Events Organized by IEN:

Intentionally Designed Endowment Roundtable at the Appalachian Energy Summit | July 30 - August 1, 2018, Boone, NC

Held as part of the Appalachian Energy Summit, the workshop gathered endowment professionals from North Carolina schools to discuss what environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is, what is isn't, and what resources are needed to help them learn more about ESG. 

---

Community Impact Investing Roundtable | June 11, 2018, Boston, MA 

Presented in partnership with The Boston Foundation, Community Investment Management, Prime Buchholz, and Cambridge Associates with a focus on how colleges, universities and community foundations can invest their endowments in their local communities.

---

2018 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit l February 4-6, 2018, Tempe, AZ

Presented in partnership with Second Nature, the Summit is the largest national gathering of higher education presidents, chancellors, trustees, and other senior leaders committed to accelerating climate solutions.

---

2017 Bay Area Intentionally Designed Endowment Roundtable | September 8, 2017, Berkeley, CA 

Presented in partnership with the CRB at Berkeley-Haas, and BlackRock with a focus on the themes of climate risk, and investment opportunities in low-carbon strategies and climate solutions. 

---

Loyola University Chicago Intentionally Designed Endowment Forum | November 1-2, 2016, Chicago, IL 

Presented in partnership with Loyola University Chicago 

---

San Francisco State University Intentionally Designed Endowment Forum | August 25-26 2016, San Francisco, CA

Presented in partnership with San Francisco State University and SF State Foundation

---

Accelerating Innovation in ESG Investing | June 13, 2016, New York, NY

Presented in partnership with Bloomberg LP and Henley School of Business, University of Reading

---

East Coast University Endowment Roundtable at Harvard Management Company | April 13, 2016, Boston, MA 

Presented in partnership with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the Harvard Management Company   

---

Intentionally Designed Endowment Forum at Portland State University | November 9-10, 2015, Portland, OR

Presented in partnership with Portland State University and the PSU Foundation  

---

Divestment and Sustainable Investment Forum in Denver | May 7-8, 2015, Denver, CO 

Presented in partnership with the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado

---

Student Forum at Mount Holyoke College | February 21, 2015, South Hadley, MA

Presented in partnership with the Responsible Endowment Coalition and Mount Holyoke College

---

Intentionally Designed Endowment Forum at Arizona State University | January 15-16, 2015, Tempe, AZ

Presented in partnership with the ASU Foundation  

---

Intentionally Designed Endowment Forum with Hampshire College | April 3-4, 2014, Cambridge, MA 

Presented in partnership with Hampshire College and Second Nature 

---

For a list of guest speakers from all past IEN events, please click here. 

 

IEN Webinars:  

Click here to access recordings of past webinars. 

 

Other Past Events: 

(Not organized by IEN, but with some IEN participation)

• Webinar: Beneficial Long-Term Investing - Can You Really Have Your Cake and Eat It Too l NACUBO, December 11, 2018

• Mission Forward! MIE’s 2018 National Conference l Mission Investors Exchange, May 14-16, 2018, Chicago, IL

• Davos on the Delta l iSelect Fund, May 15-17, 2018, Memphis, TN

• US SIF Annual Conference l US SIF, May 30 - June 1, 2018, Washington DC

• 2017 Presidential Climate Leadership Summit | Second Nature, February 13-15, 2017, Tempe, AZ
  • IEN members delivered a plenary panel on factoring climate and sustainability considerations into the endowment investment process; and IEN hosted a half-day workshop on endowment investing. 

• Smarter Money: Maximize Impact + Maximize Return: ICS Nantucket: Impact Capitalism Summit, July 20-21, 2016

• Investing for impact: Investing with Impact in Public Markets (lead by MSCI) & University Endowments leading the charge on Sustainable Investing, July 14, 2016, At The Hyatt Regency Boston

• US SIF 2016 Annual Conference: Investing for the Next Generation, May 23-25, 2016, Washington, DC

• Responsible Investment Forum: May 25-26, 2016, Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square, London, UK

• Sustainatopia Conference: May 1-4, 2016, San Francisco, CA

• World Energy Innovation Forum: May 4-5, 2016, Fremont, CA (IEN member discount)

• Ceres Conference 2016: May 4-5, 2016, Boston, MA

• Impact Capitalism Summit: Big Path Capital, April 26-27, 2016, Chicago, IL

• CDP Spring Workshop 2016 l Sustainable Innovation: Carbon Disclosure Project, April 12, 2016 | Sunnyvale, CA (free for IEN members)

• Impact Investing Forum: Opal Financial Group, April 17-19, 2016 | Palm Beach Gardens, FL (IEN member discount)
  

• Heros of Sustainability Event: Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, April 20, 2016 | Denver, CO

• How Business Can Tackle Deforestation: Innovation Forum, April 6-7, 2016 | Washington, DC

• 2nd Annual ESG, SRI, and Impact Investing Summit: Financial Research Associates, March 30-31, 2016, New York, NY 

• Sustainable Investing: Moving into the Mainstream, BSAS, November 19th, 2015 | Boston, MA

• The World of Impact Gathers, Sustainatopia, November 15-18, 2015 l Boston, MA 

• Yale Responsible Investing Conference, November 13, 2015 l New Haven, CT

• Columbia Energy Symposium, November 5, 2015 l New York, NY

• The SRI Conference, November 3-5, 2015 | Colorado Springs, CO 

• AASHE Conference, October 25-28, 2015 | Minneapolis, MN

• SOCAP15, October 6-9, 2015 l San Francisco, CA

• GreenBiz Webcast: September 17, 2015

• Fossil Free Funds: September 15, 2015

• PRI in Person: September 8-10, 2015 l London, UK

• WRI-UNEP FI Carbon Asset Risk Discussion Framework, August 26 and 27/28. 2015 | Webinar

• NACUBO Annual Meeting, July 18-21, 2015 | Nashville, TN

• Impact Capitalism Summit, July 15-16, 2015 l Nantucket, MA

• Endowments Roundtable Discussion, PRI and IEN, July 1, 2015 | Oakland, CA

• Low Carbon Investing Summit, June 22-23 l The Princeton Club of NY

• Financial Implication of Investing Fossil Fuel Free, June 9, 2015 l Webinar

• From Walk to Run: ESG and Educational Endowments Today, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 | Boston, MA in partnership with the BASIC (Boston Area Sustainable Investment Consortium) and WISE (Women Investing for a Sustainable Economy)

• Ceres Conference 2015, May 13-14, 2015 l The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco

• 2015 US SIF Conference, May 4-6, 2015 l Chicago, IL

• Great Transition Initiative Lunch Seminar, Tellus Institute, February 25, 2015 | Boston, MA

• Academic Investment and Divestment Session at NCSE Conference, January 28, 2015 | Washington, DC

• 2015 Energy Education Summit, January 27, 2015 | Washington, DC

• Investing for the Next Economy, Green Alpha Advisors, December 11, 2014 | conference call

• Passive Equity Strategies for the Low Carbon Investor, INCR, November 13, 2014 | Webinar

• ACUPCC Summit 2014 Session, Second Nature, October 03, 2014 | Boston, MA