Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)

Partnerships

To extend the conversation and continue the networking and knowledge-sharing, PSI partners with outstanding conferences to showcase emerging leaders and effective programs, and to share the knowledge gathered and generated by the program’s convenings.

In 2008, the Aspen Institute forged a partnership with the Global Philanthropy Forum® to ensure that PSI's work is both informed by and informs the work of philanthropists from around the world. The Global Philanthropy Forum® is a community of 750 donors committed to ongoing learning. Through its annual conference, ongoing programs and advisory services, it seeks to inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of its members' giving and social investing.
 
This year the Aspen Institute will collaborate once again in co-hosting the Global Philanthropy Forum®, a dynamic gathering of donors, principals of family foundations and executives of private and corporate foundations to consider issues at the cutting edge of change. This year’s Forum takes place on April 19-21 at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City, California, and will attract 500 philanthropists who will join developing world innovators in the fields of global health, food security, access to water and climate change mitigation. Key speakers include Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Institute;  Dr. Paul Farmer, Co-Founder of Partners in Health; former President John Kufuor of Ghana; UN World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Shearan, and Louise Arbour, CEO of the International Crisis Group. For more information, click here the conference website.  This invitation-only conference is open to Society of Fellows members, and represents a “no-fundraising zone” for peer-learning and partnership-building.