Shape the fiw 2026 agenda
Submit Your FIW 2026 Session Proposal
Help shape FIW by sharing ideas for live and on-demand sessions that advance inclusive finance. Submit your session proposal by July 15th.
Considerations For Crafting Your FIW Session Proposal:
- FIW 2026 will feature live global and regional plenaries, in addition to on-demand content released two weeks prior to the start of the live convening.
- We are excited to continue offering AI-powered translation, enabling participants to access all sessions in more than 60+ languages in real time! FIW welcomes and seeks sessions that showcase innovative approaches, ideas, and applications, anchored in local and regional experiences and perspectives.
- This year, we especially encourage proposals that move beyond traditional webinar presentation, with an emphasis on collaboration, dynamic exchange among speakers, and meaningful audience engagement. Proposed sessions may take a variety of formats, including panels, fireside chats, podcast-style interviews, or other interactive and innovative approaches.
- While all session proposals must be submitted by July 15, 2026, priority consideration will be given to session proposals received by June 30, 2026.
About Financial Inclusion Week 2026
Convened by the Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), the 12th annual FIW virtual global forum will take place October 5-8, 2026.
Financial Inclusion Week (FIW) features four days of live and on-demand content featuring 300+ expert speakers. Thousands of active participants gather to exchange ideas, research, and perspectives on how to advance the future of inclusive finance.
Financial Inclusion Week is fully virtual and free to attend. The agenda is curated from session proposals submitted from across the sector. FIW features:
- 4 days of live sessions covering topics including climate, technology-led innovation, women’s financial inclusion, financial well-being, financial education, savings and insurance, and more
- An extensive on-demand content library including presentations, provider postcards, and panel discussions
- 300+ expert speakers
- AI-powered translation in 60+ languages for live and on-demand content
- Regional live sessions from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East in local time zones for each respective region
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FIW 2026 Theme
Inclusive Innovation: Building Financial Systems that Work for Everyone
Today’s emerging technologies hold the promise of delivering exciting gains for the work of the financial inclusion sector, but without an intentional and responsible approach to adoption, we risk leaving out of this promise those who remain most vulnerable. Many of today’s rapidly evolving technologies and innovations come with risks for consumers as well as challenges for those seeking to test solutions.
We are at a moment of learning, experimenting, and implementing as a sector. The 12th annual Financial Inclusion Week will convene on October 5-8, 2026, bringing together the financial inclusion community to explore how innovation and inclusion go hand in hand. FIW will also examine how being customer centric and responsible in adopting innovative solutions can enable financial health and build systems that ensure no one is left behind.
FAQs
FIW 2026 will take place October 5-8, 2026.
Sign up for email updates and follow CFI on LinkedIn to keep up to date on all FIW announcements.
FIW is a virtual event. Sign up for email updates to learn about registration information for FIW 2026.
Every year, CFI opens a call for session submissions for anyone to submit a proposal for a live or on-demand session. The FIW 2026 call for session proposal will be announced in the spring of 2026.
All proposals are carefully reviewed by the FIW Selection Committee, comprised of both CFI staff and external advisors. Through a competitive process, submissions are selected for live or on-demand spots and sessions.
CFI invites organizations to support FIW and help drive forward the critical conversations to advance inclusive finance. Sponsors help maintain FIW as a free event for our global community and benefit from visibility on their contributions to inclusive finance. Contact center@accion.org for more information.
Please send any inquiries about FIW to center@accion.org.
2026 Regional Partners
In 2025, CFI expanded the reach and impact of FIW with the introduction of FIW +, featuring regional partnerships across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This led to dedicated regional plenaries and in-person engagements to drive collaboration and relationship building in these regions. This year, regional partners will help drive regional participation in FIW by helping shape the regional agenda and hosting in-person FIW gatherings in their respective regions.
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Thanks to the generous support of our event sponsors, Financial Inclusion Week is free to attend. Sponsors support the critical conversations that take place each year and help inform the agenda.
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