Schedule

Networking Breakfast

Opening Plenary - Harnessing the Momentum, Finding Opportunities, Building Stronger Futures

Concurrent Sessions

• Educating Your Board: The Rise of Impact / Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing
• Deploying Foundation Capital in Place Based Community Investments

Lunch Roundtables

• Investing with Emerging and Diverse Managers – Best Practices and Common Themes
• The Cost of Not Hedging Foreign Currency
• How to Optimize your Investment Committee Governance Practices
• Community Foundation Roundtable: DAFs and Asset-Centric Measurement

Learning Labs

• Meeting the Governance Fiduciary Gap
• Tax Update: Deep Dive Into Tax Reform and Recent IRS News and Guidance
• From Idea to Impact

Concurrent Sessions

• Responsive Investing – How to Turn a Daunting Task into a Double Bottom Line
• Emerging Majorities: The Future Evolution of Investment Practice for Foundations

Travel to Networking Reception

Networking Reception at the National Portrait Gallery

Networking Breakfast

Concurrent Sessions

• Knowledge is Power: Insights from the Commonfund Benchmark Studies
• Finding the Right Fit – Running an Effective Provider Search

Concurrent Sessions

• Investment Manager Diversity; Where Are We Now & Why?
• Investors Engaging with Companies on Sustainability

Learning Labs

• Crypto-Philanthropy: Strategically Leveraging Cryptocurrency as Charitable Contributions
• Foundation Enterprise Risk Management Reviews
• FASB Accounting Rules Update for Foundations

Lunch & Closing Plenary — Serving the Public Good: Exploring Relationships between Public Policy and the Charitable Sector