Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE)
Seoul, Republic of Korea, June 21 2009
Ms. Tanim Laila, Director made the representation at Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) organized by the World Bank and the Government of Korea (Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Korean Development Institute)

High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change in Asia & 4th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009
Asian Development Bank (ADB Headquater), Manila, June 15 2009
High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change in Asia & 4th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 participated by Barrister Rizwana Yusuf, Director Administration and Ms. Tanim Laila, Director, Economics Division of the Institute. Barrister Rizwana Yusuf and Ms. Tanim Laila made a Poster Presentation on Clean Energy for Rural Bangladesh (CERB).

UNU WIDER Conference on 'The Role of Elites in Economic Development'
Marina Congress Center, Helsinki, Finland, June 12 2009
Ms. Kishwar Sultana, Treasurer represented the Institute at the Conference organized by United Nations University- World Institute for Development Economics Research.

International Conference on ‘Change and Stability- State, Religion and Politics in the Modern Middle East and North Africa’
Krakow, Poland, May 28 2009
Mahjabeen Khaled Hossain, Director Programs presented paper on ‘Religious worldviews for conflict resolution’at the conference organized by Department of the Middle and Far East Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

AIEJI 2009-International Association of Social Educators XVII World Congress
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 4 2009
Mahjabeen Khaled Hossain, Director Programs, participated the conference on behalf of the Institute and presented paper on 'Women with disabilities: Religion based community integrative programs'.

Roundtable on the Impact of Conflict on Households: Pointers for Practitioners; USIP
U.S. Institute of Peace Washington, D.C. , April 28 2009
Ms. Habiba Tasneem, Chief Coordinator participated the session sponsored by the Grant and Fellowship Program and Center for Sustainable Economies of the United States Institute of Peace

Roundtable to Update on IFC Response to Food Crises; World Bank – IMF CSO Policy Forum
Washington D.C., April 26 2009
Ms. Habiba Tasneem, Chief Coordinator, participated and raised the issue of SME’s and micro-financing specifically on the subject of involving the private sector.