Event agenda

Pitch Perfect: Elevate Your Stage Presence & Presentation Skills

The Future of Impact Funds: Innovations & Lessons from the Field

20 Years of Impact - Hub Global Partners

Masterclass: Leading Through Uncertainty

Explore how to lead with agility and trust in disruptive times—shifting from individual leadership to adaptive, collective models that foster innovation and resilience under uncertainty.

(Start-up Pitches) Build for Better - greener by design

Where Sustainable Product Ideas Take the Stage

From Lab to Scale: Unlocking Pathways for Scalable Impact

Impact Cities: Building Thriving Ecosystems for Innovation & Sustainability

Lost Youth? Mobilizing a Generation on the Edge

Disillusioned youth are turning to divisive narratives—but what if we could channel their energy into impact? Disillusioned youth are turning to divisive narratives—but what if we could channel their energy into impact?

Rethinking Value: Monetizing Impact at a Macro Level

Sustainability must become the world’s most valuable asset class. This session explores radical financial models that make impact profitable—and inaction the greatest risk of all.

The Health Revolution: AI, Innovation & Cross-Sector Action

(Start-up Pitches) Every mind matters

From barriers to bridges in education and inclusivity

Financing the Future: Innovative Instruments for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Discover how innovative tools like quasi-equity, basket bonds, and blended finance are reshaping access to capital for entrepreneurs and scaling impact across the innovation ecosystem.

Health on the Move: How Mobility Can Transform Urban Wellbeing

How can mobility drive better public health in fast-growing cities? This session explores active transport, urban design, and innovative solutions that make cities healthier, more livable, and more resilient.

Rebuilding Trust in the Age of Noise: Misinformation, Algorithms, and the Future of Credibility

As algorithms shape what we see, this session explores how social media distorts trust—and how to rebuild it through credible platforms, journalism, and investment in information integrity.

Why Regenerative Agriculture is the Next Big Bet

Regenerative agriculture is shifting from niche to necessity. This session explores how investment, policy, and innovation can scale climate-positive farming into a major force for sustainability and profit.

(Start-up Pitching) The Uncluttered city

Solutions for Less Traffic, Less Waste, More Space

Catalysts for Change: Partnering for Sustainable Development in the Global South

Explore how strategic partnerships foster scalable, sustainable impact in the Global South—featuring real stories from ADA’s Business Partnership Program and visionary private sector partners.

Health in Our Hands: Prevention as a Community Effort

Investing in Nature: Unlocking Capital for a Regenerative Economy

With biodiversity loss posing material risks to economies and supply chains, this session explores how investors are redefining nature as an asset class — from innovative financing models to scaling solutions for protecting and restoring NC.

The Rise of Political Tech: Power, Platforms & Participation

Political Tech is reshaping how parties and movements organise, campaign, and engage. This session explores the emerging ecosystem, key players, and where the next wave of innovation is heading.

The State of Social Impact: A Global Perspective

(Start-up Pitching) Room for the wild

Alternatives to practices that push nature out

Europe's Balancing Act: Security, Competitiveness & the Future of Sustainability

As defense spending rises and economic uncertainty grows, can Europe sustain its leadership in sustainability? This session explores the tension between security, competitiveness, and responsible investment.

From Recession to Resilience: Social Innovation as Economically Viable Ways Out of Our Crises

Social innovations in Austria foster economic resilience through sustainable models and crisis response—calling for stronger support from policy, academia, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Investing for Systems Change: The Rise of Systemic Strategies in Venture Capital

Explore how science-based, systems-driven investing is shifting venture capital—from isolated bets to portfolios designed for large-scale, long-term impact and systemic transformation.

Unlocking the Power of Africa’s Agritech Innovation

(Start-up Pitching) - Innovating for Food Security: The Kofi Annan Award Winners

Blended Finance in Practice: Making Capital Work for Innovation

Driving Biodiversity Through Collaboration – Shaping a Nature-Positive Future Together

Biodiversity is a driver of innovation and resilience. This session unites public, private, and civic actors to explore how ecosystems thinking can shape a future-ready, nature-positive economy.

Embedding ESG and Impact into Financial Instruments: Progress, Gaps & What’s Next

From funds to banks and corporates, this session explores how ESG and impact are being embedded into financial instruments — what’s needed next to ensure credibility, alignment, and scale.

Inner Work for Outer Change: Leadership, Resilience & Wellbeing in Uncertain Times

Power Moves: Investing in the Future of Energy

Geopolitics, market shifts, and climate urgency are redefining energy investment. This session explores where capital is flowing, how to scale innovations, and the business models driving the transition.

From physical risk to strategic resilience: navigating the intersection of climate, nature, and energy

Climate disruption is no longer an abstract threat — it's a strategic reality. This panel explores how leading investors and institutions are navigating the convergence of climate, nature, and energy risks to build real-world resilience.

(Start-up Pitching) Redefine Tomorrow

Adapting Through Innovation: Food Systems for a Changing Climate

Explore how food innovation and climate adaptation intersect—highlighting investment opportunities that support resilient, scalable solutions for a future-ready global food system.

Impact Investment for journalism Subtitle: How News Organizations and Impact Funds need to come together

Rebuilding with Resilience: Entrepreneurship in Post-Conflict and Fragile Environments