New York Investing for Impact 2018 | The Economist Newspaper Limited | 15 February 2018 | Convene, 117 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036, US

Save the date to join Economist editors and 200 financiers, institutional investors, policymakers, academics, impact investors and philanthropists.

The discussion at this year's conference will cover the ways in which the world is at a crossroads, and how the growing uncertainty is creating an increase in interest from investors.

Inequality is rising. Climate change is starting to make its presence felt, as the international effort to fight it falters. Economic globalization, which has delivered huge increases in prosperity for many but not all, is under threat from nationalistic populism. There are good reasons to believe that the world will continue to prosper; yet, far more than in recent years, there are also good reasons to worry that things could take a serious turn for the worse.

Investors can see where the world is heading and how that changes the outlook for risk and return and thus how they should put their capital to work. This greater interest is leading to a growing recognition that investors can play a crucial role in determining the result of this battle of seismic economic, social, technological and geopolitical forces, investing in ways that help the world move in a positive direction, rather than decline, and make money as they do so.

Join us and you will:
• Network with more than 200 leading financiers, institutional investors, policymakers, academics, impact investors and philanthropists.
• Engage in a day of discussions on how to accelerate the growth of investing for impact.
• Join like-minded organisations invested in defining the future of investing for impact.

2018 Speakers

Audrey Choi
Chief sustainability officer, Morgan Stanley

James Lee Sorenson
Chairman, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Evan Williams
Chief executive, Medium and co-founder, Twitter and Obvious Ventures

Jean Case
Chief executive, Case Foundation

Robert G. Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, Oxford

Michael Schlein
President and chief executive, Accion

Ross Baird
Founder and chief executive, Village Capital

Matthew Bishop
Senior editor, The Economist Group

Richard Robb
Chief executive, Christofferson, Robb and Company

Zoe Schlag
Managing director, Techstars Impact

Lisa Woll
Chief executive, US SIF

Sonal Shah
Founding executive director, Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, Georgetown University

Saadia Madsbjerg
Managing director, The Rockefeller Foundation

Debra Schwartz
Managing director, MacArthur Foundation

Helen Joyce
International editor, The Economist

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

Andy Unanue
Managing partner, AUA Private Equity Partners

Jim Bildner
Chief executive, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Roebyem Anders
Co-founder and director, Sungevity Europe

Andrew Palmer
Business affairs editor, The Economist

Terry Odendahl
President and chief executive, Global Greengrants Fund

Maya Chorengel
Senior partner, The Rise Fund

Scott Sleyster
Senior vice president and chief investment officer, Prudential Financial Inc.

2018 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• Bank of America

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Adberfeldy

AIRLINE SPONSOR:
• Turkish Airlines

PR AGENCY:
• BackBay Communications

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS:
• Invest with Values
• CFIG
• PRI
• Ellevate
• Calvert Foundation