This conference will feature speakers who will reflect on the development of the impact investing industry in South Africa, and discuss how to embrace the opportunities ahead.

The Financing Low-Cost Africa meeting will bring together MFIs, Banks, NGOs and newly established, dedicated Housing Microfinance organizations to create a roadmap for the evolution of low-cost housing in Africa.

Convergence Africa Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, brings together CEOs, thought leaders, and investors from across the continent to delve into today's business issues to produce insights and enable investors to connect with some of Africa's leading companies.

A networking platform for African financial sector stakeholders from the public and private sectors to take stock of recent developments and discuss current financial sector development efforts in Africa.

This event in London run by AgDevCo, a not-for-profit distribution agricultural development company operating in sub-Saharan Africa, will provide opportunities for participants to learn about AgDevCo's project development approach and its active pipeline of investment opportunities across Africa. Attendees will discuss the rapidly changing environment for investment in African agriculture.

Delegates at this forum will benefit by hearing from experienced leading institutions on the ground as they demonstrated why the interest in African investing is growing.

The primary objective of this event in Nairobi, Kenya is to explore the potential for private sector investment in tree-based production, marketing and processing opportunities for bringing about landscape restoration in key African countries to achieve the "triple wins" of increasing rural incomes, making yields more resilient in the face of climate extremes, and making agriculture a solution to the climate change problem rather than part of the problem. The Forum is an outcome of the Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change and is an important milestone leading up to the UNFCCC climate change talks scheduled for December 2011 in Durban.

Tony O. Elumelu, founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation and Heirs Holdings Limited, shares his perspective with the GIIN community

Elizabeth Littlefield, OPIC President and CEO, shares her perspective with the GIIN community

The Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) is pleased to invite you to attend the third "FAST Financial Fair." This event aims to identify the finance needs of sustainable producer organizations and SMEs. This event will take place as a parallel event to the 8th edition of the EAFCA Coffee Conference, in Arusha, Tanzania, on February 17-19, 2011.

Dr. Harry Hummels, Co-Managing Director of SNS Impact Investing, shares his perspective with the GIIN community

This second annual conference of the South African Network for Impact Investing (SAII) will cover innovative responsible finance, building social capital infrastructure, measuring impact, collaboration, and social enterprise models.

Amy Klement, Vice President at Omidyar Network, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

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Tom Reis, Director of Mission Driven Investing at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Africa stands out as one of the most exciting emerging markets for private equity investments. The second annual PEI Africa Forum provides a unique opportunity to hear from industry leading investors as they share their knowledge, experience and ideas to help improve your business.

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A summit in Asia that brings together social enterprises, impact investors, policy makers, academicians, and other market makers.

Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

The Sankalp 2011 Awards and Investment Forum is the third annual Intellecap event committed to catalyzing entrepreneurship in the social enterprise space. Sankalp actively facilitates collaboration between established and budding entrepreneurs, investors, thought leaders and sector stakeholders interested in contributing effectively towards this fledgling yet fast-growing industry. Sankalp is organized by Intellecap, a an India-based firm specializing in providing innovative business solutions that help scale profitable and sustainable enterprises dedicated to social and environmental change.

This conference brings together clean technology investors and project developers in India, answering questions about efficiency norms, scaling up clean technology and renewable energy in India, tapping bottom-of-the-pyramid markets, and innovative financing solutions. The conference will feature a pitch session in which five business present their ideas to leading angel, venture capital, private equity, and debt investors.

Elizabeth Littlefield, OPIC President and CEO, shares her perspective with the GIIN community

India Stands to Gain a Great Deal from the Social VC Movement

The Khemka Foundation's annual forums on social entrepreneurship are designed to create an ecosystem, a community of sorts for all the players in the field. Every year, social entrepreneurs, investors, academics, government representatives and thought leaders gather under a 'big tent' to share their thoughts on scaling social impact. Under the overarching theme of 'scaling innovations' participants examine the 'how-to's' that enable 'low cost, high quality solutions' to scale.

