Social Finance Forum

• In-person event

Over the past 16 years, Canada’s Social Finance Forum has evolved from a place to theorize models of impact investing to a place where the structures of Canadian social finance were established, to their present — a robust ecosystem that includes government, asset owners, fund managers, corporates, philanthropy, venture incubators, social purpose organizations, practitioners, intermediaries and beneficiaries.

The 2024 summit will host a mix of talks, practical workshops, discussions, and peer learning on critical topics such as systemic investing, development finance, corporate venture investing, moving pension and retirement funds, impact measurement and evaluation, outcomes financing, gender-lens investing and more.

Detailed information on the summit can be found on the website.

Key 2024 questions to be addressed

• What are the top 5 trends in impact investing and social finance?
• What are the current needs of the Government of Canada’s Social Finance Fund?
• What are the social finance tools that can help diversify your funding sources?
• How can philanthropic organizations orient their endowments toward 100% impact?
• What are the latest developments in Indigenous finance?
• How can you increase investment into impact venture funds and impact ventures?
• How is the equitable flow of capital shifting to serve underserved communities?
• What are promising approaches in corporate impact investing?
• Who are the teams leading the way in gender-lens investing and what have they learned?

Why attend?

• Diversify your funding and address community needs. Boost your knowledge about social finance tools that are already making a difference.
• Learn how to shift capital equitably to make a bigger, more meaningful difference with your portfolio
• Discuss vital social finance and impact investing challenges with peers in small groups to gain practical knowledge
• Explore the latest developments in Indigenous finance, outcomes finance, gender-lens investing, place-based finance and corporate impact investing

Who should participate?
This summit will provide new insights and practical knowledge on how to shift capital for greater impact. Executives, leaders, managers and social purpose teams in government, corporate, philanthropic, investing, non-profit and academic sectors inclined to advance their exploration and strengthen their implementation of social finance and impact investing tools will find this summit beneficial. Teams will learn the latest developments in gender-lens investing, housing finance, climate finance, Indigenous finance, and more from leaders from across the country and beyond Canada. By rethinking how capital flows and where it’s invested, they will be better able to unleash capacity for new action, greater impact, and flourishing ventures and communities.