SOCAP strives to offer diverse content across the spectrum of business and capital innovation advancing social and environmental impact. SOCAP Open is a public submission platform that helps us source suggestions directly from our community. As in past years, SOCAP16 will include interactive sessions, panel discussions, workshops, and storytelling opportunities. By proposing a session idea and/or voting, we invite you to add your unique voice to the conversation.
The Social Stock Exchange is the leading avenue in the world for social enterprises to become publicly traded by investors commited to both their profitability and their social impact. Our conversation will trace social enterprises risks, challenges and opportunities from the nascent fledgling creative & tenacious startups …
How can we improve cross-sector collaboration for open sharing of impact data? What open data and shared resource business models allow impact ventures to flourish? If you share your data openly how do you build a profitable business model? How can we shift business models to grow …
Can we help reverse climate change by changing the fundamentals of the world’s largest industry? The data says we can, simply by changing the way we grow the food that feeds the world. The Carbon Underground is piloting a new initiative called The Food-Climate Development Exchange (FCDE) …
Investment advisors, certification bodies, CSR/foundation professionals and charity raters share an analytic problem: what constitutes good impact information? The answer points to an emerging profession: skilled impact analysts. This panel will articulate the WHO, WHAT and HOW of this profession by: mapping the players, articulating why they …
The session looks at how tax reliefs can be used to rectify failings in the traditional investment model and to encourage more individuals to engage in impact investment. There will be examples of how social investment tax relief has operated in the UK and the learnings that …
From Watergate to the Panama Papers, quality media deliver huge social impact on a local, national and even global scale. As independent media emerges as an important theme in impact investing, the intersection of media and tech is providing a wealth of opportunities for innovative media to …
Important 2016 Dates
- JUNE 3
Final day to submit an idea. - JUNE 4-15
Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting. - JUNE 16-28
Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP16 Content Team. - JUNE 29
Winning sessions announced to session organizers.
