Collection: The Impact Papers
Social enterprise and impact investing events in 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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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.
Who: Practitioners from philanthropy infrastructure, representing national associations, funders networks, philanthropy advisors and impact alliances.
Where: Rome, Italy.
Tickets: Information here.
23 February 2024
BUD Leaders 10 Year Anniversary Event
What: An event that aims to bring together large organisations, trusts, foundations and global majority-led small and medium enterprises to find solutions on how to create growth opportunities for global majority-led businesses. It will include interactive workshops, networking with up 200 changemakers in business and entrepreneurship and a line-up of influential speakers.
Who: Black and global majority business leaders, individuals that work on a company’s ESG goals or their diversity and inclusion strategy, and organisations, trusts and foundations that are seeking to support the growth of global majority-led businesses.
Where: London, UK.
Tickets: Register here.
7 March 2024
WISE100 Awards
What: An award ceremony that will celebrate the UK's leading women in social enterprise and impact investing, hosted by Pioneers Post in partnership with NatWest Social & Community Capital. In addition to the top 100 list, five awards will be announced at the event. Nominations for the WISE100 Awards close by midnight on Sunday 14 January 2024.
Who: Open to all.
Where: London, UK.
Tickets: More information will be released at a later date.
- Read more about the WISE100 in our collection
25-27 March 2024
ChangeNOW
What: Billed as 'the largest event of solutions for the planet', this annual three-day gathering brings together innovators and sustainability leaders who are committed to finding scalable solutions to the world's problems through workshops, conferences and networking opportunities. Discover the first wave of speakers here.
Who: Open to all.
Where: Paris, France.
Tickets: Register here.
- 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?
23-25 April 2024
AVPN Global Conference 2024
What: Asia's largest social investment gathering, which is being held in west Asia for the first time. Organisers AVPN promise “exciting pre-Conference activities, a rich agenda and immersive sessions around the theme ‘One Asia, One Future’”.
Where: Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Tickets: Click here to buy early bird tickets, available from 25 September 2023 until 15 January 2024.
1-2 May 2024
Total Impact Summit
What: A summit that will educate attendees on how to align their investments with their values. It will explore topics such as blended finance, integrated impact, investment into minority communities, and local investment.
Who: Investors and advisers, including family offices, foundations and endowments, fund managers and financial advisers.
Where: Philadelphia, USA.
Tickets: Information here.
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.
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.
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: Information 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: Information here.
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: More information will be released at a later date.
- Read more about the SE100 Index and Social Business Awards in our collection
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.
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.
27-29 November 2023
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.
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