Collection: The Impact Papers
Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2024 and beyond
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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6-10 May 2024
Catalysing Change Week 2024
What: This five-day annual event hosted by Catalyst 2030 includes interactive sessions and activities designed to stimulate systems change and create opportunities for participants to collaborate with one another. The sessions will focus on policy, thought leadership, and innovative solutions that develop the social innovation sector.
Who: Social entrepreneurs, representatives from the private sector, governments, funders and others who are working to address the world’s most pressing challenges.
Where: Both online sessions and in-person events in different countries.
Tickets: More information provided here.
9 May
Newsflash: How solutions journalism can support systems change
What: This interactive session is one of many held during Catalysing Change Week 2024, organised by Catalyst 2023. It will be hosted by Pioneers Post’s associate editor Anna Patton, alongside Ben Wrobel and Yael Berman, who is a former member of DICE Young Storymakers programme, a joint initiative of Pioneers Post and the British Council.
Who: Journalists, communications professionals and all those interested in storytelling for social change.
Where: Online.
Tickets: Register for the event here.
15 May
How to increase private sector investment to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in emerging markets
What: In this webinar, the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) will present the findings and recommendations from their recent report, titled ‘Time to Accelerate: Capital Mobilisation for the SDGs in Emerging Markets’, and will give updates on initiatives led by the GSG’s National Advisory Boards in Ghana, Zambia, and Nigeria. Also, the event will formally launch the GSG-DFI co-led Working Group on capital mobilisation for SMEs in emerging markets. Among the list of speakers is British politician Nick Hurd, who is chair of GSG.
Who: Anyone.
Where: Online.
Tickets: The event is free. Register here.
15-17 May
Annual African Conference on Social Entrepreneurship
What: This seventh annual conference will feature showcases of social business models and successful social entrepreneurs, panel discussions and presentations of research papers on social entrepreneurship. Attendees will be able to connect with local and national social entrepreneurship networks.
Who: Entrepreneurs and impact investors.
Where: Nairobi, Kenya.
Tickets: Tickets available from £45.95 from the event website.
23-24 May
B For Good Leaders Summit
What: Over 200 contributors will take part in conversations, talks, interviews and on-site visits to relevant companies. Topics covered will include sustainable finance, regenerative economy and corporate activism. The event aims to enable attendees to find pathways, ventures and partnerships to create a regenerative economic future.
Who: Entrepreneurs, executives, impact investors and changemakers.
Where: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Tickets: Tickets available from €1,200 - €3,500 from the event website.
27-30 May 2024
The Philea Forum 2024
What: This three-day event, organised by Philea, the Philanthropy Europe Association, aims to create discussion around the erosion of public trust in established institutions and how philanthropic organisations can build and maintain trust in the eyes of the communities they serve.
Who: Open to all.
Where: Ghent, Belgium.
Tickets: Information here.
28-29 May 2024
Upstream Festival 2024
What: A two-day event, organised by Upstream, with the aim of supporting startups with their growth.
Who: Entrepreneurs, investors and changemakers.
Where: Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tickets: Available here.
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: Oslo, Norway.
Tickets: From 5,000 NOK.
4 June 2024
Net Zero Champions: 'Use your founder profile to drive the sustainability agenda in your organisation'
What: An interactive event hosted by Social Founders and Green Business Action, which will feature a panel discussion on how to create a personalised founder strategy and a workshop where participants will draft a carbon reduction plan. These sessions will be followed by networking with other entrepreneurs. Speakers include serial entrepreneur Trewin Restorick, founder of Sizzle Innovation, Hubbub and Global Action Plan, as well as Luke Wynne, sustainability learning and development lead and Phoebe Lewis, associate director at global real estate services company JLL.
Who: Founders of organisations based in Greater London, with a minimum £50,000 turnover and at least two full-time employees or equivalent.
Where: London, United Kingdom.
Tickets: Tickets are free, but require a £35 deposit which is refundable on attendance. Register on the event website.
5-8 June 2024
Sorenson Impact Summit
What: Organised by the Sorenson Impact Institute at the University of Utah, this is an annual convening of changemakers in global impact investing. The theme for the 2024 summit invites attendees to think beyond a net-zero mindset toward creating a future of truly regenerative, equitable, and thriving ecosystems for people and our planet.
Who: Global impact leaders, innovators, and practitioners.
Where: Park City, Utah, USA.
Tickets: Express interest in attending through the event website.
12-13 June 2024
Business of Impact
What: A summit hosted by Impact Europe (formerly known as EVPA) that aims to bring together corporate leaders and corporate social investors to share perspectives on how to transform business models and further empower investors to create more purpose-driven organisations.
Who: Corporate leaders and corporate social investors.
Where: The Hague, The Netherlands.
