Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Conferences for Good



Here's a quick-and-dirty list of some of the top social innovation conferences and conversations taking place this summer through December 2010.

This list is long but not complete; please share any important events that we may have overlooked.

An updated list of events will be issued in August.

Cause Marketing Forum - June 2 and 3 in Chicago

Global Youth Rework the World Summit - June 2-5 in Leksand, Sweden

Personal Democracy Forum - June 3 and 4 in NYC

Journalism That Matters - June 3-6 in Detroit

TEDxRotterdam - June 4 in Rotterdam

Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business - June 6 in NYC

Conference on Innovation Journalism - June 7-1 Palo Alto, CA

Rewire London - June 8 in London

Mashable Media Summit - June 8 in NYC

The 4th Annual Climate Change Summit 2010 - June 8 and 9 in London

Women Deliver Global Conference - June 7-9 in Washington, DC

New Media Consortium - June 9-12 in Anaheim, CA

ReadWriteWeb's Real-Time Web Summit - June 11 in NYC

Mobile Tech for Social Entrepreneurs - June 12 in London

Scaling Social Impact Conference - June 17 and 18 in NYC

Allied Media Conference - June 18-20 in Detroit

TEDxTasmania - June 18 in Launceston, Tasmania

TEDxStockholm - June 19 in Stockholm

TEDxPerth - June 21 in Perth

NetSquared Camp Portland - June 25 in Portland, Oregon

NCTech4Good Conference - June 25 in Chapel Hill, NC

Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference - June 25 in Washington, DC

TEDxMadrid - June 26 in Madrid, Spain

iSociety International Conference - June 28-30 in London

National Conference on Volunteering and Service - June 28-30 in NYC

Cloud Computing and Enterprise 2.0 World Forum - June 29-July 1 in London

Aspen Ideas Festival - July 5-11 in Aspen, CO

International Development Design Summit - July 7 in Fort Collins, CO

TEDxAbuja - July 10 in Abuja, Nigeria

TEDGlobal "And Now the Good News" Conference- July 12-16 in Oxford, UK

Cosi10: Alternative Currencies in Social Entrepreneurship - July 16-18 in Brussels

Cosi10: Change Your City Denver - July 16-18 in Denver

Cosi10: Social Innovation Online - July 16-18 in Shanghai

Netroots Nation - July 22-25 in Las Vegas

TEDxBoston - July 29 in Boston

TEDxBoulder - August 7 in Boulder

Big South Social Media Summit - August 13 in Nashville, TN

Second Life Community Convention - August 13-15 in Boston

Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp - August 14 in Berkeley, CA

Cosi10: Strategies to Foster Innovation - August 20-22 in Chicago

Cosi10: Social Enterprise in the Developing World - August 20-22 in Delhi, India

Philanthropy Australia Conference 2010 - August 31-September 1 in Melbourne

Gov2.0 Summit - September 7 and 8 in Washington, DC

CSR Asia Summit - September 14 and 15 in Hong Kong

Clinton Global Initiative - September 21-24 in NYC

CUSP Conference - September 22 and 23 in Chicago

Paris 2.0 - September 22-25 in Paris

Web of Change Conference - September 22-26 in Hollyhock, Cortes Island, British Columbia

TEDxAuckland - September 26 in Auckland, NZ

Mobile Giving Conference - September 27 and 28 in Malibu, Los Angeles

The IdeaFestival - September 29-October 2 in Louisville, KY

GoingGreen West - September in Sausalito, CA

Open Video Conference - October 1 and 2 in NYC

Social Capital Markets Conference - October 4-6 in San Francisco

BlogWorld Expo - October 14-16 in Las Vegas

Opportunity Collaboration CSR Conference - October 15-20 in Ixtapa, Mexico

Bioneers - October 15-18 in San Rafael, CA

The Feast Conference 2010 - October 15 in NYC

Blackbaud's 2010 Confeence for Nonprofits - October 20-22 in Washington, DC

Independent Sector's 2010 National Conference - October 20-22 in Atlanta

PopTech - October 20-23 in Camden, ME

Social Ventures 2010 Conference - October 21-23 in Long Beach, CA

TEDMED 2010 - October 26-29 in San Diego

Justmeans Social Media, Technology and Change Conference - November 1 in NYC

TEDxHonolulu Shift Conference - November 4 in Honolulu

Web 2.0 Summit - November 15-17 in San Francisco

European Venture Philanthropy Association - November 16 and 17 in Luxembourg

TEDxYouth Conference - November 20 worldwide

GlobalGreen Awards - November 25 in London

Medicine 2.0 - November 29 and 30 in Maastricht, The Netherlands

Conference on Philanthropy and Leadership - December 3 in Boston


We'll be updating this list again in the fall. Please share any conferences we've missed.

-- Compiled by Marcia Stepanek

(Illustration: istock.com)
(This post first appeared in Justmeans.com and appears here with permission.)

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