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.
Submit Your SOCAP Open Proposal Here
As you plan your submission, consider the most effective, engaging format for your content idea. The SOCAP16 themes are available to help you gain an understanding of some primary areas of programming, but we always welcome a variety of topics connected to the social impact movement. Don’t forget to check out the SOCAP Open FAQs and our Tips for Crafting a Winning SOCAP Open Idea as you develop your proposal.
It seem to me, the more we look at risk as a fear inducing, one-sided and problematic element the more we restrict the potential of socially beneficial returns. Could we improve our chances of creating positive social change if we were to look at risk as something …
Practicing everyday inclusion immediately opens us up to valuable opportunities for social connection. Solutions to our biggest problems or the gateway to the most valuable connection could be the result of one meaningful conversation that was the result of establishing a goal like meeting 1 new person …
By voting with their wallets, millennials are driving the growing trend of “conscious consumerism,” choosing brands that give back over those that don’t. However, as the one-for-one business model becomes more ubiquitous, how can brands that want to do good stand out in the participation economy? This …
New investment structures and first time fund managers are gaining more traction as the broader field of impact investing grows and evolves. But can the larger community ensure the most attractive and vital investment vehicles and best managers rise to the top? How can the development of …
Every entrepreneur has gone through a period in their company’s growth that had the potential to make or break the company. This is a pivotal moment that causes every leader to question their strategy, leadership, decisions and future. Ultimately, they find the solution through focusing on their …
Family Offices have embraced social impact investment as a route to improve the legacy left to younger and future generations. This is reflected by the long-term beneficiaries of these investment, as 85% of millennials agree that social and environmental impact is important for investment decisions as opposed …
Current models of leadership development are based in organizational structures, but now that a third or more of the workforce is working independently-including many of you in the audience at SOCAP or those you support-leadership development has new meaning. Many who have stepped out on their own …
Contraception is recognized as one of the highest-leverage interventions to increase self-determination, improve maternal and child health, and lift families out of poverty. So why have most of the new contraceptives of the past two decades, even those developed with public money, been priced out of reach …
Universal basic income has begun to receive a lot of attention in recent years as a possible solution to rising inequality and disruption of the labor market by automation. Besides eliminating poverty and providing economic security to all Americans, basic income has the potential to significantly alter …
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 …
Measuring impact is challenging, but when done thoughtfully it can strengthen program efficacy and promote highly rational decisions about funding. With a growing number of standardized impact measurement tools developed for the burgeoning social impact field, there exist other sets of tools to assess impact in sectors …
From education to healthcare to workforce development - the world’s most critical issues require powerful, scalable solutions. Often the best solutions don’t come out of think tanks or innovation labs — they come from the lived experience of founders. There is a rise in social impact companies …
Important 2016 Dates
- JUNE 3
Final day to submit an idea. - JUNE 1-15
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.