This event will bring together leading microfinance practitioners, policymakers, financiers, academics and advocates as partners in achieving greater financial inclusion in Asia. The Asia Microfinance Forum 2010 is convened by The Banking With the Poor Network (BWTP) and organised by The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), with the Citi Foundation as Lead Sponsor, and Hatton National Bank as Local Host.

Amy Klement, Vice President at Omidyar Network, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Capricorn Managing Principal Ion Yadigaroglu and Managing Director Alan Chang share their perspectives with the GIIN community.

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Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Vineet Rai, the founder and CEO of Aavishkaar, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Dr. Harry Hummels, Co-Managing Director of SNS Impact Investing, shares his perspective with the GIIN community

The objective of the conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges.

Join ANDE members and friends at the launch of the 2011 Impact Report

On the heels of a decision by the Rockefeller Foundation's Board of Trustees to extend this initiative, Dr. Judith Rodin discusses the Foundation's upcoming work in impact investing.

The Guardian is hosting a live discussion on how corporatations can form successful partnerships with social enterprises.

Financial Capital and Impact Metrics of Values Based Banking

Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

How Social Entrepreneurship is Redefining the Meaning of Return

An In-Depth Analysis of Investor Perspectives and Over 2,200 Transactions

Mario Marconi, Head, Philanthropy and Values-Based Investing at UBS, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

This year's Annual Conference is titled: "Venture Philanthropy as a Catalyst for Societal Change." Participants will look at how venture philanthropy is impacting society, and how it can generate even greater impact.

The annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing. The theme for 2011 is "ESG and Impact Investing: Now More Than Ever!"

Run by the United Nations Global Compact and hosted by the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, this symposium will feature a range of experts from organizations involved in impact investing.

This annual event attracts 150+ impact investors looking to support entrepreneurs who are addressing social and environmental issues. Between ten and fifteen high impact deals currently seeking investment will be presented, and due diligence processes will be shared among attendees.

Scheduled seven months ahead of the landmark United Nations Rio+20 Earth Summit in May 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UNEP FI's 2011 Global Roundtable is an opportunity to cast a spotlight on what the sustainable development agenda means for the world's finance, investment and insurance sectors.

A four-day problem-solving, strategic retreat for nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, grant-makers and social investors engaged in poverty alleviation and economic justice enterprises.

Participants at this event will discuss transparency, succession planning for modern portfolio theory, and profit and loss in climate science, water, and energy.

Driven with a commercial goal in mind, this Impact Investing Summit will bring together investors from across the financial spectrum including commercial, institutional and private investors as well as the social entrepreneurs and MFIs they invest in.

SOCAP has attracted the world's leading social innovators and impact investors, who have collaborated to help defined the the social enterprise landscape. This year's conference is scheduled for early September.

Wealthy clients are favoring a different kind of socially responsible investing, focusing on private equity and nonprofit projects

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The Cracking the Nut conference in Washington, DC, will accelerate the impact of the world's leading rural and agricultural development and finance leaders by uniting them with in a collaborative pursuit of learning, leverage and large scale change. This conference is aimed at practitioners, private sector professionals, policymakers, funders, educators, researchers, and other professionals, who design, implement, monitor, evaluate, or fund programs and policies for stimulating rural and agricultural finance.

This summit organized by the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan is for entrepreneurs working on business ideas that help alleviate poverty in emerging markets.

This event offers the opportunity to network with leaders of sustainable and socially responsible investing, and to learn about new approaches, trends and policy developments in the field. The conference will attract representatives of investment management and advisory firms, research firms, financial planners and advisors, broker-dealers, community development institutions and asset owners such as pension funds and foundations, along with policymakers and corporate leaders.

Nanno Kleiterp, Chief Executive Officer of the Dutch development finance institution FMO, shares his perspective with the GIIN community

Rockefeller Foundation exec's aim is to develop measurement tools, other market mechanisms for philanthropy.

