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  • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - 3 Days
    Saturday
    April 6
    2024

    WomenLift Health Global Conference

    Welcome to the forefront of advancing women’s leadership in global health and promoting gender equality! Anticipate a convening of a diverse multidisciplinary array of inspiring women, and men in global health at The WomenLift Health Global Conference 2024. The conference will take place from April 6 to April 8, 2024, at the Julius Nyerere International Conference Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  This convening is poised as one of the largest platforms dedicated to addressing the multifaceted challenges impeding women’s progress in leadership roles in global health.

    This in-person convening is positioned to build networks and leadership skills, mentor, inspire, empower and champion women leaders to catalyze global action to close the gender gap in health leadership.

    Brace yourself for dynamic discussions that will challenge the status quo, pushing the boundaries of conventional discourse to foster transformative change in global health through the lens of transformational and inclusive leadership.

    The 2024 conference serves as more than just an event; it’s a dynamic space for building robust networks, honing leadership skills, and fostering mentorship, coaching and training opportunities to inspire women leaders.

    For any inquiries about the conference, reach out to the WomenLift Health team at conference@womenlifthealth.org.

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  • New York, New York - 3 Days
    Monday
    April 8
    2024

    ESG and Sustainable Investments for Financial Institutions

    This GFMI conference will provide key insights into how to overcome significant challenges within ESG and navigate a tumultuous regulatory and political landscape. The conference will look at case studies of best-case investment strategies within ESG and evaluate the key opportunities for sustainable investing. Thought leaders will consider how to address various challenges with data quality and lack of standardization across the industry and evaluate how to ensure transparency to limit reputational damage from greenwashing and social washing. This conference will also exchange ideas on new, innovative factors within ESG, such as AI and biodiversity investing.

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  • NYC & Virtual - 1 Day
    Wednesday
    April 10
    2024

    3rd Annual Symposium on System-level Investing

    This gathering is co-hosted by TIIP, The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, and Principles for Responsible Investment and made possible by support from Domini Impact Investments, Orrick and the High Meadows Institute.

    **Space is limited for the in-person gathering. All interested in attending who cannot be accommodated in-person will be able to participate virtually.**

    More information about the event and a summary of the agenda are below:

    It’s time for a new way to think about investing, one that can contend with the complex risks we face today. Previously, investors could find ways to insulate their portfolios from certain global events. Today, even seemingly ‘local’ events can immediately and adversely affect all portfolios. The largest, most influential investors are recognizing this trend and considering the interconnection between environmental and societal systems under stress and adverse portfolio performance.

    Those same investors are adapting and adopting policies and practices that are additive to conventional investment scrutiny at the security and portfolio levels, helping them to confront global environmental and social systemic challenges in a way that makes financial sense. Adjusting to a changing world of risks, these asset owners and asset managers are charting the next, critical shift in the evolution of investment, what we call system-level investing.

    The 3rd Annual System-level Investing Symposium is an opportunity to bring together these key investors and influencers to continue to establish and refine a shared vision of system-level investing and stewardship; identify system-level investing examples; discuss opportunities, challenges, and breakthroughs needed; and to help the industry avoid working at cross-purposes.

    This hybrid event, with participants able to join either in-person or online, will include remarks from TIIP as well as feature other leaders at the forefront of the system-level investing movement. During the first part of the day, participants will hear from leading investors who are harnessing system-level investing to address the societal, financial, and environmental systemic challenges of today. In the afternoon, in-person attendees will be able to share their views with peers in a “Learning Lab” focused on key topics in system-level investing, including fiduciary duty, materiality, shareholder engagement, standard setting and more.

    Key research will also be released during the event, including a series of case studies on the first-mover investment teams that have acknowledged the importance of—and embraced the practices for—system-level investing. These investors, many of whom will be speaking at the event, are demonstrating where the field is headed and presenting a path forward for other investors to learn from their peers and to join them on the vanguard of this evolution.

    Summary Agenda (in-person and virtual, 9.00am-2.30pm ET):

    • Welcome
    • Presentation: System-level Investing Takes Flight
    • Panel: What Investors Look for in OCIOs and Investment Managers
    • Break
    • Rapid Fire Round: Data and Analysis – The Opportunities and Challenges
    • Panel: Meeting Client Demand
    • Luncheon and Fireside Chat: System-level Investing State of Play
    • Rapid Fire Round: How System-level Investing Meets Alpha and Beta Expectations
    • Presentation: Making the Fiduciary Case
    • Break and Virtual Meeting Ends

    (In-person only, 2:30pm – 4.30pm ET)

    Learning Lab: Implementing System-level Investing (Participants select one topic below)

    #1 – Strategy development and implementation
    #2 – Fiduciary Duty
    #3 – Data and Analysis
    #4 – Measurement and Reporting
    #5 – Standard Setting
    #6 – Materiality
    #7 – Industry Associations
    #8 – Stewardship
    #9 – US Policy
    #10 – Efforts addressing systemic social risks

    Closing

    Reception to follow for in-person attendees from 4:30-5:30pm ET

    Time: 9am – 5:30pm EDT

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  • InterContinental Hotel, Lusaka - 2 Days
    Thursday
    April 11
    2024

