Collection: The Impact Papers
Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2023 and 2024
Ready to network, learn and get inspired? Don't book your diary without the Pioneers Post roundup of social impact events coming soon – for social entrepreneurs, impact investors and all those working within the global impact economy.
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19-21 September
Business Fights Poverty: Global Goals Summit
What: A summit hosted with Barclays and Visa to focus on "fostering unlikely partnerships and real-world action to enhance the lives, livelihoods and access to learning of vulnerable people".
Where: New York, Nairobi, London, online
Tickets: Three-day, online access costs £298
20-21 September
Social Impact World Summit
What: A virtual event, run by Social Impact World, a community for social impact leaders, that aims to equip social impact leaders in the corporate sector with the strategies, tactics, and guidance they need to turn their companies into forces for good.
Who: Open to all
Where: Online
Tickets: Registration starting at $150
21 September
Shifting London Festival
What: This event, organised by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, aims to empower people from under-represented communities to become entrepreneurs, driving innovation in important and growing sectors, including adult social care, housing, food, techology, low carbon and environmental goods, engineering and skilled trades.
Who: Open to everyone.
Where: Islington, London
Tickets: Free.
26 September
WISE Ways to Lead webinar: How can we smash the social enterprise glass ceiling for good?
What: Join Pioneers Post for the next WISE Ways to Lead webinar, part of our special series of WISE100 stories, guides and events produced with our partner NatWest. Guest speakers are Karen Lynch, founder of Expert Impact, former CEO Belu Water, and Zakia Moulauoui, founder of Invisible Cities CIC.
Who: Open to everyone.
Where: Online
Tickets: Free.
26-28 September
CLIIQ NEXUS Latam
What: The sixth edition of the Latin American Impact Investment Summit (CLIIQ), run by IMPAQTO and NEXUS, aims to address key social and environmental problems in Latin America and build networks and communities.
Who: Investors, entrepreneurs, and other ecosystem actors
Where: Cuenca, Ecuador
Tickets: Register your interest
2-3 October
GSG Global Impact Summit 2023
What: GSG’s annual Global Impact Summit, in partnership with SpainNAB aims to bring together more than 1,000 global practitioners and leaders from the worlds of finance, entrepreneurship, big business, policymaking and philanthropy. The three key themes are mobilising capital for people and planet, achieving transparency in measuring impact and accelerating impact and social economies in and beyond Europe.
Where: Málaga, Spain
Tickets: Sign up to register
- Read more from one of this year's summit's key speakers, Sir Ronald Cohen: 'Impact transparency is the tipping point for an impact economy'
3 October
SE100 Social Business Coffee Break: How to make painful decisions and stay positive in purpose-led organisations
What: A shot of social business inspiration to energise your morning, in the company of some of the UK’s top social enterprise pioneers, part of our special series of SE100 stories, guides and events produced with our partner NatWest. This time, we'll explore: how to survive and thrive through the current economic climate? What are the biggest pain points for social enterprises and what are social business leaders doing to meet these challenges right now? How to support your team; how to deal with redundancies; how to prioritise what matters; how to plan for sustainability and growth?
Where: online
Tickets: sign up for free – details coming soon
4-5 October
GIIN Impact Forum
What: An in-person gathering of impact investors designed to advance and scale the impact investing market by bringing all of the crucial elements of the world’s impact ecosystem in one place.
Who: Open to all interested in impact investment, whether they are seasoned professionals or new to the industry
Where: Copenhagen, Denmark
Tickets: Available starting from $1,250 for members, non-members starting from $1,900
9-13 October
SEWF23 week
What: The Social Enterprise World Forum’s annual flagship event that brings together thousands of social enterprise leaders, policymakers and purpose-led individuals with the goal of raising awareness of social enterprise as an expanding global mechanism for social change. This year’s co-hosts are Amsterdam Impact and Social Enterprise Netherlands.
Who: Open to all
Where: Amsterdam, Netherlands and online
Tickets: Digital passes starting from €24, physical passes from €298.
Pioneers Post will be attending SEWF23 as a media partner.
12-13 October
Impact Unconference New Zealand
What: A conference providing the opportunity to catalyse impact by “reimagining the role of business, charity and philanthropy”. It aims to educate, inform, build networks and inspire action.
