The SOCAP Open Voting Period Is Live! Vote for the Sessions You Most Want to See at SOCAP26.

SOCAP Open

Community Voting Is Now Live!

For over a decade, SOCAP Open has helped shape the agenda of SOCAP Global’s flagship event—inviting innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and changemakers to define the conversations that matter most. As global challenges intensify, the need for practical, solution-driven collaboration has never been greater.

In 2026, SOCAP Open is designed to move beyond problem awareness and into collective action. We are calling on leaders who are actively ideating, testing, and/or implementing solutions—and who are ready to share tools, frameworks, and lessons the community can apply immediately.

Selected sessions will be integrated across SOCAP26’s content tracks, amplifying underrepresented voices and spotlighting organizations creating impact on the ground. During the voting period, we invite the community to cast votes on the sessions they think are most critical to be held at SOCAP26. The voting period closes on May 6.

SOCAP Open Selection Process Timeline

Please visit our SOCAP Open Guidelines and watch the recording of our webinar, Guide to SOCAP Open 2026, for more details on the selection process.

If you want to secure content at SOCAP26, a partnership might be right for you. Contact our Executive Director of Partnerships, Tova Lobatz, here to learn more.

Explore the session proposals submitted for SOCAP26!

Click on a session below to read a full description and cast your vote.

Submitter: Kirsten Andersen

Track: Climate Capital

Speakers: Kirsten Andersen, Director, Research - Center for Sustainable Finance & Private Wealth (CSP), Hibah Khan, Researcher at the Owning Impact Project and Co-Founder of MIT Systemic Investing for Social Change Working Group  - MIT Sloan, Fumi Sugeno, Head of SIIF Global - Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF)

Format: The Collaborative Forum ((Up to 3 Facilitators/Speakers))

Submitter: Kelsey Overby

Track: The Value of Culture & Place

Speakers: Howard Levine, Managing Partner and Co-Founder - Second Horizon Capital, Lyneir Richardson, CEO - Chicago TREND

Format: The Collaborative Forum ((Up to 3 Facilitators/Speakers))

Submitter: Dalton Sirmans

Track: Pathways to Shared Prosperity

Speakers: Dalton Sirmans, Founder, Author - Sirmans Global Impact Foundation, Isak Nti Asare,, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs; Co-Director, Cybersecurity and Global Policy Program - Indiana University, David John Wild, Crisis Informatics Track Director; Director, Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab (CTIL); Director, Integrative Data Science Lab (IDSL) - Indiana University

Format: Skills Lab (Up to 3 Facilitators/Speakers)

Submitter: Nelli Garton

Track: Pathways to Shared Prosperity

Speakers: Nelli Garton, Co-Founder & CEO - Tablecloth.io, Patricia Márquez, Professor of Management and Social Innovation; former Dean of the Kroc School of Peace Studies - University of San Diego

Format: Skills Lab (Up to 3 Facilitators/Speakers)

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