academic agenda
september 11th
09:00am – 09:30am
Main Stage
Cultural intervention
09:30am – 10:00am
Main Stage
Opening
10:00am – 10:30am
Main Stage
Launch of the call for proposals to the Green Catalytic Fund
10:30am – 10:45am
Main Stage
Keynote Speaker
10:50am – 11:50am
Main Stage
Corporation and Innovation
Panoramic Stage
From beneficiaries to protagonists
Room 1
IDB Lab 2030 Ecosystem Co-creation (by invitation)
Room 2
What works in launching a Blended Finance deal in LAC?
Room 3
Elevating educational systems: systemic approaches to education
Room 4
Collaborations for an inclusive rurality, focuding in Colombia
Room 5
Challenges of access to water in Latin America and the Caribbean
Room 6
Innovative youth prosperity strategies
11:50AM – 12:30AM
COFFEE BREAK
12:30pm – 01:30pm
Main Stage
Evidence-based systemic change: how to use data to plan and evaluate systemic change strategies
Panoramic Stage
Uses and challenges of AI for impact
Room 1
Impact Investment: 4.0 New ways to generate conscious impact by cultivating the quality of our relationships in the investment ecosystem, both intra- and inter-organizationally
Room 2
Demographic change and the silver economy: A global megatrend that goes unnoticed and the impact opportunities it represents for the region
Room 3
How to make ESG reach SMEs?
Room 4
Community approaches to the bioeconomy
Room 5
Session 1: Exclusive session to high net-worth families (by invitation)
Room 6
Leadership and Democracy
1:30pm – 3:00pm
LUNCH
3:00pm – 3:50pm
Main Stage
Climate intersections
3:50pm – 4:10pm
Main Stage
STEM Fund Announcement
4:20pm – 5:50pm
Main Stage
Context of micro and small businesses in Latin America and contribution to economic development
Panoramic Stage
Solutions that help you mobilize more resources for impact
Room 2
Resilience in Action: Bridging the Finance Gap for Community-Led initiatives
Room 3
Sustainable value chains as a development and inclusion tool
Room 4
The role of impact-first investment in pipeline development
Room 5
Building bridges between foreign direct investment and impact investing
Room 6
How can investment mitigate the root causes of migration in LAC?
september 12th
09:00am – 09:15am
Main Stage
Cultural intervention
09:15am – 09:30am
Main Stage
Mexico and the development agenda
09:30am – 10:30am
Main Stage
Diverse voices in spaces of power
10:30am – 11:00am
Main Stage
Catalytic philanthropy
11:05am – 12:05am
Main Stage
The different roles of corporates: ESG, philanthropy, investment and innovation
Panoramic Stage
Exits in philanthropy: success stories in venture philanthropy
Room 1
Systems-Based Impact Financing: Three Steps to Expanding your Pipeline (by invitation)
Room 2
Open Consultation on Global Impact Reporting Norms
Room 3
Democratizing impact investing: how to reach small investors?
Room 4
Creating better economic trajectories for young Latin Americans
Room 5
Multi-stakeholder coordination to promote sustainable development
Room 6
Trusting the community: multi-stakeholder community development strategies
12:05PM – 12:35PM
COFFEE BREAK
12:35pm – 1:35pm
Main Stage
Impact Portfolios
Panoramic Stage
Why and how to invest in historically marginalized groups
Room 1
Art and Culture as an impulse of impact generation
Room 2
Value Chain Innovation for Social Impact in Latin America
Room 3
Payment for results: lessons learned from experiences in LAC
Room 4
Confidence when donating: a new way to contribute to social causes, based on the documentary Uncharitable
Room 5
Climate Adaptation (by invitation)
Room 6
Innovative strategies to develop impact ecosystems
1:35pm – 3:00pm
LUNCH
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Main Stage
Diversity in ESG beyond inclusive hiring
Panoramic Stage
Scale beyond digital
Room 1
Regulatory opportunities for innovative finance
Room 2
Shifting Perspectives: Can a systems change lens shift what we invest in, and how we measure?
Room 3
Beyond unicorns - investing in NGOs, community businesses and SMEs
Room 4
Opportunities to maximize impact in Central America and the Caribbean
Room 5
Session 2: Exclusive session to high net-worth families (by invitation)
4:05pm – 5:05pm
Main Stage
Gender activist investors: how funds can promote gender equity
Panoramic Stage
Gender activist investors: how funds can promote gender equity
Room 1
A systemic perspective to reduce inequalities in LAC
Room 2
Financial innovations for the success of migrants
Room 3
Risky philanthropy: how much risk does Latin American philanthropy take?
Room 4
The use of data to develop social innovation ecosystems
Room 5
Building better and stronger collaborations of public and philanthropic sectors for long term inclusive development (by invitation)
Room 6
Private banking and impact
5:15pm – 6:15pm
Main Stage
Perspectives for Impact Investing in Latin America
6:15pm – 6:30pm
Main Stage
Closing
activities
Panel
Inspirational Talks
Sharing Collective
Workshop
Round Table
Pitch
Cultural Intervention
Keynote Speaker
Field Visits
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES
SHARING COLLECTIVE
This format will enable small groups to meet and discuss a specific topic. The discussion will be facilitated using predefined questions, which will be shared with the participants. Participants will then have the opportunity to find common grounds and ideas for further collaboration.
WORKSHOPS
This format is designed to enable participants to learn new skills, tools and methodologies from peers and practitioners regarding non-financial support, innovative finance, investment readiness, supporting ecosystems, among other state-of-the-art topics in investing for impact.
TALKS
Talks are delivered without notes and is never behind a lectern. TED style presentations have minimal or even no slides. If slides are used they are often highly visual, the images are of exceptional quality with maybe only one or two words on each slide.
INVESTOR PITCHES
Where investors present funding opportunities to their peers. These could be specific deals, funds or investment platforms, for example.
Catalytic Capital Deal Share Session
Catalytic capital deals inherently involve resources from different sources and with different apetites for risk, return and impact. In this session catalytic capital deals will be shared by investors or structuring organizations seeking co-investors.