Event Schedule – Social Finance Forum 2023

1:00 PM
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5:00 pm

Day Zero - Virtual

Day Zero

Workshop

9:00 am
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10:00 am

Braindates Session 1

Meet the right people and learn from peers.

Introduction

10:00 am
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10:10 am

Welcome Day 1

Welcoming greetings from the organizers.

Multiracial office workers watching presentation webinar online video conference in boardroom multiethnic employees partners coworkers smiling listening lecture corporate studying company interview.

Plenary

10:15 am
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11:15 am

State of Social Finance in Canada

What have been note-worthy developments since Social Finance Forum 2019?

Debate

11:20 am
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12:15 pm

Re-imagine Power

Break

12:15 pm
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12:55 pm

Break

Break-out

1:00 pm
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1:50 pm

Track 1: Climate Finance – Session 1

Supported by: Genus Capital Management

Trends in Climate Finance

Break-out

1:00 pm
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1:50 pm

Track 2: Housing finance Session 1

Trends and developments in social purpose real estate.

discussion

1:00 pm
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1:50 pm

Track 3: Place-based investing – Session 1

Supported by: Ontario Trillium Foundation and Catalyst: Community Finance Initiative

Storytelling on the Spectrum of Community Finance Across Canada.

Break-out

1:00 pm
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1:50 pm

Track 4: Innovative Approaches to Financing Session 1

Supported by: DUCA Impact Labs

Innovative financing for a more equitable future.

Townhall

1:55 pm
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2:55 pm

Townhall

Supported by: The Sector Inc.

Government of Canada’s Social Finance Fund.

Talk

3:00 pm
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3:30 pm

Re-imagine Measurement

Lightning Talks.

Break

3:30 pm
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4:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm
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4:00 pm

Sector Showcase

Catalyst Community Finance Initiative: Place-based Funds

4:00 pm
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4:15 pm

Interview with the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development

Q&A on the Social Finance Fund

discussion

4:15 pm
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5:00 pm

Track 1: Climate finance – Session 2

Supported by: Genus Capital Management Trends in Climate Finance.

discussion

4:15 pm
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5:00 pm

Track 2: Housing finance – Session 2

Supported by: Tapestry Capital Case studies in social purpose real estate.

discussion

4:15 pm
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5:00 pm

Track 3: Place-based investing – Session 2

Supported by: Ontario Trillium Foundation and Catalyst: Community Finance Initiative

Imagining Community Finance Workshop.

discussion

4:15 pm
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5:00 pm

Track 4: Innovative approaches to financing Session 2

Supported by: DUCA Impact Labs

Trends and developments in Fintech.

Networking

5:00 pm
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6:00 pm

Braindates Session 2

Meet the right people and learn from peers.

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Workshop

9:00 am
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10:00 am

Braindates Session 3

Meet the right people and learn from peers.

Introduction

10:00 am
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10:10 am

Welcome Day 2

Performance

10:10 am
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10:30 am

Artistic Performance

Journalism

10:35 am
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11:35 am

Re-imagine Access

Panel

using smartphone cam and influencer led in cafe space

Live Journalism

10:35 am
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11:35 am

Live Journalism

Case Study: Fonds Ampli (en francais).

Break-out

11:40 am
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12:30 pm

Speakers to be announced

Track 5: Indigenous Finance – Session 1

Supported by: Definity Insurance Foundation and Raven Indigenous Capital Partners

Investing in Indigenous communities.

Break-out

11:40 am
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12:30 pm

Speakers to be announced

Track 6: Gender-lens investing Session 1

Supported by: FinDev Canada and Equality Fund

Gender lens investing: success stories and strategies

Break-out

11:40 am
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12:30 pm

Track 7: Corporate social finance Session 1

Supported by: Social Value Canada

Corporate social investment - capital deployment for impact within and beyond.

Break

12:30 pm
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12:55 pm

Break

12:30 pm
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12:55 pm

Sector Showcase

SVX Colombia / PAIIC Fund Accelerators Showcase

Talk Show

12:55 pm
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1:40 pm

Re-imagine Language

Supported by: Ontario Trillium Foundation

Talk show

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