Conference Schedule and Program

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Schedule

Monday, May 10

9:30 - 11:30 am: Pre-Conference Session on PRI Fundamentals
1:00 - 1:30 pm: Welcome Reception at Hotel
1:45 - 3:15 pm: Concurrent Workshops A
3:30 - 5:00 pm: Concurrent Workshops B
5:30 - 6:30 pm: Mix & Mingle Reception at Hotel
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Dine Arounds

Tuesday, May 11

8:00 - 9:30 am: Breakfast Exchange: A Marketplace of Ideas, Strategies and Investment Opportunities
10:00 - 11:30 am: Concurrent Workshops C
11:45 - 1:45 pm: Luncheon featuring speaker Martin Eakes, CEO of Self-Help/Center for Responsible Lending
2:00 - 5:00 pm: Concurrent Learning Tours
6:30 - 9:30 pm: Dinner at Café Brauer at Lincoln Park Zoo, featuring a presentation by Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg, hosts of NPR's Planet Money

Wednesday, May 12

8:30 - 10:30 am: Closing Breakfast: New Opportunities for PRI Makers featuring Nancy Andrews (Low Income Investment Fund), Donna Gambrell (US Department of the Treasury), Erika Poethig (US Department of Housing & Urban Development), and Jim Shelton (US Department of Education)

Workshops

The conference will feature workshops on the following topics:

Getting Started with PRIs

• Designing a PRI Program That's Right for Your Foundation(A)
• Shifting the Culture: Grants and PRIs Side by Side in the Philanthropic Toolbox(B)
• Nuts & Bolts: Moving From Design to Implementation(C)

Building Your PRI Craft

• When Good PRIs Go Bad: Working on Workouts(A)
  
• Using Guarantees & Credit Enhancements to Leverage Mission(B)
  
• Measuring the Social Impact of PRIs: Possibilities and Limitations(C)
• Mission-Related Investing: A Portfolio Approach(A)
• Not Just for Nonprofits: Financing Business and Social Enterprise with PRIs(B)
• New Corporate Forms: Understanding B-Corps, H-Corps and L3Cs(C)

Opportunities for Impact: Targeted Uses of Program-Related Investments

• Providing Working Capital Through PRIs(A)
• Opportunities and Challenges of Rural Investing(B)
• Foreclosure Mitigation: PRIs as a Rapid Response Tool(C)
• Investing in Consumer Financial Services(A)
• Investing in the Health Safety Net(B)
• Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Local Food Finance(C)
• Using PRIs to Build Sustainable Communities(B)
• Financing a Green Economy: PRIs and Energy Retrofits(C)

Learning Tours

The conference will feature learning tours on Tuesday, May 11 from 2 - 5 pm on the following topics:

• Getting Creative: Strengthening Arts and Culture Organizations through PRIs
• Lifelong Learning: Child Care, Charter High School, and Adult Education
  
• Going Green: Cultivating Energy Conservation and Clean Tech Development in Chicago
  
• Community Recovery: Chicago's Neighborhood Stabilization Program at Work
• Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Transforming Lives and Communities through Comprehensive Housing Redevelopment
• Soil to Kitchen: Urban Social Enterprise and the Local Food Economy

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