Events

A MEETING POINT FOR THE BEST COLOMBIAN STARTUPS

On the 11th and 12th of July, at the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, will take place the forum of reference and meeting point for the best Colombian startups and national and international investors. You can’t miss it!

URI LEVINE, PRESIDENT OF WAZE, WILL TRAVEL FROM ISRAEL TO BOGOTA TO PRONOUNCE THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE OF THE PROGRAMME

Red Innova - bought to you by  is the community on Innovation, Internet and Entrepreneurship where Latin America meets the world.

We bring together the most influential global entrepreneurs, developers, mentors, investors, executives and media to share projects, learn, and build lasting business relationships.  Red Innova hosts events in New York, Sao Paulo, Madrid and now for the very first time in Buenos Aires, this June 27th and 28th.

TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investment) Conference is the prime annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing.

The theme for 2013 is: "Rethink the Past and Move On."

In existence for over 15 years, TBLI CONFERENCE™ consists of two annual conferences. These two-day events are the prime annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing.

What to Expect?

Business and diaspora representatives from Germany, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Sudan, Cameroon and many other countries as well as development practitioners came together in Frankfurt to discuss migrants' role in the nexus of business and development.

The upcoming conference will be dedicated to three sets of questions in the context of development impacts, country of origin perspective and how business can be a means of integration into the host country's society (for further information please refer to the concept note).

 Are you ready for Take-Off?

Op 6 juni vindt de Take-Off van Ondernemen Zonder Grenzen 2013 plaats in Amsterdam Roest. Dit inspirerende event staat in het teken van ondernemen in ontwikkelingslanden.

infoDev’s Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a biennial flagship event convening the global innovation and entrepreneurship community to exchange know-how, establish partnerships and develop innovative approaches. infoDev is a global partnership program in the World Bank Group. Its mission is to enable innovative entrepreneurship for sustainable, inclusive growth and employment in developing countries.

Startup Labs, a global VC fund for tech startups, and Grupo Inspiro are excited to announce an Startup Labs Colombia in partnership with the Colombian government. Startup Labs gathers and empowers local investors to create the funding startups needed in order to take advantage of growth opportunities in emerging economies and also create and attract a strong deal flow. The group will be participating in a bootcamp on May 16 and listening to startups’ pitches in Bogota on May 17 to explore and collectively invest.

The Mobile Web Africa series of events is innovative and progressive in nature. The events are hosted at the very best venues; feature the leading local and international experts as presenters; incorporate finely tuned agendas; and use an interactive roundtable format that sets them apart from the traditional conference style featuring rows of seats.

The involvement of Dutch companies in development is hot topic of discussion. In recent years, substantial cuts in the development budget have been plugged by the money for business toolkits and the an increase in public-private partnerships. But what exactly are the pros and cons? Is public money to the private sector well spent? Have developing countries have benefited from Dutch companies? Or is it the other way around?