2012 Impact Conference - Miami

Date: 
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 8:30am - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 5:00am

Are you looking to make an impact with your mission? Need funding by conscious investors? Ideas? Know how?

The 2012 Impact Conference - Miami, now part of Sustainatopia, will be held this month focusing on:

  • Capital
  • Knowledge
  • Networks
  • Social Entrepreneurs
  • Social Business Intermediaries and Accelerators
  • Diaspora
  • Best Practices
  • Metrics

Learn more at The Impact Conference - 2012

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2012 Agenda- Day One

PRE- CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

Thursday, April 19th- Sunday, April 22nd

See SUSTAINATOPIA (www.sustainatopia.com)

CONFERENCE OPENING

12:30 PM- 1:15 PM: CONFERENCE OPENING

OPENING REMARKS: JOHN ROSSER, SUSTAINATOPIA & THE IMPACT CONFERENCE
INTRODUCTION TO IMPACT & OUR OCEANS CONFERENCE (w/PARTNERS VIRGIN OCEANIC & TRITON SUBMARINE)
OPENING KEYNOTE: JEAN-PHILIPPE DE SCHREVEL, BLUE ORCHARD

1:15PM- 2:15PM:

How to Maximize Financial Returns from Impact Investments

MODERATOR: LAUREN BURNHILL,
SPEAKERS: CHRISTIAN NOVAK, TBC Capital, DELILAH ROTHENBERG, Development Capital Strategies, JOCELYN CORTEZ- YOUNG, Minerva Capital Management
Media2Movements (discussion on how Media fosters Movements)

MODERATOR/SPEAKER: DAVID ADAMS, Thomson Reuters
SPEAKERS: JASON RZEPKA, MTV, NICHOLAS IBARGUEN, PODER
Made By Survivors: Exploring Issues of Human Slavery + Work

SPEAKERS: DR. ELIZABETH GOLDBERG, Babson, JOHN BERGER, Made by Survivors, DR. LILI HERMAN, Rhode Island School of Design
Impact & Our Oceans (panel to be announced)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com

2:15PM- 3:15PM

Exploring Food Substitutes

SPEAKER/MODERATOR: NICHOLAS IBARGUEN, Poder, SPEAKER: ANGELICA FUENTES, Grupo OmniLife
Global Trends in Green Finance

MODERATOR: DR. THOMAS KRABEC, University of Prague, JENNY MAY, Planet Verde Capital, SEAN O’HANLON, American Biofuels Council
Impact & Our Oceans (panel to be announced)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com

3:15PM- 3:45PM Networking Session

3:45PM- 4:45PM Evaluating Entrepreneurs; Practicing the Pitch

Moderator: HOWARD J. FINKELSTEIN, Law Offices, JAMIE ROSENBERG, KLEO, JONATHAN MARCOSCHAMER, Ecoist, BEN SANDZER, CO2 Bambu, MARIA RODRIGUEZ, ByoEarth.
Inspiration and Vision: How Design actually works

Moderator/Speaker: JOCELYN WYATT, IDEO, BJARKE INGELS, BIG, BERNARDO RODRIGUES, Architect, ANKE DOMASKE, Mademoiselle Chi Chi
Impact & Our Oceans (panel to be announced)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com

5:00PM- 6:00PM

Impact Investments in the Latin America: A Pan-Regional Discussion

Moderator: JASON SPINDLER, I Dev International
Speakers: DANIEL IZZO, Vox Capital, ALEX ROSSI, Latin Idea Ventures, RYAN KLINGHOFFER, PMD Capital, SERGE ELKINGER, Yellow Pepper
Gender Lens Investing

Moderator/Speaker: LIZ HAMBURG, Chair of NY Board of Women’s Initiative
Speakers: BETHANN KASSMAN, Go Beyond Networks, DIANA AYTON- SCHENKER, Fast Forward Fund, KATHLEEN FELIX, Fonkoze
Investing By Diaspora

Johnny Celestin, Haiti Fund For Innovation + Other Speakers to be announced
Impact & Our Oceans (panel to be announced)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com

6:15PM- 7:45PM

VIP NETWORKING at the Jackie Gleason Theater
7:45PM- 10:15PM

SUSTAINATOPIA HONORS 2012 at the Jackie Gleason Theater

** END OF DAY 1 **

2012 Agenda- Day Two

TUESDAY, APRIL 24th

8:15 AM- 10:15 AM:

(Lincoln Road) BREAKFAST MEETING FOR FUND MANAGERS ONLY
9:30AM- 10:30AM:

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

SPEAKERS: CANDACE CHANDRA, Thula Capital, BARTLOJMIEJ JAN SKORUPA, GroundWork Opportunities, DR. KALA VAIRAVAMOORTHY, Patel School of Global Sustainability, USF
MICROFINANCE 2.0

SPEAKERS: RICHARD GREENBERG, OPIC, HOWARD J. FINKELSTEIN, RUPERT SCOFIELD, FINCA
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 1- TBA)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com

10:45AM- 11:45AM:

Leaf Solar Power: AN INTRODUCTION with KEVIN BOYLE, CEO
Fixing the Pipe (EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES) SPEAKERS: CAROL TAPPENDEN, Nexii, JOHN KOHLER, Red Leaf Ventures, LAUREN BURNHILL
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 2- TBA)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com

12:00PM- 1:00 PM

Creating Hybrid Capital Matching, Public Good with Private Capital

MODERATOR: ERIN MOTE, Verban Group, SPEAKERS: ROB LALKA, Global Partnerships Forum, MICHAEL COX, The Hub, MARK NEWBERG
Understanding the Base of Pyramid (Challenges and Opportunities)

SPEAKERS: MELANIE EDWARDS, MobileMetrix, JOHANNA POSADA, Elevar Equity
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 3- TBA)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com

1:00PM- 2:45PM Lunch on Lincoln Road

2:15PM- 3:15PM SANITATION & WATER SOLUTIONS

SPEAKERS: CHRIS LINDSTROM, CompostEra, MADELEINE LANSKY, Profound Sustainability, JOCELYN WYATT, IDEO
2:45PM – 3:45PM

Transforming Global Issue Dialogue Through Media

MODERATOR: ERIN MOTE, Verban Group, SPEAKERS: ABBEY DISNEY, Filmmaker (invited), MARO CHERMAYEFF, Filmmaker (invited), TAMARA GOULD (invited), MAYAR PATEL, Knight Foundation (invited)
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 4- TBA)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com
3:45 PM- 4:45 PM

Envisioning Alternatives in Social Investing

SPEAKERS: PAM LONGOBARDI, Surfrider (Artist-in-Residence), BARBARA de VRIES, Artist & CYNTHIA LA GROU, Campathos Foundation

Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 5- TBA)
Global Urban Sustainability Forum (to be announced)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com
5:00 PM- 6:00PM

Panel on Impact Investing (curated by Lauren Burnhil- TBA)
Global Urban Sustainability Forum (to be announced)
Discussion of cooperation between US COMMERCE DEPARTMENT & APEX, the government of Brazil
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 6- TBA)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com
6:00 PM- 7:00 PM

SPECIAL INTRODUCTION: The launch of Earth- NT, with JYL DEHAVEN, CEO & MITCHELL FINE, CFO

KEYNOTE: Open Source Capitalism, with DAN SCHMITT & ANGELA O’CONNOR

7:00 PM- 9:00 PM

Reception at Miami Beach Botanical Gardens

+ Film ‘One Beach’ with discussion with artists Barbara de Vries & Pam Longobardi

2012 Agenda- Day Three

Wednesday, April 25

9:30-10:30

Global Urban Sustainability: Applying Leadership for Regeneration, SPEAKERS: DR. JOHN HARDMAN, FAU, NATHAN BURRELL, the Honey Project, and MARCELL HAYWOOD, Dirt Pros
Impact investing within green (curated by Lauren Burnhill)
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 7)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com
10:45- 11:45

A Fair Discussion of Fair Trade: SPEAKERS: MIRIAM RODRIGUEZ, AIM, SARAH ENDLINE, Sweetriot, PATRICK STRUEBI, Fairtrasa
Global Urban Sustainability: TBA
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com
11:30pm – 12:30pm

Identifying Assets, Developing Income Streams for non-profits (curated by FANO)
Outling Corporate Sustainability Efforts, LEISHA JOHN, Ernst & Young
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 9)
Sustainable Haiti Conference (1st floor)- see www.haiticonference.com
12:30pm- 2:15pm

LUNCH on LINCOLN ROAD

2:15PM- 4:30PM OPEN SPACE, led by John Engle

2:15PM- 3:15PM

Focus on Colombia, SPEAKERS: DANIELLA LEVINE, Catalyst and FAVACA
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 10)
3:30PM- 4:30PM

Continuation of Open Space with John Engle
Foro Latam Emprendimiento y Desarrollo Sustentable (Session 11)
** End of Conference **


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