SOCAP Virtual: A Global Impact Summit
This year, SOCAP is taking its flagship event virtual. An annual convening of social entrepreneurs, investors, foundation and nonprofit leaders, government and policy leaders, creators, corporations, academics and beyond, SOCAP Virtual will offer virtual experiences that educate, spur conversation, and inspire investment in positive impact. Click here to view the full agenda. This year at SOCAP Virtual, MIE is thrilled to be organizing two sessions and a special Virtual Reception for MIE members. See below for details. Also, MIE members recieve 20% of the current price of SOCAP registration. Log in to access the discount code!
MIE Member Virtual Reception
Monday, October 19, 4-5PM ET
Join us for an hour of conversations and networking with the MIE community! We’ll kick off the hour with a welcome from the MIE team, and then split up into smaller groups for informal networking. Come meet fellow MIE members and peers in the field during this special gathering. Click here to register by 10/16, 11AM ET. Attendance at SOCAP Virtual is not required to RSVP for this Reception! If you have any questions please contact [email protected].
Fireside Chat: State of the Field
Tuesday, October 20, 2:30-3:30PM ET
As impact investors rapidly respond to this year's crises, it is important to ask how these crises will reshape impact investing going forward. This conversation will explore the questions and trends that will chart impact investing's course through the recovery and for years to come.
Speakers: Monique Aiken, Mission Investors Exchange; Cathy Clark, CASE at Duke; Fran Seegull, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance.
Mainstage: Fireside Chat: Impact Investing on the Precipice
Wednesday, October 21, 12:50-1:20PM ET
Join two pioneering social innovators in a wide-ranging, intimate conversation between friends on how to meet the needs of the world’s great challenges by reimagining the future of capitalism in this unprecedented moment.
Speakers: Sir Ronald Cohen, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment; Darren Walker, Ford Foundation.
Leading with Impact: Profiling a Relationship that Delivers on Racial Equity Goals
Wednesday, October 21, 2:30-3:30PM ET
What happens when a funder leads with impact + racial equity as their twin goals? In this session, you'll hear from MIE member, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund about how and why they came to be invested in FaithActs for Education, a startup social enterprise poised to scale its innovative model working at the intersection of education and civic engagement, deeply rooted in their local faith community.
Speakers: David Addams, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; William Johnson, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; Jamilah Prince-Stewart, FaithActs for Education.
