The Exchange 2018

Scaling Impact Together

Presented by The Social Impact Exchange and Morgan Stanley

Date: May 23rd – May 24th, 2018

Location: New York, NY

Registration: Members of the NY Funders Alliance are eligible for a significant discount of almost 50% on registration costs (original price: $1695; member price: $895). Please contact our office to receive instructions on how to register.

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The theme of The Exchange 2018 is How Philanthropy Can Help Lead an Era of Cross-Sector Collaboration. During the two days, we will address key issues of how the social sector can better collaborate with the private and public sectors in support of systems change and achieving impact at scale. As always, we will combine both knowledge sessions and opportunities for taking direct action. This year’s attendees will include more than 400 high-net-worth donors, foundations, individual philanthropists, wealth advisors, and industry leaders attending the event to learn together and to explore collaboration opportunities.

The conference will address key issues of collaboration and the vital importance of working across sectors, and will combine both knowledge sessions and opportunities for taking direct action. There will be specific issue tracks in education, health, economic mobility, the environment and impact investing. Featured speakers include Hilary Pennington, Executive Vice President for Program, the Ford Foundation; Don Howard, President and CEO, The James Irvine Foundation; Kathleen McLaughlin, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart Inc., and President, Walmart Foundation, Stephen Heintz, President, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Mandell Crawley, Head of Private Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley; Jeffrey Hollender, Co-Founder and former CEO, Seventh Generation; Hadi Partovi, Founder and CEO, code.org; Kyle Peterson, Executive Director, Walton Family Foundation; John Kania, Global Managing Director, FSG; and Alan Alda, renowned actor, writer, and advocate for science communication.

The 2018 Conference will bring together more than 400 high-net-worth donors, foundations, individual philanthropists, wealth advisors, and industry leaders to learn about innovative methods for achieving large-scale impact through multi-sector collaboration.