This webinar at 11AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) will take the format of a roundtable discussion. All participants are invited to participate in an open discussion moderated by David Wood, Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. The aim of the webinar is to generate a lively debate between academics, experts and practitioners around some of the key questions surrounding the concept of impact investing.

Convergences 2015 is a discussion forum aimed at bringing about new conversations between private and public sectors, and social businesses. Its goal is to contribute to the establishment of a sustainable form of development in order to reduce extreme poverty in the world, as stated in the year 200 by the eight Millennium Development Goals.

Impact investors of all types -- angel investors, fund managers, family offices, foundations, and wealth advisers -- will have the opportunity to see 15-20 social and environmental investments that are currently seeking investment.

This conference is for those who are interested in global health and international development, public health, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education. Participants will hear ideas for development solutions in social enterprise pitch sessions.

Agriculture 2.0 is a forum for insight and analysis, "investment-ready" opportunities, breakthroughs in new technology, and unrivaled access to the preeminent network of innovators and investors committed to funding the future of sustainable agriculture: the fastest-growing niche in the sector.

WWB's Capital Markets Conference brings together expert practitioners from the mainstream financial sector and the microfinance industry, and provides a forum for knowledge exchange. This year's conference will discuss why microfinance still needs and warrants quality investments to help achieve its vision of positively impacting the lives of poor and vulnerable people through provision of financial services while managing businesses that meet shareholder objectives.

This discussion will explore how regulation promotes or hinders microfinance in the BRIC countries. The regulatory environment can have a significant impact on how microfinance institutions operate and how they provide a range of financial services to those who have limited if any access. Leading microfinance experts will share opinions about what has worked to support the development of microfinance and if there are lessons to be shared or learned, especially given the recent crises in India and the prospects for tremendous growth in China. Attendees will also learn why microfinance has been more challenging in Russia and less prevalent in Brazil.

Founded in 2007, Take Action! is the pre-eminent gathering of impact investors focused on premium - or above-market rate - returns. This by-invitation only community is composed primarily of asset owners from families, foundations, major pension plans and corporations. Together, these industry leaders exchange stories of success and failures, debate ideas and investments, and make the connections they need to move to their next level of success.

Elizabeth Littlefield, OPIC President and CEO, shares her perspective with the GIIN community

Dr. Harry Hummels, Co-Managing Director of SNS Impact Investing, shares his perspective with the GIIN community

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The goal of the Impact Investing Summit is to provide a senior-level forum for impact investing stakeholders to gather and review the industry's activity to date, identify and address the challenges facing the market, with a mind to accelerate the commercialization of impact investing.

The Impact Investing Forum 2010 will bring together institutional investors, commercial investors, development financial institutions, private investors, foundations, funds and the industry that serves them to help you unlock the potential of impact investing.

SRI in the Rockies is an annual gathering of investment professionals and related organizations who work to direct the flow of investment capital in transformative ways. A professional conference, SRI in the Rockies offers many opportunities to meet and learn from passionate, creative people from all corners of the sustainable and responsible investment industry (SRI) in the United States and around the world.

An annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing in Europe. This conference will include workshops with impact investors.

This year's Investors' Circle Fall Venture Fair & Forum is designed by and for early stage impact investors in order to address these questions. The event will bring together active early stage investors with a shared commitment to building a sustainable economy, transforming our communities, and supporting best-in-class social entrepreneurs.

This conference by Soyatech LLC will present actionable intelligence on the outlook for global agriculture and the range of investment opportunities available to investors. Investors interested in positive social and environmental impact will be represented in the programming.

Leading experts from the academic, non-profit, and for-profit fields convene to present, debate, and discuss new knowledge, theories and strategies around measuring social impact and the social capital market. In addition, this practitioner conference will offer instruction and solutions for social entrepreneurs seeking to better measure their impact related to the growing marketplace of impact investing.

