Welcome to Wednesday at SOCAP16! Come for breakfast beginning at 7:30 before the morning plenary. Breakfast will be served both in the Festival Pavilion and in the Big Top. Here are a few other selected SOCAP16 activities happening on the Fort Mason campus today that are not to be missed.
Entrepreneur Pitch Sessions
For the first time at SOCAP, we dedicated an entire afternoon session to hearing from leading social entrepreneurs working globally in the sectors of community development, health, energy, environment, education, and technology. Entrepreneurs are grouped by sector and will present in three different sessions over the course of the afternoon. They will give four minute pitches in Gallery 308 and then move over to the Gallery Tent to continue conversations with potential investors, mentors, supporters and allies.
2:30 PM Community Development and Health
3:45 PM Energy and Environment
5:00 PM Education and Technology
Lunch
Sessions run concurrently throughout the day, each day of the festival. Plan time to eat. Grab a meal between sessions or take food with you as you head to your next panel discussion. Lunch will be served both in Festival and in Big Top between 12 PM and 2 PM.
Ice Cream at the Firehouse
All attendees are invited to stop by the Cowmobile in front of the Firehouse for free Ben and Jerry’s ice cream between 4 and 6 PM today only.
SOCAP Soirée
Tonight at 6:30 PM in Festival Pavilion join us to celebrate the SOCAP community in style. Acre Gourmet is catering with heavy hors d’oeuvres in California local flavors. DJ Hey Man, aka Darian Rodriguez Heyman, will be spinning tracks to get you dancing, from old school Soul and R&B to Hip Hop and electronic beats.
Faces of Founders Photo and Storytelling Booth
Blackstone Charitable Foundation and Case Foundation invite you to visit their “Faces of Founders” story booth. Today and tomorrow between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM come to the Faces of Founders SOCAP Photo Booth in the Festival Pavilion to have your headshot taken at no charge. Visit booth 104 in Festival to share your story, have your headshot taken, and show your support for millions of diverse entrepreneurs across the United States.
The Big Top is the Home for Entrepreneurs at SOCAP16
If you are an entrepreneur or want to connect with entrepreneurs at this year’s conference, make your way to the Big Top Tent. The Big Top Tent will be the home of the Innovation Showcase, Entrepreneur Marketplace, and #SOCENT Central. Come in for conversation or a meal, as breakfast and lunch will also served in the Big Top Tent on Wednesday and Thursday.
Entrepreneurs featured in our Innovation Showcase have products and prototypes of their innovative solutions on-site.
Marketplace entrepreneurs will be selling products that improve the environment, communities, and livelihoods.Visit ventures in the Big Top to learn more about the geography where they work, their hurdles to scale, and the impact they’ve experienced while growing their venture.
The #SOCENT Central lounge in the Big Top features a lounge and seating area for conversations as well as profiles of over 150 SOCAP Scholarship Entrepreneurs.
Organize a Community Discussion
Did you know you can convene your own community discussion and post it on Pathable while at SOCAP? If you think we missed anything on the agenda, organize it yourself! Pose an interesting question or timely topic and invite people to join you. Go to the host station at the front of Festival Pavilion to find a time and a place to meet and add it to Pathable.