Conferences October - December 2009

5-7 October
COF Fall Conference for Community Foundations
Council on Foundations
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Contact www.cof.org

6-7 October
Non-profit Management Institute 2009: Shaping effective organisations during tough times
SSIR/Association of Fundraising Professionals
Stanford, CA, USA
Contact www.ssireview.org/npinstitute 

6-8 October
Social Enterprise World Forum
Social Ventures Australia/Social Traders
Melbourne, Australia
Contact www.sewf09.com 

9 October
Symposium: Responsible Leadership in Times of Change
Banque de Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Contact Anne Canel philanthropie@bdl.lu  www.philanthropie.lu

17-20 October
The Opportunity Collaboration
MicroCredit Enterprise/Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
Ixtapa, Mexico
Contact www.opportunitycollaboration.net

20-23 October
29th International Fund Raising Congress
IFC
The Netherlands
Contact www.resource-alliance.org/ifc/default.asp 

22 October
ACF Conference 2009
Association of Charitable Foundations
London, UK
Contact www.acf.org.uk

27-28 October
NGO Forum 09: Cutting the Democratic Deficit through Civic Participation
Forum for Voluntary Social Work
Örebro, Sweden
Contact www.ngoforum09.se 

27-30 October
World Forum on Statistics, Policy and Knowledge
OECD
Busan, Korea
Contact http://dd4d.net/Downloads/Busan-World-Forum.pdf

28-30th October
2009 Conference – The Pulse of Philanthropy
Philanthropic Foundations Canada
Calgary, Alberta
Contact www.pfc.ca/2007conference

29-31 October 2009
35th STP&A Annual Conference
Innovation, Creativity & Change in a Glocalised World: new technologies; new audiences; new communities
London, UK
Contact http://stpa2009.culture.info/

2-5 November
Inyathelo Conference
Inyathelo – South African Institute for Advancement
Cape Town, South Africa
Contact www.inyathelo.co.za  

4-6 November
Independent Sector Annual Conference
Independent Sector
Detroit, Michigan
Contact www.independentsector.org/members/events.asp

5-8 November
Women Donors’ Network 2009 Annual Conference: Women’s Stories, Women’s Leadership: Social Change in times of crisis
WDN
New Orleans, USA
Contact http://womendonors.org/story/view/38

6-8 November
5th Hemispheric Congress on Fundraising – Latin America
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Contact www.afpnet.org/hemispheric_congress_la

10-12 November
Grantmakers East Forum 2009: Scaling the Next Wall – doing better with less
European Foundation Centre
Berlin, Germany
Contact www.gef.efc.be

12-13 November
2009 Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference
TBLI
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Contact http://tbliconference.com 

18 November
5th EVPA Annual Conference: Social Enterprise
European Venture Philanthropy Association
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Contact http://www.evpaconferences.eu/conferences_amsterdam2009.php

19-21 November
Arnova Annual Conference
Arnova
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Contact www.arnova.org/?section=conference&subsection=dates  

2-3 December
2009 Conference: European Forum on Philanthropy and Research Funding
European Foundation Centre
London, UK
Contact www.efc.be/agenda/event.asp?EventID=6827  

8-9 December
Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship (invitation only)
Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation/Indian School of Business
Hyderabad, India
Contact http://khemkafoundation.org/focus-areas/social-entrepreneurship/khemka-forum-social-entrepreneurship  

9 December
Cross-border Philanthropy in Europe
ERA Academy of European Law/European Foundation Centre
Brussels, Belgium
Contact www.era.int