UPDATE: Registration for this event is now closed. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list and receive further information about the program, please contact Kristie Latulippe (global@brookings.edu).

The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings will hold the inaugural meeting of its Global Young Professionals Program on February 27 at 6:30 p.m.

The event will feature Matt Flannery, co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first person-to-person micro-lending Web site. A networking reception will follow the presentation.

For further details and to RSVP, please send an e-mail to klatulippe@brookings.edu.

The briefing is intended for young professionals in the fields of global economics and development. Through the program, Brookings Global will provide a platform for emerging leaders in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to network and explore professional connections within the deep reservoir of capacity at Brookings to influence and shape current policy debates.

The briefing is the first in a program series. Attendance to the inaugural event is free. More information about the Brookings Global Young Professionals Program will be provided at the launch.