The SEEP Network welcomes microenterprise practitioners, policy makers, and funders working in the small enterprise sector. The Annual Conference attracts a broad cross-section of key players including NGOs, private sector firms, foundations, investment funds, and bilateral agencies.

The 18th Annual Net Impact Conference will be hosted by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Programs will challenge attendees to envision their role in working towards a sustainable future, and bringing into focus the business solutions that can lead to social and environmental transformation over the next decade.

Julia Sze, Director of Investments for Wells Fargo Family Wealth, shares her perspective on impact investing

Hosted by the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, this training workshop will assist ventures serving the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) to enhance their abilities to cost-effectively track their local poverty alleviation impact. Measuring these local impacts will help BoP ventures maximize mutual value creation and develop more sustainable and scalable business models.

A four-day strategic and problem-solving retreat for nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, funders and social investors. This event aims to break down the silos of unproductive competition and go beyond the boundaries of conventional poverty alleviation.

The 2010 Social Enterprise Conference - Redefining Return: Financing and Scaling Social Innovation - will bring together thought leaders and industry leaders in the field who understand the current status of the social enterprise landscape and where it is going, as well as industry professionals from all sectors who are pursuing innovative models at the intersection of business and social enterprise.

Amy Klement, Vice President at Omidyar Network, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Capricorn Managing Principal Ion Yadigaroglu and Managing Director Alan Chang share their perspectives with the GIIN community.

Dr. Charly Kleissner, a successful high-tech executive and co-founder of the KL Felicitas Foundation, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Capitalism is tackling the world's biggest social and environmental problems - and giving investors a new way to do well by doing good.

The Skoll World Forum, brings together figures from the social, academic, finance, corporate and policy sectors who are focused on accelerating, innovating and scaling solutions to some of the world's most pressing social issues.

The Forum is a joint venture between The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School, University of Oxford and The Skoll Foundation.

A new group is aiming to revolutionise the standard maths used to select investments for billions of dollars worth of assets by constructing a data engine that contrasts - and quantifies - the tangible social benefits of investing opportunities.

Scott Budde, Managing Director and head of the Social & Community Investment Department at TIAA-CREF shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

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"The 2nd Microfinance and Sustainable Development Summit will look at broadening the scope of impact investing within Microfinance AND outside the Microfinance community, to identify opportunities for investors looking for social good and financial returns."

Managing Director Marilou van Golstein Brouwers and Sustainable Trade Fund Manager Koert Jansen from Netherlands-based Triodos Investment Management share their experiences with the GIIN community.

An annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing in Europe.

The new industry of impact investment has the potential to become the best way of addressing global challenges

One exciting thread is a quest for a new way of thinking about markets and their intersection with social issues

The Take Action! Impact Investing Summit facilitates peer conversations among impact investing industry leaders. This summit focuses on those investments that deliver premium or market-rate returns.

This years topics include: entrepreneurship in low-income countries, internet innovation, and investment ventures in Africa, Asia, and L. America

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Critical Concepts and Writings on Social Capital Market' Structure, Operation, and Innovation

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Elizabeth Littlefield, OPIC President and CEO, shares her perspective with the GIIN community

The 3rd Annual Innovative Alternative Strategies Conference is hosting a pre-conference workshop on impact investing. The workshop aims to provide attendees with insight and training for impact investing.

Impact investing conference features asset owners and investors focused on premium or above market-rate return and discussions from impact investing leaders regarding current and future investments.

The PRI Makers Network and More for Mission are hosting a joint conference, Investing for Impact, at the Seattle Waterfront Marriott Hotel.

This event offers the opportunity to network with leaders of sustainable and socially responsible investing, and to learn about new approaches, trends and policy developments in the field.

The Responsible Finance Forum will highlight global progress and achievements and deepen the business case for implementing responsible finance.