    Zambia Decentralized Renewable Energy Days

    The event will be an opportunity for the GRZ to share their renewed commitment to DRE electrification with the sector, launch the Presidential 1,000 Mini-grid Initiative and the Hardest to Reach Initiative as well as highlight key commitments from international donors to the energy access space. As part of their efforts SEforALL, AMDA, GOGLA, GDC and the Solar Industry Association of Zambia (SIAZ) are inviting the energy and development sector to Lusaka to create transformative connections and partnerships, engage in key initiatives and discuss how to overcome regulatory challenges and market barriers to achieve a common goal.
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  • ABU DHABI, UAE - 3 Days
    Tuesday
    April 23
    2024

    AVPN Global Conference 2024

    One Asia, One Future

    As AVPN counts down to the 11th edition of the Annual Global Conference, which will take place against the backdrop of a world in great flux, it is imperative that we provide the social investment community with the most extensive opportunity yet, to learn, connect, and unite in action for Asia.

    Join us for the first time in West Asia, in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 23 – 25 April 2024 in a gathering guided by the theme “One Asia, One Future”.

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  • Online and in-person at Prince de Galles Hotel, Douala, Cameroon - 2 Days
    Thursday
    April 25
    2024

    Digital Climate Advisory Services Training to Support Climate Resilience for Smallholder Agriculture in Central Africa

    The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), a joint initiative of the African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), will bring together key public and private sector change makers from Central Africa for a two-day training session on the effective implementation and scale up of digital climate advisory services (DCAS). The invited representatives include Bio Agro-Business SAS (BAB)(link is external) and GreenHouse Ventures(link is external) Limited of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon, respectively.

    The training will be delivered by FOKABS(link is external), a social enterprise that offers innovative technologies and advisory services for climate change mitigation, adaptation, finance, capacity building, and technology transfer in developed and developing countries. Participants will explore new knowledge, best practices and the latest innovations and approaches to promoting the adoption of digital climate advisory services in the region. The training will feature design and implementation of DCAS projects that reach the last mile and enable farmers to improve food security and climate resilience.

    Climate change, including flooding, drought and extreme weather, continues to impact traditional farming methods, making it harder for farmers worldwide to secure livelihoods. However, modern technology – from smartphones to satellites, drones and special sensors – and innovative digital tools are revolutionizing farming practices.  By providing accurate weather forecasts, recommendations for adapting to climate variations, and optimized crop management strategies, technology can play a key role in enhancing sustainable agriculture.

    Time: 8:00 – 16:30 (GMT+1) / 4:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST

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  • Denver, Colorado - 3 Days
    Wednesday
    May 1
    2024

    Industry Growth Forum

    A One-of-a-Kind Event in the Climate Tech and Cleantech Space
    In its 29th year, the Industry Growth Forum (IGF) is the premier event for climate tech and cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, and experts from industry and the public sector to build relationships, showcase innovative technologies, and identify disruptive business solutions.

    The IGF builds on decades of technical expertise and market analysis accumulated at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the nation’s only federal lab dedicated to renewable energy and energy efficiency research.

    We are strongly committed to our mission of connecting cutting-edge startups with motivated investors. These connections are critical to drive innovation to market for impact and we are dedicated to making that a reality.

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  • Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre in Maputo, Mozambique - 2 Days
    Thursday
    May 2
    2024

    MMEC 2024

    Partnerships for Prosperity: Unlocking Mozambique’s Resources to Advance National & Regional Economic Growth.

    The countdown has begun to the much anticipated 10th edition of Mozambique’s  Leading & Longest Running Natural Resource Event; where local, regional and global leaders connect. The 2024 Mozambique Mining and Energy Conference (MMEC) taking place from 2 to 3 May 2024 at the prestigious Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre in Maputo. Widely regarded as the premier business event for local, regional, and international stakeholders including government officials and senior representatives from the extractive and power generation industries, MMEC 2024 will focus on the theme “Partnerships for Prosperity: Unlocking Mozambique’s Resources to Advance National & Regional Economic Growth.” It is the perfect platform to engage with the government on its plans and vision for the sector, to access specific industry and project opportunities in the natural resources sector, and to cement business to business partnerships and investment deals with key decision makers.

    MMEC is planned and organized by AME Mocambique in association with Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) and it is supported by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME)

    MMEC’s highly successful 9th edition in 2023 was officially inaugurated by His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique other  international and regional stake holders such as His Excellency Eng. Mohamed Hamel, Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), Honourable Carlos J. Zacarias, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy of Mozambique, Honourable Ibrahim Matola, Minister of Energy of Malawi, Honourable Monica Chang’anamuno, Minister of Mining of Malawi, Honourable Magna Mudyiwa, Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development of Zimbabwe. The event saw over 520 delegates from more than 20 countries in attendance, consolidating its position as one of the largest national, regional, and global events uniting industry players. The 10th edition is set to scale even greater heights as a special commemorative edition recognising MMEC’s well over a decade’s contribution to the development of Mozambique and the region.

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