meet the impact investing vanguard
Confluence Philanthropy's Annual Practitioners Gathering is a four-day conference where asset owners and their advisors meet at the cutting edge of mission-related investing. This Gathering represents the most advanced foundations, investment managers, and advisors in impact investing today. They are distinguished by a commitment to building the field through collaboration, innovation, and their investments. Join us for deep strategic thinking, critical discussion, sharing, and, most importantly, fun!
Featured Keynote Speakers
W. Kamau Bell
Comedian, Host, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell
Kevin de León
President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate
Lisa Mensah
President and CEO, Opportunity Finanace Network
Ai-jen Poo
Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ford Foundation Trustee, MacArthur Prize Winner
Highlights
Plenaries:
- Technology and Disruption: Considerations for Impact Investors
- Art, Culture, and Impact
- Visionary Voices: The Future of Mission Investing
- Practitioner's Institute: The Future of Work
Special Events
- Pre-Conference Intensive: Intro to Mission Related Investing
- Pre-Conference Learner's Institute
- Disruptive Fashion Party at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
FIELD TRIPS
Pre-Conference Explorations
- Exploring Oakland’s Cultural Hubs: Art, Tech and Entrepreneurship
- Clean Energy Bike Tour
- Disrupting Displacement: Affordable Housing in the Bay Area
- East Bay Tech Innovation Tour
- State of Emergency: Addressing the Homelessness Crisis in Oakland
Stay, Play, and Convene Near the Berkeley Marina
HIGHLIGHTS FROM
PREVIOUS PRACTITIONERS GATHERINGS
