You're currently viewing:
Conference Reports
‘Critical’ WINGS nails its colours to the mast in Mexico
There was a whiff of impending crisis in the air at the 2017 WINGSForum in Mexico City in February: the growth of populism, increasing restrictions on the freedoms of civil society, social problems that seem …
EDGE needs to be sharper still
‘If you know everyone at your table, you may be at the wrong table’, declared the facilitator at the start of the 2017 EDGE Funders Alliance conference in Barcelona, a remark which was emblematic of …
Coverage from the EDGE Funders Alliance and Council on Foundations’ annual conferences
Alliance is proud to have been part of the media coverage for this year’s EDGE Funders Alliance conference in Barcelona, Spain and the Council on Foundation’s annual conference in Dallas, Texas. EDGE Funders Alliance’s 2017 …
2013 SIAA conference: is impact measurement the highway to hell?
The annual conference of the Social Impact Analyst Association (SIAA) took place in Paris on 10 December. SIAA was founded in 2011 to ‘build an active international community of social impact analysts’. The conference theme, …
EVPA Conference 2013: Is venture philanthropy useful?
The annual conference of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) is taking place in Geneva today. It is a sold-out event that draws over 500 participants from 23 countries. Ten years after this organization was …
EVPA conference 2013: Leadership, partnership and philanthropy
The 2013 European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) conference in Geneva provided a forum for thought-provoking dialogue around the conference’s theme of ‘Responsible Leadership’. One of the topics that emerged across many of the discussions was …
EVPA conference 2013: are we moving towards pension funds for social investments?
The change is coming, but it comes slowly – this is my summary of this year’s EVPA annual conference, the European conference on social investments. ‘You are small and insignificant’ – that is how the …
EVPA conference 2013: reflections on the planetary system
We always enjoy the annual EVPA gathering as it allows us to reconnect with old acquaintances and build new relations with the frontrunners in the field of venture philanthropy. The picture that resonated most with …
Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship 2013: it’s all about people, really
How can we address ecosystem barriers to help social businesses grow and scale? Panellists at the recent Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship held at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, said the answer is to …
Nexus China Youth Summit 2013: a next gen philanthropist’s view
I joined the Nexus community in 2012, when I attended both the China and the global summits. I find Nexus an open and vibrant platform for young people to share and engage. You can freely …
