2012 Conferences for the Social Impact Sector

The 2012 conference season has burst out of the gates. Thanks to Twitter hashtags and other social media, you can keep focused on building your next big thing and choose wisely on the ones you invest your time and energy in attending.

Real life interactions are great. Your time is limited. So find a balance.

Here’s a calendar anyone in the Social Impact sector needs to consider:

February 3
2012 Wharton Social Impact Conference
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

February 15
Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference
Duke University
Durham, NC

February 20-23
Social Business Week 2012
National University of Singapore
Singapore

February 25-26
Social Enterprise Conference
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

February 27-March 2
Strategy for Good Summit
Online Speaker Series
www.strategyforgoodsummit.com

March 1, 2012
Social Enterprise Symposium
Center for Social Value Creation
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

March 9-13, 2012
SXSW Interactive
Austin, TX

March 10-16, 2012
NOLA Entrepreneur Week
New Orleans, LA

March 28-30, 2012
Skoll World Forum 2012
Oxford University

March 29 – April 1, 2012
IMPACT National Conference 2012
Steson University
DeLand, FL

March 30, 2012
PSFK Conference NYC 2012
New York, NY

April 20-22, 2012
Unite for Sight Conference
New Haven, CT

April 22-25, 2012
SOCAP International 2012 Symposium
Baltimore, MD

May 3, 2012
Guardian Activate Summit 2012
New York, NY

May 3, 2012
Launch Fest 2012
New Orleans, LA

May 3-4, 2012
99% Conference
New York, NY

May 9-11, 2012
Big Omaha
Omaha, NE

May 30-31, 2012
Cause Marketing Forum
Chicago, IL

June 5-6, 2012
Health Data Initiative Forum III
aka The Health Datapolooza
Washington DC

June 13-14, 2012
2012 Conference on Scaling Impact
New York City

Did I miss a conference or event you? Please leave a comment with its details and I’ll be happy to add it.