12 Real-World Examples of Systems Change in Action
Twelve SOCAP24 speakers share powerful, real-world examples of how to challenge the status quo and achieve meaningful systems change.
We're thrilled to invite you to SOCAP25!
Join us at SOCAP25 from October 27 to 29, 2025, in the heart of downtown San Francisco for one of the world’s largest convenings of the impact ecosystem. This event will bring together a global audience of funders and founders, plus people from philanthropy, government, education, media, finance, science, faith-based organizations, NGOs, creatives, nonprofits, community leaders, and others to power meaningful impact.
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Unlike any other conference in impact, SOCAP convenes the whole ecosystem to catalyze investable and profitable businesses and industries that can solve the greatest challenges of our time.
For more than 17 years, the SOCAP conference has been the flagship event and leading global convener in the impact economy, gathering more than 110,000 people since our first event and have representation from more than 60 countries in attendance.
In this video, hear from leaders at Microsoft, JPMorganChase, Prudential Financial, and the Siegel Family Foundation about what makes attending SOCAP valuable!
The theme, tracks, and sessions for SOCAP are designed for and with the SOCAP community. We design our agenda to meet the needs of our attendees and to help our sector drive forward progress and scale our global impact. Learn more about what we are planning for SOCAP25!
Each year, our event centers around a theme designed to move global impact forward. We are working to develop this coming year's theme and tracks!
Our sessions and programming are intentionally designed with and by the SOCAP community each year. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in-the-know!
We're working on our SOCAP25 agenda; review our SOCAP24 schedule to learn more about the mix of session formats that drive learning and direct connection!
At SOCAP, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives and collective wisdom to unlock capital for impact. SOCAP opens the door to people from all positions around the globe to participate on stage and advance their missions at our events and through our digital platform. Learn more about these opportunities!
SOCAP Open offers individuals and organizations the chance to showcase innovative ideas, delve into impactful solutions, and open conversations about pressing issues on the SOCAP stage through our annual crowd-sourced application process.
The SOCAP Fellowship offers selected social entrepreneurs unique access to SOCAP’s network and allows them to present their ventures at the event. It also offers organizations a unique partnership opportunity to bring cohorts of social entrepreneurs or funders to SOCAP25.
SOCAP provides partners with an unparalleled avenue to drive brand awareness, showcase thought leadership, and create networking opportunities with key influencers and decision-makers to help partners expand their reach and deepen their impact.
Twelve SOCAP24 speakers share powerful, real-world examples of how to challenge the status quo and achieve meaningful systems change.
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From October 28 to 20, 2024, one of the largest communities of global impact leaders, practitioners, investors, entrepreneurs, and more gathered in the heart of downtown San Francisco with one common goal: mobilizing capital to address our world’s most critical issues.
Brigit Helms of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship shares insights on the role and importance of SOCAP Global and it annual convening in the impact ecosystem.
"I really do believe that this is the right forum and the right people to achieve the vision that I've outlined here about creating a more entrepreneur centric ecosystem." — Brigit Helms
Jeff Cyr of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners shares insights on the role and importance of SOCAP Global and it annual convening in the impact ecosystem.
"That's the inspiring part, the constant ongoing learning, willingness to change, willingness to kind of push boundaries against a pretty colonial financial system that we're kind of stuck in the middle of and trying to rework as we go." — Jeff Cyr
Susie Lee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation shares insights on the role and importance of SOCAP Global and it annual convening in the impact ecosystem.
"There are a lot of capital gaps that exist. There's a lot of work that needs to be done to connect the dots, which is what we do here at SOCAP." — Susie Lee