10.30

Main Stage Conversation

12.00

13.30

Accelerating Impact

NN Group

Driving social innovation while surviving the valley of death

How many coffees, ARR and impact indicators are needed to get support to grow your social enterprise? How to best support a social enterprise who is trying to survive the valley of death? How social should a social enterprise be during their scaling journey?

Join a lively discussion hosted by Sadik Harchaoui and inspirational entrepreneurs Arosha Brouwer (founder Quan) and Jamal Oulel (founder Socialdebt), and learn all about the do’s and don’ts when it comes to impact-first investments.

Social enterprises Quan and Socialdebt are the first two enterprises supported by the NN Social Innovation fund. A new fund by NN Group to champion the role of social enterprises in creating positive impact on themes around financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

• Sadik Harchaoui | Chef de Mission, Society Impact
• Jasmijn Besorak | Community Investment Programme Manager, NN Group
• Jamal Oulel | Founder, Socialdebt – fintech for good
• Arosha Brouwer | Co-founder & CEO, Quan – placing well-being at the heart of success

15.00

15.30

The Power of Patient Capital

Acumen

Join an interactive session focused on impact-first investing and driven by Acumen’s 20 years of experience. The session will provide fresh insights on the catalytic role of philanthropy and patient capital – crucial ideas for those seeking to put impact at the centre of their investments and use capital more creatively. We’ll gather feedback from participants about their approaches and end with real strategies everyone can take back to their organisations.

• Yasmina Zaidman | Chief Development and Partnerships Officer, Acumen
• Åsa Skogström Feldt | Managing Director, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship BV
• Mark Koppejan | Programme Manager Asia, Rabo Foundation
• Dr. Ilka Wicke | Global Head of Making More Health, Boehringer Ingelheim
• Anthony Virapin | WW Leader, Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact, Microsoft Corporation

Break

09.30

Main Stage: Impact Heroes Pitching

EIB Institute 

Meet a new class of heroes in this pitching session, featuring game-changing – and highly scalable – social enterprises. Alumni of the EIB Institute’s Scaling Impact Executive Programme will make their pitches; Europe’s social investors will get a chance to connect with them; and the smartest, most scalable ideas in the room will get the perfect space for discussion. Health, education, employment – you'll find innovative solutions for these thematic areas and more.

Pitches at a Glance

• SkillLab: An AI-driven app that identifies people’s employable skills, SkillLab empowers employment and career development.
• The Newsroom:  The Newsroom breaks filter bubbles in the news: it identifies areas of consensus, surfaces different perspectives around a topic, and links the news to direct action.
• EKUI: An innovative methodology for learning to read, write and communicate, focused on eliminating communication barriers and promoting equitable access.
• Magrid: An innovative learning methodology, Magrid reduces the barrier of language for maths education in multilingual school settings.
• Angiodroid (CO2 as Standard of Care): This innovative medical product addresses a leading cause of kidney failure through CO2 injection.
• ADVITOS: Maker of the world’s first multi-organ treatment method integrated in one device (ADVOS), with wide-ranging therapeutic applications.
• MIWA: Carbon-intensive packaging and waste pose a dark future for shopping. MIWA proposes a brighter one, making shopping experiences and supply chains greener through their unique solutions.
• PlasticFri ™: A 100% biodegradable, compostable and non-toxic biomaterial, PlasticFri ™ is a smart alternative to harmful and pollutive plastics.
• Dendra Systems: With data-driven forest management, Dendra enables NGO partners and local communities to use drones to reduce costs and time needed for tree planting.
• Lixea®: Waste wood, agricultural byproducts and sustainably grown biomass offer a far greener alternative to petrochemical products. Meet Lixea®, innovator of the Dendronic process.

• Luisa Ferreira | Head of Social Programme, EIB Institute
• Filipe Santos | Dean, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics

09.30

Revolving Impact Funds

Landscape Resilience Fund

An interactive panel exploring sustainable funding for the ‘missing middle' of innovative climate solutions that are too big for microfinance, but too risky for commercial banks. This discussion is for an audience interested in learning how revolving impact funds powered by grants can - without the constraints of providing financial returns to investors - take calculated risks and finance high-potential solutions that deliver impact for communities, conservation and commerce. Drawing on the panel's experience of setting up and managing impact funds, the event will address the benefits of revolving impact funds, such as the catalytic impact of philanthropy in mobilising commercial investment and cover some of the challenges, such as identifying investible solutions that deliver benefits for communities and biodiversity. 

• Chloe de Roos Feinberg | Business Manager to the CEO, Laudes Foundation
• Urs Dieterich| Managing Director, Landscape Resilience Fund
• Fabien Nizard | Head Corporate Finance & Investor Relations, Koa
• Peter Beez | Program Manager and Regional Thematic Advisor, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Break

11.30

Disruptive Finance for Impact

KOIS

There has never been as much capital available and invested in enterprises all over the world. There is also a clear shift towards financing impactful solutions for people and planet. And yet, one of the key obstacles for social entrepreneurs remains finding capital to finance the scale-up of their businesses or projects. The mismatch is evident, and the objective of this session will be to examine the two sides of the equation, looking closely at both the scaling challenges social entrepreneurs face and the challenges of investors and funders in finding investable projects. The session will begin by mapping both sets of challenges. Then, in part two, we'll identify potential financing solutions, drawing on learnings from a diverse panel of speakers. We aim at creating a constructive dialogue, helping to find solutions that reconcile both interests and bring capital to support and scale solutions.

• Serena Guarnaschelli | Partner, KOIS
• Benoit Renard | CEO, Triggerise
• Jorge Fernandes | Strategic Advisor, UN World Food Programme
• Francois Dauriat | Development Director, DUO for a JOB
• Jon Fairest,  Head of Global Health Unit, Sanofi

13.00