The Community Calendar

Upcoming events in regulated investment crowdfunding, impact investing, and social enterprise. These are the gatherings where this community meets. Updated weekly · Curated by The Super Crowd, Inc.

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September 2026

Sep16 to Nov 18

Your Guide to Australia’s Social Enterprise Certification

Social Traders · Virtual

This open webinar series helps social enterprises understand certification in Australia’s growing social procurement ecosystem. It is useful for founders, operators, buyers, and intermediaries who want clearer standards, stronger market access, and practical guidance for proving social-enterprise status to partners, governments, and values-aligned customers.

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October 2026

Oct7–8

NCBA’s 10th Annual Cooperative IMPACT Conference

NCBA CLUSA · Washington, DC

A national cross-sector conference for the cooperative movement, bringing together leaders, advocates, innovators, and policy voices. The 10th annual IMPACT gathering focuses on cooperative business models, community building, policy priorities, practical solutions, and an economy that works for everyone.

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Oct8–10

Hearth Summit Detroit 2026

Hearth Summit Detroit and collaborators · Detroit, MI

A 2.5-day regional Hearth Summit bringing together social entrepreneurs, educators, artists, funders, mental health practitioners, and other changemakers. Hosted at Kintsugi Village Detroit, it centers individual, collective, and ecological wellbeing, using art, healing, reflection, and community practice to support leaders working toward a more just society.

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Oct8

BLD Pacific Northwest 2026

B Local and On Purpose Oregon · Portland, OR

A B Corp Leadership Development event for the Pacific Northwest community, organized by local movement leaders to strengthen relationships and share practices for positive impact. It serves Certified B Corps, aspiring B Corps, and purpose-driven business people interested in stakeholder governance, collaboration, and regional economic systems change.

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Oct8–9

Just Future Summit 2026

The Greenlining Institute · San Francisco, CA

A two-day racial equity and power-building convening for advocates, community leaders, policymakers, equity practitioners, social entrepreneurs, philanthropy, and movement builders. The summit focuses on moving from conversation to constructing solutions across racial, economic, climate, and transformative community equity work.

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Oct10

Social Enterprise Workshop

Eden Theological Seminary Walker Leadership Institute · Virtual

An online workshop introducing social enterprise as a strategy for economic justice, community wealth-building, and sustainable change. Participants learn core principles of mission-driven business, explore models that balance revenue with social good, and gain practical tools for developing ventures accountable to people, purpose, and community.

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Oct11–15

SEWF Ecosystem Leadership Exchange

Social Enterprise World Forum and CSES · Seoul, South Korea

A five-day immersion for senior leaders in social policy, social finance, corporate procurement, CSR, and social enterprise. Limited to a small global cohort, it explores Korea’s social enterprise ecosystem through site visits, policymaker meetings, structured dialogue, and practical planning for ecosystem-building at home.

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Oct13–15

International Social Business Conference and Exhibition 2026

Albukhary International University · Alor Setar, Malaysia

A hybrid international conference on social business, inclusive economic models, and impact-driven enterprise. The program convenes scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and social entrepreneurs around Yunusian social business, circular economy approaches, women-led social enterprises, youth, education, climate action, and stories from the field.

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Oct13–15

Social Innovation Summit Learning Journey: Hawaii

Social Innovation Summit · Honolulu, HI

This immersive learning journey convenes a small delegation of impact executives in Honolulu to study Indigenous leadership, community development, youth opportunity, workforce development, economic mobility, and resilience. Site visits and conversations with local leaders help participants translate place-based social innovation into practical partnerships and strategies.

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Oct13–15

Aspen Ideas: Economy

Aspen Institute · Tulsa, OK

A three-day public forum in Tulsa connecting economic ideas to real places, local prosperity, ownership, opportunity, inclusion, and democracy. While broader than social enterprise alone, its tracks on capital, participation, enterprise, entrepreneurship, and place-based growth make it relevant for ecosystem builders working to design economies that benefit more communities.

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Oct15

Pan Africa Future Summit 2026

IoTeedom and US-Ghana Business Summit Team · Miami, FL

Pan Africa Future Summit gathers entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, academics, diaspora leaders, and technology innovators to explore how technology can drive social good and economic transformation. The Miami summit includes keynotes, panels, workshops, and investment pitch sessions focused on U.S.-Africa partnership, innovation, and sustainable development.

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Oct16

Social Enterprise El Salvador: Powering Central America’s Impact Economy

Buen Vivir Capital Institute · San Salvador, El Salvador

A full-day convening at the San Salvador Volcano for social entrepreneurs, funders, investors, and ecosystem leaders shaping Central America’s impact economy. The program explores impact capital, inclusive innovation, sustainability, philanthropy, and women’s entrepreneurship, ending with a sunset reception designed for relationship-building.

