June 2009. BASIS announced the creation of I4, the Index Insurance Innovation Initiative.

February 2009. BASIS co-sponsored the "Poverty Traps" conference, which featured more than two dozen presentations and an address by Senator Richard Lugar on chronic poverty and global food security.

March 2008. BASIS and its partners co-sponsored the workshop: "Insuring Livestock against Drought-Related Mortality: The Marsabit Pilot," held at the International Livestock Research Institute's Nairobi campus.