Who: Open to anyone interested in connecting, learning, challenging and inspiring action, as well as bringing their own ideas and contributions
Where: Te Pae Convention Centre Ōtautahi Christchurch
Tickets: Starting from $20
15-19 October
Opportunity Collaboration 2023
What: A collaborative summit bringing together leaders from around the world dedicated to building solutions to poverty and injustice.
Who: Community leaders, social entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders, investors, philanthropists, social activists and capacity developers
Where: Miches, Dominican Republic
Tickets: From $2,550 with opportunities for subsidised fellowships
16-19 October
Sustainable Brands – SB’23
What: Sustainable Brands aims to convene leaders across organisations and challenge them to evaluate “business as usual”. The event will focus on the importance of local communities, economies and actors, asking questions around regenerating locally.
Who: Open to all, particularly sustainability, brand and innovation/R&D leaders
Where: San Diego, California
Tickets: All access passes starting at $3,495
17 and 19 October
NPC Ignites 2023
What: This conference, organised by UK charity sector think tank NPC, is designed to help charities, funders, philanthropists, social enterprises, corporates and the public sector keep pace with change and anticipate new trends and innovations to ensure that organisations are maximising their social impact and improving the lives of the people they serve.
Who: Those interested in maximising their social impact
Where: London, UK on 17 October and online on the afternoon of 19 October
Tickets: Between £125 and £175
17-19 October
2023 Global Philanthropy Forum
What: This year’s Forum aims to build on the success of last year’s conference theme, “Shifting Power, Collective Action” which spotlighted power inequity in the philanthropic sector with a focus on racial justice, equity, trust and solidarity.
Where: San Francisco, CA
Tickets: More information coming soon
18 October
Impact Summit America 2023
What: Impact Summit America is a sustainable investing conference run by Phenix Capital, aiming to catalyse institutional capital to support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and to promote sustainable investing.
Who: Open to all, particularly institutional investors, leaders and practitioners in the impact investing space
Where: New York, USA
Tickets: Register for the waiting list
19-20 October
Co-op Hackathon
What: Brings together tech co-operators to collaboratively develop digital solutions to support the UK co-op movement. Delivered by Co-operatives UK in partnership with the Co-operative Bank.
Where: London
Tickets: Bursaries available for travel and accommodation.
23-25 October
SOCAP23
What: SOCAP’s annual conference brings investors, entrepreneurs and social impact leaders together to accelerate progress through market-based solutions.
Who: Changemakers from every sector across the globe
Where: San Francisco, California, USA
Tickets: Available for $899
24-25 October
The Gap in Between
What: Hosted by Social Nest Foundation, The Gap in Between aims to gather diverse actors from around the world to devle into the most pressing social and environmental challenges, co-create innovative solutions and catalyse collaboration.
Who: Social investors, corporates and other stakeholders from the impact ecosystem
Where: Valencia, Spain
Tickets: Free
26 October
The Social Enterprise Policy and Practice Conference 2023 plus the Social Enterprise Scotland Awards
What: Scotland’s largest annual social enterprise policy event, hosted and delivered by Social Enterprise Scotland. The daytime event will be followed by an evening awards ceremony at the Scottish Parliament.
Where: Edinburgh and online
Tickets: Conference is free online, in-person member tickets start at £45, non-member tickets £75. Awards tickets are free for members and invited guests.
31 October
WISE Ways to Lead webinar: When enough is enough: how to know when to step away from your social business
What: Join Pioneers Post for the next WISE Ways to Lead webinar, part of our special series of WISE100 stories, guides and events produced with our partner NatWest.
Where: Online
Tickets: Registration details and speaker info coming soon
31 October – 1 November
6th Annual Convening on Impact Investing, Nigeria
What: A forum to drive networking and impact investing thought leadership in Nigeria, hosted by the Impact Investors Foundation with support of the United Nations Development Programme and the European Union. This year's theme is 'Catalytic capital for inclusive growth and development'.
Where: Lagos, Nigeria
Tickets: Reserve a place at no cost.
7 November
ImpactFest
What: Presented by ImpactCity, this forum aims to unite impact makers worldwide to inspire, connect and collaborate for the 8th edition of ImpactFest. Key themes include energy and oceans, food and agriculture, climate justice, and circular economy and resources.
