Event Name: Social Capital Markets 2010 (SOCAP10): At the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Event Date: October 4 – October 6, 2010

Event Location: Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California, USA

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Cost: USD 1195 for general attendees and USD 1395 for corporate registrants

Summary of Event:
The purpose of SOCAP10 is to discuss innovative ways to expand social capital markets and “bring socially responsible investing and the channeling of capital to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and grassroots business organizations into the mainstream.”

Background on Organizer:
Social Capital Markets brings together nonprofit and for-profit social entrepreneurs and those who invest in them. This conference will be a large forum for the coming together of these resources.

Event Themes and Discussion Topics:
-Where can private sector dollars work at venture start-up speed without being encumbered by government structures that have complex theories of change?
-How can funders co-invest, and what constraints there are around the capital, including expectations and desired impacts?
-How are NGOs and entrepreneurs working with the government to make their programs more effective?
-What channels are the government opening for private and public partnerships?

Who Is Invited to Attend: Open to the public.

Presenters will include:
Jacqueline Novogratz from the Acumen Fund
Matt Flannery from Kiva.org
Willy Foote from Root Capital
Jay Coen Gilbert from B Lab
Woody Tasch from Slow Money

Event Website: http://www.socialcapitalmarkets.net/index.php?/register-now.html

Online Registration Address: http://www.socialcapitalmarkets.net/index.php?/register-now.html

For additional information, you may contact: info@socialcapitalmarkets.net.
There is no phone number available.

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By Julia Korn, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources:

[1] SOCAP10. http://www.socialcapitalmarkets.net/

MicroCapital. “MICROFINANCE EVENT: SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009), 1-3 September 2009” by Sally Levy on July 29, 2009. http://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-socap09-social-capital-ma…

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