NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Over 3 days, hundreds of innovators will converge to share cutting-edge strategies and thought leadership on earning the trust of customers, employees, and communities.

In an era focused on transparency, expectations around trust are changing – and that has big implications for your business. Join us in Scottsdale for a timely conversation about trust, technology, and what it all means for consumer financial health.

• Stay ahead of the curve. Turn the trust imperative into a competitive advantage. Through expert insights, research, and policy updates, EMERGE helps you develop innovative practices that support your stakeholders and your brand.
• Unparalleled networking. With hundreds of attendees from influential organizations, EMERGE is the perfect place to meet partners or investors who share your commitment to financial health.
• Go home inspired. Set against Scottsdale’s stunning mountain backdrop, this year’s conference offers opportunities to connect with colleagues, reflect on what you’ve learned, and go home ready to drive meaningful change.

The Collective Impact Forum, an initiative of FSG and the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, invites you to attend the field’s premier annual collective impact convening on May 14-16, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. The 2019 Collective Impact Convening builds on the success of the 2018 convening in Austin that sold out in advance and attracted more than 700 funders, backbone leaders, and other collective impact community partners.

VivaTech is the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders to celebrate innovation. It’s a gathering of the world’s brightest minds, talents, and products taking place in Paris on 16–18 May 2019.

From top speakers and exhibitions to open innovation and live experiences, VivaTech is a celebration of today’s innovations and tomorrow’s possibilities for everyone who believes in the power of technology to transform business and society.

Step-by-step interactive training on how to write a winning grant proposal and improve your chances of funding success. Take advantage of our post-training support and let our expert review your proposal before you submit it to potential donors. Sign up now!

Learn how to write winning grant proposals in just 2 days!

8 key skills you will learn:

• Understand what type of donors will be interested in your project and how to approach them in a professional manner.
• Learn howproposal evaluators will read your proposaland how to address donors’ requirements and expectations.
• Define the strategies and appropriate methodology for development of your grant proposal and apply the suitable proposal style.
• Learn how to use a logical framework to structure your proposal and how to build an evaluation plan.
• Learn how to create a project needs analysis and adequate solution within your project idea.
• Find out how to incorporate a cost analysis properly and master the art of preparing accurate and realistic budgets.
• Improve your writing skills and learn how to proofread and edit effectively.
• Learn how to assemble a proposal package for submission and how to manage post-award or rejection communication with funders.

The training is delivered by an expert in European and International Politics. Penelopi has been working with nonprofit, community-based and civil society organisations in international development projects and programmes. She has been providing training, including grant proposal writing training, and technical assistance in EC funded projects over the last 16 years,

Her professional experience covers implementation and management of technical assistance projects for major international donors (EU, World Bank, UNDP), with  a solid track record as a grant expert, collaborating with donors and program directors to pair program needs with appropriate funding sources, overseeing grant proposal writing, contracts, and award phases of grants and endowments and managing projects’ spending, reports and invoicing.

A reprise of the successful 2018 gathering, the founders of SOCAP and Impact Hub SF are coming together to join a wide array of leaders for a conference on the seed stage funding and acceleration ecosystem, for a deep dive into what’s working and what’s next; locally, regionally and around the world. Seed stage impact investing and entrepreneurship tends to live in silos across technology, financial inclusion, housing, consumer goods, health, cryptocurrencies, agriculture and food systems …and in geographic regions. We will break down the industry and geographic boundaries that tend to compartmentalize our selective and collective efforts.

This deep practitioner convening will allow for the exchange of winning strategies, and sharing of near and long-term development plans. Together, we will discuss gaps and opportunities in the sector, and push forward actionable concepts to evolve and augment the ecosystem that supports seed stage ventures.

A reprise of the successful 2018 gathering, the founders of SOCAP and Impact Hub SF are coming together to join a wide array of leaders for a conference on the seed stage funding and acceleration ecosystem, for a deep dive into what’s working and what’s next; locally, regionally and around the world. Seed stage impact investing and entrepreneurship tends to live in silos across technology, financial inclusion, housing, consumer goods, health, cryptocurrencies, agriculture and food systems …and in geographic regions. We will break down the industry and geographic boundaries that tend to compartmentalize our selective and collective efforts.

This deep practitioner convening will allow for the exchange of winning strategies, and sharing of near and long-term development plans. Together, we will discuss gaps and opportunities in the sector, and push forward actionable concepts to evolve and augment the ecosystem that supports seed stage ventures.

This our 15th annual Cleantech Forum Europe, the annual gathering of the European innovation community. Founded in 2002, the mission of Cleantech Group (CTG) is to accelerate sustainable innovation. Our subscriptions, events and programs are all designed to help corporates, investors, and all players in the innovation ecosystem discover and connect with the key companies, trends, and people in the market. Our coverage is global, spans the entire clean technology theme and is relevant to the future of all industries.

The inaugural Forbes Opportunity Zones Summit: Investing for Impact will convene visionary investors and leaders in government, finance, real estate, economic development, and philanthropy to explore and accelerate the implementation of OZ best practices and strategies to unlock transformative economic potential and create lasting change in America’s overlooked communities.

Focused on investing for impact, the Forbes OZ Summit is the definitive, independent, high-integrity conference for core stakeholders to meet, learn, strategize and build. Along with our Policy Partner, the Economic Innovation Group (EIG), led by Co-Founder and Chairman, Sean Parker, and Co-Founder and CEO, John Lettieri, the Forbes Opportunity Zones Summit will engage attendees through immersive panels, dynamic round tables, deep-dive workshops, and networking opportunities focused on the challenges and limitless potential of Opportunity Zones.

The stakes have never been higher—and neither has the transformative potential.