SOCAP: Health
Investing in Health and Well-Being

SOCAP: Health focuses on new business models and investable opportunities in the social determinants of health (how cultural and societal factors drive well-being). We look at health in a holistic sense of the word – all the elements that go into wellness, most of which is NOT about medical care. The challenges and opportunities in the developed and developing world are different, so we have sessions targeted at each, and hope to extract and share innovation across geographies to accelerate better health for everyone.

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SOCAP: Oceans
Investing in the Link between People and Planet

SOCAP: Oceans is a theme this year to fuel innovation and attract a broader set of stakeholders to participate in the sustainability of our oceans. By reaching out to a new cast of characters to take a fresh look at the sources and systems that affect and are affected by the health of the ocean, the challenges will be reconceived in a way that supports existing ocean advocates as well as invites innovative new solutions.

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There is a growing awareness of the connection between our well-being as humans and the health of our oceans. To fuel innovation and attract a broader set of stakeholders, SOCAP has partnered with the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to concentrate on reframing and energizing the current conversation around healthy oceans.

This initiative will empower individuals and organizations from diverse communities to see themselves as agents of change in preserving aquatic ecosystems, coastal livelihoods, and sustainable seafood supply chains. Using a systems approach to the issues facing our oceans and our communities, we can reconceive the challenges in a way that supports that supports existing ocean advocates while inviting imaginative new solutions.

SOCAP: Communities
Place Based Innovation and Development

SOCAP: Communities explores place-based innovation and development through providing examples of multi-dimensional, multi-stakeholder solutions that are applied in communities to generate an economy for good. In a progressively more global and transient society, creating grounded and stable communities is a significant endeavor.

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SOCAP: Meaning
The Connection Between Mission and Me

Whether sharing our stories as entrepreneurs or leading others to support our mission, meaning is central to our work. We explore spiritual and non-spiritual aspects of meaning and money, creating community, inspiring others to join our cause, and addressing the challenges of staying the course as we tackle big social problems.

SOCAP: Investing
Impact Investing and Philanthropy

We bring the latest research on impact investing best practices gleaned from experience, as well as new initiatives from both newcomers and experienced participants. We explore innovations in approaches and infrastructure, as well as lessons learned, and even some exits that preserve mission and impact. We look at approaches both generally and using examples within sectors such as Health.

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SOCAP: Faith

In the United States, no important social change has been accomplished without the active involvement of faith leaders: from the emancipation of slaves to gay rights to women’s right to vote. We are exploring the continuation of this historical trend of effective change and are gathering a cohort of faith leaders, imams, rabbis, ministers, and priests who will be traveling through SOCAP13 together and looking to create the good economy in their faith communities when they go home.

SOCAP: Art

This year, SOCAP welcomes artists-as-entrepreneurs, making work on topics like communities, health, social justice, and food systems. These cultural entrepreneurs work as wholly integrated social enterprises, spanning the nonprofit and commercial sectors, shifting assumptions, and making change.