Sustainatopia is hosting its Impact Conference, focused on Social Venture Capital and Social Enterprise.

The 2012 Annual Global Philanthropy Forum Conference will focus on the social change landscape and opportunities for positive change in countries around the world.

The Kellogg School of Management and Haas School of Business are hosting the 2012 International Impact Investing Challenge at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco.

The Funders' Network is hosting its annual conference for its members and other funders interested in leveraging land use policy and practice to achieve positive results for the environment, community, and people.

The Carsey Insitute at the University of New Hampshire is hosting roundtable discussions on community finance innovations.

Students of the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School present their 13th Annual Social Enterprise Conference, with a theme of "Innovation, Inclusion & Impact."

Barbara VanScoy, Founder, Chair of the Board, and Senior Portfolio Manager at Community Capital Management, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Americas Society and Council of the Americas are hosting the launch of the Fall 2011 issue of Americas Quarterly, Impact Investing: Profit Meets Purpose, in New York City. The event will include a panel discussion on the several angles of impact investing.

The ESG USA 2011 conference in New York, NY, brings speakers from asset owners, asset managers, and advisors together for a debate on pertinent themes of sustainable and responsible investment in the US and beyond.

US SIF Foundation hosts a webinar to discuss key findings from their new publication: 2011 Report on Sustainability Trends in US Alternative Investments. The report reveals that alternative investments have become one of the most dynamic segments in sustainable and responsible investing.

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Now in its 27th year, the OFN annual conference, in Minneapolis this fall, will discuss how Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) create impact, new sectors where CDFIs are making a difference, and public policies that affect CDFIs.

This conference focuses on best practices and actionable strategies for banks, thrifts and credit unions that provide financial services and catalyze economic development in low-income communities.

Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at IGNIA Partners, LLC, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

This year's Net Impact Conference will spotlight the many unexpected places people find where good works. Participants will explore: where creative problem solving can lead to serious solutions; where sustainable innovations were championed; and where unlikely partnerships accelerate change.

Slow Money's National Gatherings are emerging as an impactful marketplace that is connecting mission-driven investors with small food entrepreneurs. At this year's National Gathering there will be one or more sessions focused on mission-related investing.

Lisa Hall, President and CEO at Calvert Foundation, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

This roundtable discussion will examine the assertion that environmental performance indicators can impact and enhance returns of active investment strategy.

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The New York City chapter of Slow Money, the movement to galvanize investment in local, sustainable food and farming enterprises, announces the ten finalists to present at this inaugural Entrepreneur Showcase and Resource Exchange.

These community impact notes help finance green and affordable housing - and the revitalization of communities.

The investment bank is planning to buy commercial mortgages made through the Small Business Administration's 504 program, reviving a faltering market

The third in a series of community investing conferences the Social Investment Forum (SIF) has co-hosted around the country, this event will focus on the role community investing is playing in US economic recovery with a special regional focus on examples from the southeastern United States. Attendees will learn how organizations are incorporating community investing, leveraging federal programs and meeting challenges in the marketplace to build stronger and more resilient communities.

This event will convene the nation's most creative public and private sector leaders to address the intractable challenges facing American K-12 education today. The Venture Fair, run by Investors' Circle, will showcase private companies that are working on the cutting edge of education innovation and promote opportunities in this dynamically changing space to private investors.

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Each year, GIIN Investors' Council member National Community Investment Fund (NCIF) hosts the Annual Development Banking Conference, the nation's premier event for community development financial institutions. This event provides actionable strategies for institutions to improve their financial and social performance.

The financial crisis has made CDFIs more important than ever, and provides a unique opportunity for CDFIs to now make a leap forward in fulfilling their core purpose of aligning capital with justice. Now in its 26th year, the Opportunity Finance Network Conference connects professionals in the Community Development Financial Institution industry so that they can learn together, and think critically about the big-picture issues.

