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Learn how the impact community is catalyzing systems change through impact investing.

“Systems change is deeply personal. That’s where it starts. It’s about aligning ourselves throughout the system to optimize our disruptive, positive creative energies.” — Christiana Figueres, Global Optimism

The theme of SOCAP24, Going Deeper: Catalyzing Systems Change, emphasized that meaningful systemic change requires a collaborative, inclusive, and long-term approach that challenges current structures and prioritizes community well-being and environmental stewardship. 

The event brought together one of the largest communities of global impact leaders, practitioners, investors, and entrepreneurs who are committed to mobilizing capital to address our world’s most critical issues. 

Featuring more than 200 incredible speakers at more than 100 sessions, SOCAP24 offered a platform for powerful conversations on a range of topics — from empowering marginalized communities to regenerating food systems to AI’s role in impact. These speakers shared invaluable lessons in impact and examples of systemic change taking place around the world.

Here are some of the inspiring presentations and speakers from across our SOCAP24 tracks that you’ll hear from:

• “Disability Design – Uplifting Human Potential” with Regina Kline of Enable Ventures, Dimitri Kanevsky of Google, Darren Webb of Mindset Care
• “Systemic Change: Addressing Racism, Intergenerational Trauma, and Mental Health in Impact Investing” with Lori Rose Benson of Hip Hop Pubilc Health, Jimmie Briggs of Skoll Foundation, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Olajide Williams, Hip Hop Public Health
• “Harnessing AI for Social Impact: Practice, Promise, and Pitfalls” with Brigit Helms of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Irina Raicu of Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, Krutika Ravishankar of Farmers for Forest
• “Scaling Racial Equity and Climate Financing: The Opportunity of the MDI Sector” with Katie Macc of Sorenson Impact Institute, John Balbach of MacArthur Foundation, Edgar Romney of Amalgamated Bank, Christopher White of National Bankers Association Foundation
• “Catalytic Philanthropy: Innovations, Risks, and Real-World Impact” with Rodney Foxworth of Worthmore, Lara Metcalf of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Komal Sahu of AVPN, Morgan Simon of Candide Group
• “Investor Readiness for Indigenous Innovation: Disrupting the Green Finance Status Quo” with Aldo Soto of Amazonia Impact Ventures, Juan Carlos Jintiach of Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, Ramasubramanian Oruganti of Sequoia Samanvaya, Alexis Bunten of JumpScale