Themes: Investing & Impact

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From Capital to Catalyst: Unlocking Family Capital for Systems Transformation

Thu 22 Jan 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 2)

What if family capital—free from short-term pressure—became the missing catalyst for systems transformation, aligning patience, purpose, and partnership to regenerate markets, communities, and ecosystems across generations?

Family offices and family businesses have a unique advantage: the ability to deploy long-term, risk-tolerant capital in ways that catalyse broader ecosystem change. In this session speakers will explore how family capital can be activated to unlock transformative impact across sectors, geographies, and systems.

Drawing on their diverse experience leading strategic capital deployment and innovation in family enterprises, as well as working with families on aligning capital with long-term impact, panelists will examine how families can play a catalytic role by bringing together partners and capital pools around outcomes that regenerate markets, communities, and ecosystems.

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10:30 to 11:15 am | Panel 1: From Capital to Catalyst: Unlocking Family Capital for Systems Transformation

Family offices and family businesses have a unique advantage: the ability to deploy long-term, risk-tolerant capital in ways that catalyse broader ecosystem change. In this session, Nike Anani, Pauline Borg, and Khaled Sharbatly explore how family capital can be activated to unlock transformative impact across sectors, geographies, and systems. Drawing on their diverse experience from advising families on aligning capital with long-term impact, leading strategic capital deployment and innovation in family enterprise contexts, panelists will examine how families can play a catalytic role by bringing together partners and capital pools around outcomes that regenerate markets, communities, and ecosystems.

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11:15am – 12:00 pm | Panel 2: Regenerative Leadership in Family Business: Lessons from Andrea Illy

In this fireside chat, FBN’s CEO Alexis du Roy de Blicquy, sits down with Andrea Illy, Chairman of illycaffè and Co-Founder & Co-Chair of the Regenerative Society Foundation (RSF), to explore how family businesses can pioneer regenerative approaches that go beyond sustainability to actively restore natural and social systems. Drawing on his work at RSF and illycaffè’s long-standing commitment to quality, regenerative agriculture, and long-term value creation, the conversation will reflect on what it takes for family enterprises to embed regeneration at the core of their business models, and why family ownership is uniquely positioned to lead this shift for future generations.

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From the Inner to the Outer: Conscious Investing for the Family 5.0

Thu 22 Jan 2026 9:00 am - 10:30 am (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 2)

What if the most transformative investment strategy begins not with markets or metrics, but with inner clarity—where self-awareness, values, and emotional intelligence shape how wealth is stewarded across generations and for the world?

A private (by invitation only) dialogue session for family business members hosted by The Impact Office.

Change starts within. This experiential group session explores how our values, beliefs, emotions, and personal history shape the way we invest and steward wealth. Participants will engage in guided reflection and interactive dialogue to understand how inner clarity can transform outer investment decisions.

Together, we will examine how aligning capital with personal growth, emotional intelligence, and a deeper sense of purpose creates investment strategies that are integrated, intentional, and deeply human. Rather than focusing on external frameworks, this session invites participants to explore the internal landscape that drives financial choices, and to consider how conscious inner development leads to more meaningful, purpose-aligned capital deployment.

Core Question:

How can I become the kind of person who invests in a way that reflects who I truly am—not who I’m expected to be—and what I genuinely care about, in a way that benefits me, my family, and the world beyond us?

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Impact Endgames: How to Support the Next Generation of Impact Unicorns Globally

Wed 21 Jan 2026 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 2)

What if the true test of social innovation is not proof of impact, but its ability to cross borders—surviving translation into new cultures, institutions, and policies while scaling with integrity and systemic effect?

A private (by invitation only) dialogue session hosted by 100X Impact (LSE).

As social innovations move toward serious scale, the defining question becomes how proven solutions expand across regions, institutions and systems. This invitation-only salon explores what it really takes for high-impact solutions to travel – East–West and West–East — and to take root within different policy, market, and institutional environments.

The session is co-hosted by 100x Impact, a global impact initiative housed at the London School of Economics focused on backing impact ventures whose models can improve hundreds of millions of lives.

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Conservation International and Silvania Roundtable

Wed 21 Jan 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 3)

A private (by invitation only) dialogue session hosted by Conservation International and Silvania.

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EU Funders Table

Wed 21 Jan 2026 10:00 am - 11:30 am (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 3)

A private (by invitation only) dialogue session hosted by We Mean Business Coalition.

