MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Trico Charitable Foundation to Host 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum, October 2-4, 2013, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Event Name: 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF)

Event Date: October 2-4, 2013

Event Location: Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Cost: Event registration costs CAD 595 (USD 584) before July 25, 2013, or CAD 695 (USD 682) after this date. Additional pricing options are available for opening ceremony, rodeo and receptions.

Event Summary: SEWF 2013 focuses on the challenges faced by social enterprises such as nonprofits, cooperatives and for-profit businesses intended to fulfill social missions. Event sessions will cover the following topics: social finance and impact investing, indigenous social enterprise, skill building, research and public policy, cross-sector collaboration and social innovation.

Background on Organizers: SEWF will be hosted by the Trico Charitable Foundation, a Canadian nonprofit that aims to promote social capacity building amongst social enterprises in Canada. As of 2013, the Trico Charitable Foundation has donated approximately CAD 2 million (USD 1.95 million) to various social enterprises in the country.

Trico is partnering on the event with the following Canadian NGOs: Social Enterprise Council of Canada, an alliance of 4,000 social enterprises; the Canadian Community Economic Development Network, a nonprofit organization; and the MaRS (Medical and Related Sciences) Discovery District, a charitable organization whose affiliates include Centre for Impact Investing, Social Innovation Generation and the Social Finance Forum.

Event Website: http://www.socialenterpriseworldforum.org/

For additional information, you may contact Daniel Overall, director of collaboration and innovation at Trico, via email at daniel.overall[at]tricofoundation.ca or by telephone at +1 403 228 6756.

By Jennifer Young, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources

Social Enterprise World Forum Press Release, “Registration for the 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum is Now Open!,” http://www.socialenterpriseworldforum.org/blog/2013/05/01/registration-for-the-2013-social-enterprise-world-forum-is-now-open/

Social Enterprise World Forum Website: http://www.socialenterpriseworldforum.org/

MicroCapital Story, March 26, 2013, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Trico Accepting Applications for 2013 Social Enterprise Awards worth $78k,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-trico-accepting-applications-for-2013-social-enterprise-awards-worth-78k/

MicroCapital Story, April 16, 2013, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Applications Open for Indian ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2013’,”
https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-trico-accepting-applications-for-2013-social-enterprise-awards-worth-78k/

MicroCapital Story, September 28, 2012, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: Fifth Annual Microcredit Conference, Calgary, Canada, October 13, 2012,”
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-fifth-annual-microcredit-conference-calgary-canada-october-13-2012/

MicroCapital Story, September 25, 2012, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: Columbia Business School to Organize Conference on Social Enterprise, New York City, October 5, 2012,”
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-columbia-business-school-to-organize-conference-on-social-enterprise-new-york-city-october-5-2012/

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