conference. Dr. Turner will provide conference delegates with insights on the next week's 2008 World Consumer Credit Conference in Rio, and will talk about implications for Australia.