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The Investment Case for Mangroves Roundtable

Wed 21 Jan 2026 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 3)

What if mangroves were treated not as conservation projects, but as core financial infrastructure for coastal economies?

A private (by invitation only) dialogue session hosted by Mangrove Breakthrough.

Coastal economies in Southeast Asia face escalating climate, erosion, and livelihood risks, yet mangroves—their most effective natural defense—remain largely invisible in investment and policy decisions. This closed-door roundtable and workshop focuses on why and how mangrove value must be systematically integrated into coastal finance. The session introduces the Mangrove Transition Bond, a regional financing instrument designed to mobilize capital through bond issuance and on-lending via local financial institutions to mangrove-adjacent businesses.

By embedding mangrove performance into risk assessment, this approach reframes rice, shrimp, and other coastal commodities as mangrove-positive assets—lower risk due to reduced erosion, salinity intrusion, wave exposure, and stronger social license to operate. Local and regional banks can therefore offer improved terms, enabling communities to access capital for sustainable production. Grounded in Southeast Asian practice, the discussion brings together finance leaders, governments, and philanthropies to explore how mangrove-positive products reach markets and become the new standard for resilient coastal growth.

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Mind the Future: Why Youth Mental Health Is the Next Economic Imperative

Wed 21 Jan 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 2)

What if the most decisive economic investment of the next decade isn’t infrastructure or technology—but the mental health of young people who will shape productivity, innovation, and resilience worldwide?

41% of the global population is under the age of 24. Prioritizing their wellbeing and equipping young people to thrive is the key to the prosperity of the global economy over the next decade.

Mental health is the number one barrier. As the prevalence of wellbeing challenges rises globally, youth are hindered from reaching their full potential as they navigate their education and entry into the workforce. These are our future founders, CEOs, Prime Ministers and Civic Leaders. We need to pull all the levers within our control: innovation, market demand, policy, and capital to meet the exploding demand for mental health needs globally. A healthy society is the only path to a flourishing global economy.

Join SecondMuse for a discussion on how to build a global approach to investing in and capturing the value of addressing youth mental health across populations can have on the future of workforce and our economies. 

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Mobilising Long-term Capital for the Ocean

Wed 21 Jan 2026 8:30 am - 10:00 am (CET/GMT+1)
Flourishing House (Rätia Center: Forum 1)

A private (by invitation only) breakfast dialogue hosted by One Planet SWF Network and Parley for the Oceans.

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Impact through Entrepreneurship – Scaling Models that Align Purpose, People, Planet, and Capital

Tue 20 Jan 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CET/GMT+1)
Flourishing House (Rätia Center: Inspiration Room)

What if the most scalable solutions to inequality and climate risk are not grants, but entrepreneurs—backed by patient capital that values people, planet, and profit as one system?

Philanthropic impact investing is entering a decisive era—one where entrepreneurship, not charity alone, is proving capable of reshaping systems at scale. Hosted by elea, this session explores how entrepreneurially led ventures are aligning purpose, people, planet, and capital to deliver durable impact across the Global South.

Drawing on two decades of experience, elea brings forward portfolio entrepreneurs who demonstrate how integrating people into global value chains—as producers, distributors, and customers—creates both inclusive economic participation and resilient business models. These ventures show that social and environmental outcomes are not trade-offs, but multipliers of long-term value and financial sustainability.

The conversation moves beyond inspiration into practice, examining how patient, catalytic capital can unlock follow-on investment, strengthen local investment climates, and enable impact ventures to scale responsibly. By grounding insights in real-world journeys—from early risk-taking to market traction—the session offers a clear view into what it truly takes to practice philanthropic impact investing that lasts.

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Transforming Africa’s Investment Infrastructure in a Rewired Global Financial System

Tue 20 Jan 2026 7:30 am - 8:30 am (CET/GMT+1)
Awakening House (Ochsner: Forum 2)

Join us for the launch of New Wind Ventures, the first infrastructure that turns fragmented African data into precision and decision-ready insights. Asset owners gain privileged access to Africa’s most selective investment opportunities.

​This private breakfast convenes individuals, family offices, sovereign investors and high-level African decision-makers.

​The session will focus on the transformation of Africa’s investment infrastructure in a digital first reality, defined by clarity, speed and performance. It will also present the practical tools New Wind Ventures has built to make this operational for you.