Who: Innovators, impact investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and other impact makers from around the world
Where: The Hague, Netherlands
Tickets: Early bird tickets available from €19 for startup and student rates, and €49 for regular tickets
7-9 November
THE Innovation & Impact Summit
What: Times Higher Education (THE) is partnering with the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) for THE Innovation & Impact Summit 2023. Attendees will come together to analyse how universities can create and sustain cities that are hubs of innovation.
Who: Open to all interested in social innovation and impact
Where: Shenzhen, China
Tickets: Register your interest
8 November
Second Belgian Impact Day
What: An event organised by Impact Finance Belgium with the aim of strengthening the impact finance ecosystem in Belgium.
Where: Brussels, Belgium
Tickets: From 300 euros
9-10 November
Asia Vision: Wealth and Purpose
What: The event is developed by Alliance for Good (AFG), in collaboration with the Asia Family Office Association and a coalition of international partners. It will bring together global families, family offices/foundations, tech/web3 founders and investors, regulators and nonprofit leaders. This is a bilingual forum and culturally aims to bea bridge between the East and West.
Who: Global families, family offices/foundations, tech/web3 founders, investors, regulators, nonprofit leaders, and others
Where: Singapore
Tickets: Express your interest
13 November
Startup Guide Summit, Lisbon
What: Organised by Startup Guide and Impact Shakers, this event will bring together startups, investors, public sector representatives, community builders and other stakeholders to find solutions to the world's challenges.
Where: Lisbon, Portugal
Tickets: Sign up for tickets
14 November
SE100 Social Business Coffee Break: How to collaborate with other social ventures in times of challenge
What: A shot of social business inspiration to energise your morning, in the company of some of the UK’s top social enterprise pioneers, part of our special series of SE100 stories, guides and events produced with our partner NatWest. This time, we'll explore: how can social enterprises be better at helping each other? How can we draw on our own community to increase our impact?
Where: online
Tickets: sign up for free – details coming soon
16 November
National Social Enterprise Conference, Ireland
What: Hosted by the Department of Rural and Community Development with Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland. More information to come.
22-24 November
EVPA Impact Week 2023
What: Impact Week is the annual get-together of impact changemakers organised by EVPA, Europe's investing for impact network.
Where: Turin, Italy
28-29 November
Sustainable Foods Summit
What: The 7th Latin American edition summit, organised by Ecovia Intelligence, aims to highlight sustainability best-practices in the regional food industry.
Who: Open to those interested in the food industry and sustainability
Where: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tickets: Register your interest
30 November
UK Social Enterprise Awards 2023
What: A gala ceremony to announce this year's UK Social Enterprise award winners.
Where: London, UK.
Tickets: From £170.
30 November – 2 December
Nexus Europe Summit 2023
What: A gathering of next gen philanthropists, impact investors and social investors from around the world, organised by Nexus, a global network of young investors, social entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
Where: Barcelona, Spain
Tickets: Details coming soon
4 December
SE100 Social Business Coffee Break: Prioritising diversity in your social business
What: A shot of social business inspiration to energise your morning, in the company of some of the UK’s top social enterprise pioneers, part of our special series of SE100 stories, guides and events produced with our partner NatWest. This time, we'll explore how to run a truly diverse social business and why it matters, particularly when the pressure seems to be on other priorities.
Where: online
Tickets: sign up for free – details coming soon
25-26 January 2024
PEXforum 2024
What: The forum, hosted by Acri and Assifero, aims to bring together philanthropy infrastructure professionals from all over Europe.
Where: Rome, Italy
More information will follow soon.
25-27 March 2024
ChangeNOW
What: Billed as 'the largest event of solutions for the planet', this annual gathering brings together innovators and sustainability leaders who are committed to finding scalable solutions to the world's problems.
Where: Paris, France.
- Watch a session from ChangeNow 2023 hosted by Pioneers Post's Laura Joffre: Our tainted economy: how can we overcome the 'original sin' of business and finance?
29 – 31 May 2024
Katapult Future Fest 2024
What: Katapult Future Fest brings together a global community of change-makers to explore how impact investing, business leadership and exponential technologies can be harnessed to create a fairer, healthier and more sustainable future society.
Where: Olso, Norway
Tickets: From 5,000 NOK
9 – 11 September 2024
Latimpacto annual conference 2024
What: The annual event run by Latimpacto, Latin America and the Caribbean's network for social investment. Further details yet to be released.
Where: Oaxaca, Mexico
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