Tickets: Register here.
12-13 June 2024
Capital Ideas
What: An event hosted by Impact Europe (formerly known as EVPA) that aims to bring together Europe’s leading impact funds and financial institutions to share ideas in a peer-to-peer format and forge meaningful connections across the impact investing community.
Who: Europe’s impact investing community.
Where: The Hague, The Netherlands.
Tickets: Register here.
12-13 June 2024
Social Finance Forum 2024
What: An event hosted by Canadian impact media organisation Future of Good, that aims to bring attendees together to learn the latest developments in gender-lens investing, housing finance, climate finance, Indigenous finance, and more from leaders from across Canada and beyond. The theme for this year's forum is ‘System / Change’, therefore attendees will take part in discussions involving an in-depth analysis of current social finance and impact investment models and frameworks, and exploring potential opportunities and disruption in the future of the sector.
Who: Those who want to strengthen their implementation of social finance and impact investing tools. In particular, executives, leaders, managers and social purpose teams in government, corporate, philanthropic, investing, non-profit and academic sectors.
Where: Online / In-person gatherings on Day 1 across cities in Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and Halifax).
Tickets: Register through the event website.
13 June 2024
Next Frontiers Conference 2024
What: The theme of the event, hosted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, is ‘Stewarding Wealth for People & Planet’. The conference will include a series of panels, fireside chats, and conversation circles where speakers and attendees can discuss how wealth can actively create social and environmental impact and explore alternative and emerging models of wealth management.
Who: Anyone involved in wealth management, including wealth holders, philanthropists, financial advisors, technology innovators and impact investors.
Where: London, United Kingdom.
Tickets: The event is free to attend. Register on the event website.
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22-30 June 2024
London Climate Action Week
What: London Climate Action Week is now in its sixth year. This annual festival marks the midpoint in the global climate calendar, bringing together individuals, organisations and communities to host a range of events dedicated to strengthening climate action.
Who: Some events will be open to the public while others will be private.
Tickets: More information to come on the event website.
24-26 June 2024
US SIF Sustainable Investment Forum 2024
What: An event that aims to offer attendees the opportunity to network with leaders of the sustainable investing community and to learn about new approaches, trends and policy developments in the sector.
Who: Financial professionals, policymakers and corporate leaders.
Where: Chicago, USA.
Tickets: More information here.
4 July 2024
Social Founders EY Summer Forum
What: An annual event hosted by Social Founders and EY London, which will include panel and audience discussions, small group discussions and networking time. The theme this year is ‘Building a positive culture’. Attendees will learn how to lead a culture that maximises wellbeing and equity for all the stakeholders in their organisation, as well as share solutions to the challenges they face as founders.
Who: Current and past social impact founders.
Where: London, United Kingdom.
Tickets: Tickets are £40. Register on the event website.
10-11 July 2024
Stir to Action Festival
What: This event is designed for people interested in transforming their local economy. It will feature practical workshops, panels and ideas surgeries.
Who: Open to all.
Where: Bristol, UK.
Tickets: Tickets available from £40 through the event website.
16 July 2024
SE100 Awards
What: An awards ceremony that aims to celebrate and learn from the UK's 100 most impressive social enterprises, hosted by Pioneers Post in partnership with NatWest Social & Community Capital.
Who: Open to all.
Where: London, UK.
Tickets: Nominations for the awards open until 5 May. Ticket information for the ceremony will be released at a later date.
- Read more about the SE100 Index and Social Business Awards in our collection
17-19 July 2024
Africa Impact Summit
What: The event is designed to attract investors from across the globe to learn about impact investing in Africa, showcase avenues for investors unfamiliar with impact investing and facilitate greater access to capital, particularly for smaller enterprises.
Who: Institutional and individual investors, social entrepreneurs.
Where: Nairobi, Kenya.
Tickets: Not yet available.
2-3 September 2024
Impact Europe’s Impact Leaders Summit
What: A two-day event celebrating Impact Europe’s 20 year anniversary and aimed at planning impact goals for the next 20 years. The event will take place concurrently with the Venice Film Festival, where Impact Europe will present the first ever Impact Award.
Who: Europe’s Impact Leaders.
Where: Venice, Italy.
Tickets: More information here.
5-7 September 2024
Ashoka Changemaker Summit
What: Now in its sixth edition, the summit will “gather 450 of the world's leading social innovators to explore the most pressing issues of today”. It will include discussions that will challenge prevailing preconceptions about who can contribute to real change, and showcase the work of leading social innovators who are practising ‘true participation’.
Who: Social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, changemakers, impact investors and leaders from business, government and philanthropy.
Where: Hamburg, Germany.
Tickets: Information here.
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.