Julia Sze, Director of Investments for Wells Fargo Family Wealth, shares her perspective on impact investing

The 2010 SVN Fall Invitational will bring together a vibrant community of social entrepreneurs to explore new ways to create a just economy, strengthen our collective impact, and share resources and experiences in leading sustainable enterprises. Participants are invited to share ideas and gain insights and support from fellow entrepreneurs.

Amy Klement, Vice President at Omidyar Network, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Tom Reis, Director of Mission Driven Investing at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

This symposium will spotlight the catalytic role affordable housing plays in creating more sustainable communities by surfacing the potential and actual social returns of such investments.

NYC Symposium for Social Change is one event in a nationwide series of forums held in conjunction with city and state economic development offices. These events aim to provide a collaborative platform in which diverse groups come together in a open dialogue to accelerate social change. Attended by social impact investors, venture capital firms, emerging businesses, foundations and organizations serving the community - held in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Florida.

Christa Velasquez, Director of Social Investments at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Carl Palmer, Co-founder of Beartooth Capital, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Scott Budde, Managing Director and head of the Social & Community Investment Department at TIAA-CREF shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

While the rest of the market has seen losses, impact investing has outperformed.

Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

The Latin American Impact Investment Forum held by New Ventures Mexico offers an opportunity to discuss this exciting movement, build networks, identify trends, and discover best practices.

Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at IGNIA Partners, LLC, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

High growth Small and Medium Enterprises, funds, banks, angel investors, and members of the public and academic sector will gather in Bogota on September 22nd and 23rd to do business and exchange ideas about how to further stimulate the growth of Latin American SMEs.

The IDB's Opportunities for the Majority Initiative is bringing together business executives, development professionals, impact investors and other leaders from the private, public and nonprofit sectors to discuss how innovative, market-based business projects are catalyzing social change and poverty solutions throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and around the world.

Organized by the Inter-American Development Bank and Caribbean-Central American Action, this event will be a comprehensive conference on business and economic development in the Caribbean, providing participants with a critical mix of business networking and policy dialogue.

Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference, Miami-2011 provides an opportunity to learn, network, and connect with hundreds of social enterprise/financial leaders and organizations from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the state of Florida, in addition to organizations worldwide which have an interest in expanding to the region.

The First Latin American Impact Investment Forum held by New Ventures Mexico, aims to build an association between social entrepreneurs and investors in Latin America.

Dr. Harry Hummels, Co-Managing Director of SNS Impact Investing, shares his perspective with the GIIN community

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Held as a side-event to the XXIV Sintercafe edition in San Jose, the FAST Financial Fair will consist of one-on-one meetings between sustainable producers organizations and SMEs who will be presenting their financial needs to FAST socially and environmentally oriented lending members. The focus of this Financial Fair will be mainly on medium to long term financing with special attention in coffee plantation renewal.

With support of certification agencies and international financial institutions, this event, running alongside the XXII Latin American Coffee Symposium, will facilitate primarily one-on-one meetings between sustainable producer organizations and socially-oriented lending institutions.

This second annual conference in Bogota, Colombia is run by New Ventures Columbia, with support from the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and Fundascion Bavaria. The event will raise the challenges of impact investing in Colombia and Latin America, explore the role of key stakeholders in initiating and accelerating impact of businesses, and present investment examples.

For this year's conference titled New Partnerships for a Sustainable Recovery, the World Economic Forum will convene 400 from Latin America and other parts of the world in Cartagena, Colombia to build on the success of the 2009 World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Held in Grenada, Nicaragua and hosted by ANDE member organizations Agora Partnerships, Root Capital, and TechnoServe, the conference will have a mix of panels and interactive workshops on metrics, marketing, entrepreneur support strategies, deal sourcing, portfolio management training, and partnership development.

Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference, Miami-2010 is a convening of hundreds of top social enterprise/financial leaders and organizations from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the state of Florida - in addition to organizations worldwide which have an interest in expanding to the region.