Conferences and Events

SOCAP is one of the largest gatherings for social innovators globally. It is known more for the networking opportunity with 2000 social innovators under one roof and countless satellite parties. Browse the list of attendees and companies and you will discover some amazing people and projects .
October 6-9, 2015 | San Francisco

Aspen Ideas Festival is organized in partnership with The Atlantic magazine. It features high profile speakers including secretaries of state, corporate leaders, top creatives and writers.
June 25- July 04, 2015 | Aspen, Colorado

Global Health and Innovation Conference looks like a very specialized conference, but it features 300 speakers across 19 topics including Global Health, Design Thinking, Environment, Maternal and Child Health. Browse 2015 keynotes for such interesting titles as "What Condom Manufacturers Could Learn From Car Designers".
March 28- 29, 2015 | Yale University, New Haven

Also keep an eye on

Clinton Global Initiative
Multiple Events | New York

Independent Sector Conference
October 27-29, 2015 | Miami

Harvard Social Enterprise Conference
February 14-15 , 2015 | Harvard University, Boston

Global Philanthropy Forum

Grant Makers for Effective Organizations

International Conference on Family Planning

Net Impact an event for students and professionals.

Opportunity Collaborationhttp://www.opportunitycollaboration.net/

Poptechhttp://poptech.org/

Skoll World Forumhttp://skollworldforum.org/

Social Enterprise Alliance Summithttps://se-alliance.org/annual-summit

Social Impact Exchange Annual Conferencewww.socialimpactexchange.org

Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conferencehttp://www.connectionmiami.com/

The Intersectionhttp://intersectionevent.com/

The World Economic Forumhttp://www.weforum.org/en/events/AnnualMeeting2011/index.htm

Yale School of Management Philanthropy Conferencehttp://community.som.yale.edu/philanthropy/

SXSW

Clinton Global Initiative University

IIT Design Research Conference

Khemka Formum

Social Venture Partners Conferencehttp://www.socialventurepartners.org/events/conference/

Consultancies

IDEO.org was born out of a IDEO's commitment to bringing design to the development sector and applying it to poverty alleviation. IDEO.org is an independent non-profit consultancy based in San Francisco, and recently expanding to New York. I had the pleasure of being a design fellow in 2013-14.
Also see Design Kit | ACUMEN+ Course | Careers
San Francisco | New York

Design Impact Group is a new design consultancy that builds on the extensive network of Dalberg's 14 global offices. The principals Robert Fabricant and Ravi Chhatpar both come from leading design roles at Frog Design.
New York | London

Reboot Design, research, implementation, and evaluation.
New York

D-Rev D-Rev is a non-profit product development company that designs and delivers products to people living on less than $4 a day.
San Francisco