10-11 September 2024
ANDE Annual Impact Conference
What: Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs’ annual conference and celebration of ANDE’s 15th anniversary. More details to be released at a later date.
Who: Thought leaders, innovators, and change-makers in entrepreneurship and economic development.
Where: Bangkok, Thailand.
Tickets: Ticket information will be published on ANDE’s website at a later date.
10-11 September 2024
Louder than Words: The B Corp Festival
What: Although the event’s agenda has not yet been announced, organiser B Lab UK says it will move away from “the typical format of linear agendas” to promote “creativity, connection and debate”. Oxford’s New Theatre will be the main venue, with smaller venues including cafes and university buildings spread across the city.
Who: Business leaders, social entrepreneurs, investors and activists.
Where: Oxford, UK and online.
Tickets: Tickets available from £65 on the event website.
13-17 October 2024
Opportunity Collaboration Summit
What: Organised by the Opportunity Collaboration, an international network seeking to build sustainable solutions to poverty and injustice, this h summit is designed to enable attendees to network and advance their organisation’s social impact initiative. It promises no speeches panels or PowerPoints – instead, attendees participate in professionally facilitated workshops and small-group conversations with topics selected and curated by the delegate community.
Who: Grant-makers, impact investors, corporates, social entrepreneurs, nonprofits, academia, media, government.
Where: Ixtapa, Mexico.
Tickets: Tickets available from $2,550 - $3,500 from the event website.
14 October 2024
Road to Impact V (Camino al Impacto V)
What: The fifth of its kind, this conference aims to explore how impact investing can generate positive changes in society. It is organised by SpainNAB, representatives in Spain of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG).
Where: Madrid, Spain.
Tickets: More information to come on the event website.
15-17 October
Social Value Conference 2024
What: This online and in-person event, presented by Social Value Portal in collaboration with the National Social Value Taskforce, aims to bring together delegates from the public, private and third sectors to discuss how to further the social value movement. For the first time, the conference will be spread across three days. The first two days include online sessions only, while the third day will also take place in person, and will conclude with the Social Value Awards ceremony in the evening.
Who: Open to all.
Where: Online / Birmingham, UK.
Tickets: Prices start at £20 for online access only; 25% early bird discount available until 31 May through the event website.
23-24 October 2024
GIIN Impact Forum
What: A global impact investing event that aims to provide a space for attendees to collaborate and discover innovative, sustainable solutions to worldly issues. Through networking, talks from impact leaders and interactive sessions, attendees can gain insights into the latest trends and strategies that are effective in driving impact around the world.
Who: Impact investors or people who are interested in becoming impact investors.
Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tickets: Information here.
28-30 October 2024
SOCAP 2024
What: SOCAP’s annual conference aims to gather entrepreneurs and funders, plus people from philanthropy, government, academia, finance, faith-based organisations, NGOs, nonprofits and more to explore market-based solutions to the world’s most pressing issues. The programme will consist of three full days of plenary sessions, panel talks, networking, and discussions.
Who: Changemakers from every sector.
Where: San Francisco, US.
Tickets: Information here.
4-6 November 2024
AVPA Conference
What: AVPA’s inaugural conference will mark the organisation’s fifth anniversary.
Who: Social investors and other impact investing stakeholders.
Where: Kenya.
Tickets: Not yet released, but check the website for updates.
4-5 November 2024
Business & Philanthropy Forum
What: Hosted by Alliance for Good, the eighth annual forum aims to host panel talks and discussions around global philanthropy, social innovation, sustainability and technology. Alliance for Good will also be running its second Next Generation Philanthropy Leaders Fellowship Program during the week of the forum.
Where: Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Tickets: More information here.
27-29 November 2024
Impact Week
What: An annual conference hosted by Impact Europe (formerly known as EVPA) that aims to bring together a global community of impact investors and changemakers to explore ideas, foster partnerships with one another, discover new trends, and launch transformative initiatives.
Who: People who work in the impact sector from around the world.
Where: Bilbao, Spain.
Tickets: Information here.
26-28 March 2025
Anthropy 2025
What: A three-day, in-person event that will incorporate over 180 sessions focused on creating dialogue and addressing questions on themes such as the quality of life in future Britain and the future of the planet in regards to poverty, climate change, and human rights.
Who: Leaders, founders, thought leaders and those who wish to contribute to improving Britain.
Where: Cornwall, UK.
Tickets: More information here.
1-4 April 2025
Skoll World Forum 2025
What: An annual conference which brings together changemakers from around the world. More information to come on the event website.
24-26 April 2025
ChangeNOW 2025
What: This three-day summit is returning for its 8th edition, bringing together stakeholders from across the impact sector to plan innovative solutions through workshops, conferences and networking opportunities.
Who: Open to all.
Where: To be confirmed.
Tickets: Pre-register here.
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