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Oct16

bigBANG! 2026 Social Innovation Conference

Social Venture Partners Dallas and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas · Dallas, TX

A Dallas social innovation conference where business leaders, nonprofit professionals, social entrepreneurs, and impact investors learn from local and national social impact leaders. The 2026 program emphasizes hard-earned lessons in pivots, governance, resilience, and the growing momentum of impact investing across Texas.

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Oct17

2026 New York Cooperative Summit

New York Cooperative Summit · Schenectady, NY

The New York Cooperative Summit is a statewide gathering for cooperative members, leaders, organizers, community institutions, funders, technical assistance providers, and allies. Its 2026 theme focuses on cultivating a statewide movement for economic democracy through practical workshops, shared strategy, relationship-building, and support for New York’s cooperative ecosystem.

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Oct19–21

Purpose Summit 2026

The Purpose Summit · Atlanta, GA

An annual gathering for purpose-focused organizations and leaders committed to using business as a force for good. The Atlanta summit convenes people working to transform workplaces, organizations, and communities through purpose, peer learning, collaboration, and sustained commitment to mission-driven leadership.

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Oct21–22

Catalyst Kitchens Southeast Regional Summit 2026

Catalyst Kitchens · Atlanta, GA

Catalyst Kitchens’ Southeast Regional Summit convenes teaching-kitchen social enterprises and nonprofit workforce programs. Hosted at Open Hand Atlanta, the event highlights foodservice job training, hunger relief, program design, employer partnerships, and peer learning for organizations using social enterprise models to create economic opportunity.

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Oct27–28

RE:Conference 2026

Neighborhood Partnerships · Portland, OR

RE:Conference is a biennial Oregon gathering for thought leaders, policy advocates, organizers, frontline staff, and community members working on economic justice, housing justice, racial justice, and community-driven solutions. It creates space for practical learning, imagination, and connection among people shaping more equitable local systems.

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Oct27–28

Greater Purpose Conference East

Greater Purpose · Toronto, ON

Greater Purpose Conference East is a fall gathering for leaders from business, nonprofit, and social enterprise. The two-day single-track program emphasizes fresh perspectives, practical leadership, and meaningful connection across sectors. It is useful for social enterprise practitioners who want a focused room for purpose-driven organizational growth, partnership, and community.

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November 2026

Nov2–6

OC2026

Opportunity Collaboration · Albufeira, Portugal

A four-night, three-day global unconference for social entrepreneurs, funders, nonprofits, impact investors, and systems-change leaders working to alleviate poverty and injustice. Opportunity Collaboration emphasizes small-group dialogue, leadership circles, office hours, relationship-building, and practical collaboration rather than panels or conventional stage programming.

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Nov5–6

Forward Summit 2026

Forward Summit · Amsterdam, Netherlands

The first Forward Summit gathers procurement leaders, underrepresented suppliers, business leaders, and social impact practitioners around inclusive procurement. Co-hosted by EGLCC, ESDP, and telos, it emphasizes practical connections, supplier perspectives, one-on-one meetings, and using purchasing power to open opportunity for more inclusive enterprises.

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Nov10

Q4 2026 B Academics Research Committee Meeting

B Academics · Virtual

A virtual B Academics community meeting for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners studying B Corps, benefit corporations, and business as a force for good. It supports knowledge-sharing across the purpose-driven business field and helps connect academic research with practical social enterprise movement needs.

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Nov19–20

Pan African Social Enterprise Summit 2026

Pan African Social Enterprise Summit · Kampala, Uganda

PSES 2026 brings social entrepreneurs, impact-driven startups, young innovators, investors, policymakers, development partners, and CSR leaders together to strengthen Africa’s social enterprise ecosystem. The two-day summit focuses on partnerships, sustainable transformation, social enterprise marketplaces, pitching, and the support structures needed to scale inclusive solutions.

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January 2027

Jan11

Upswell Forum

Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative · Boston, MA and Virtual

Upswell Forum is a no-fee Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative program for senior leaders of social enterprises and nonprofits serving Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Houston. It begins with in-person workshops on campus and continues with virtual sessions. The community would care because it supports growth-stage leaders working directly in communities of color.

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Jan11–13

USD Global Executive Seminar: San Diego Session

University of San Diego Executive Education · San Diego, CA

The opening San Diego session of USD’s Global Executive Seminar introduces social innovation and social entrepreneurship models through site visits, guest speakers, and applied learning. Participants examine B Corps, employee ownership, impact investment, microfinance, and nonprofit earned revenue. It serves leaders seeking practical exposure to enterprise models for social and community change.

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February 2027

Feb21

Social Enterprise Conference

Harvard Business School Social Impact Club · Cambridge, MA

Harvard’s Social Enterprise Conference is listed among upcoming HBS student club conferences for 2027. The annual student-run gathering typically serves students, practitioners, founders, funders, and public-sector leaders interested in social enterprise, social innovation, and business models that address social and environmental challenges.

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March 2027

Mar20

HER Impact Conference 2027

HER Impact Conference · Memphis, TN

HER Impact Conference is a community-focused event connecting women, teenage girls, entrepreneurs, businesses, and organizations to opportunities in business, education, career growth, mentorship, and networking. It is especially relevant for local ecosystem builders supporting women-led enterprise, youth opportunity, and practical pathways into impact-oriented work.

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April 2027

Apr6–9

Marmalade Festival 2027

The Old Fire Station, Oxford · Oxford, UK

Marmalade Festival runs alongside the Skoll World Forum and creates an open, community-oriented space for people working on systems change. It brings together local and global changemakers for workshops, screenings, networking, and discussions on people, power, place, climate, social justice, funding, impact measurement, and social innovation.

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Apr6–9

Skoll World Forum 2027

Skoll Foundation · Oxford, United Kingdom

The Skoll Foundation's annual gathering of social entrepreneurs, funders, and movement leaders in Oxford, with a virtual participation track. It spotlights proven social innovations and connects the people financing and building them. For readers working on community capital and social enterprise, it is one of the field's best places to meet global peers and prospective funders.

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Apr12–14

MO Summit 2027

Big Path Capital · Asheville, NC

A curated summit for CEOs of high-growth positive-impact companies using business as a force for good. Produced by Big Path Capital, the gathering blends content and deep networking for leaders building inclusive, regenerative, and sustainable businesses while connecting with peers, investors, and mission-aligned partners.

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Apr12–15

NCEO 2027 Annual Employee Ownership Conference

National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) · Pittsburgh, PA

The NCEO's 46th annual gathering brings together employee-owned companies, worker cooperatives, ESOP advisors and practitioners for four days of sessions on ownership culture, financing transitions and employee engagement. For anyone building broad-based ownership as a wealth-building strategy, it is the largest practitioner meeting of its kind in the United States.

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Apr26–28

ChangeNOW 2027

ChangeNOW · Paris, France

A large global gathering for solutions to social and environmental challenges, bringing together entrepreneurs, companies, investors, policymakers, media, and changemakers. The 2027 Paris summit offers exhibition, pitching, workshops, recruiting, and connections for impact solutions ready to scale through partnerships and capital.

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May 2027

May3–5

2027 Main Street Now Conference

Main Street America, Michigan Main Street, and Main Street Oakland County · Detroit, MI

Main Street Now is a national convening for local leaders, place professionals, civic partners, and experts working to strengthen the social, civic, and economic fabric of communities. The 2027 Detroit conference offers education sessions, mobile workshops, peer learning, and practical strategies for revitalizing local business districts and community economies.

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May4–6

SPRE Summit 2027

Community Spaces Network · Atlanta, GA

The Social Purpose Real Estate Summit convenes leaders developing, owning, and stewarding community-serving real estate. It is relevant to social enterprise and community capital practitioners because it focuses on nonprofit centers, social purpose spaces, community ownership, and real estate assets that support local impact.

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May11–12

Social Innovation Summit 2027

Social Innovation Summit · New York, NY

Social Innovation Summit gathers purpose-driven business leaders, funders, community stakeholders, impact entrepreneurs, and social impact practitioners. The flagship summit is designed for people scaling practical solutions, building cross-sector partnerships, and rethinking old models of enterprise, philanthropy, and civic impact.

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June 2027

Jun1–2

IILWG/Grunin Center Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing

NYU Grunin Center and Impact Investing Legal Working Group · New York, NY

A leading legal conference for the social entrepreneurship and impact investing fields. Co-organized by NYU’s Grunin Center and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, it gathers lawyers, students, investors, and practitioners to examine legal, ethical, and market issues affecting mission-driven ventures and impact capital.

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Jun28 to Jul 1

Points of Light Conference 2027

Points of Light · Long Beach, CA

The Points of Light Conference brings nonprofits, NGOs, corporate social impact teams, civic innovators, and service leaders together for learning and connection. While broader than social enterprise alone, it serves organizations building community impact, volunteer infrastructure, employee engagement, and partnerships that help mission-driven work reach more people.

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July 2027

Jul12–15

Aspen Institute Business & Society Summit 2027

Aspen Institute Business & Society Program · Aspen, CO

The Aspen Business & Society Summit is an invitation-only gathering of corporate leaders, long-term investors, governance experts, academics, NGOs, and advisors. It examines business leadership, sustainability, social impact, and trust, serving leaders who want companies and capital to align more closely with long-term societal wellbeing.

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August 2027

Aug18

Harlem Book Fair

New York
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