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WINGSForum 2023 | transform
The theme of WINGSForum 2023, TRANSFORM, is an acknowledgement of the need for us, as philanthropic organisations, to transform ourselves, our practices, and our institutions in order to rise to the challenge of tackling multiple urgent global challenges.
WINGSForum 2023 will aim to respond to the call by practitioners, institutions and the sector at large to find common narratives, imagination, solutions and pathways to change. The event will include and welcome a variety of philanthropic actors: foundations, funders and philanthropy support organisations. The latter includes networks, associations, giving platforms, and think tanks, and the diversity of philanthropy infrastructure organisations including informal solidarity networks.
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Three key tracks will guide these discussions:
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enable change
walk The talk
create the future
This track will focus on shifting from a mindset of achieving results to enabling others - to spark deeper, broader, and faster change. These sessions will challenge power dynamics through thinking about decolonisation, trust-based philanthropy, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and risk-taking.
Here participants will reflect on the how rather than the what of transformation. It will emphasise personal and organisational transformation and highlight the need to align values and missions across wealth creation, management, investments, leadership, and equity.
In this track, we’ll navigate existential threats, how they translate to our realities and how we can address them through a holistic, long-term approach. Topics include climate change, conflicts, economic models, inequality, AI and technological disruptions.
SPEAKERS
Degan Ali, Executive Director, Adeso
Jessica Horn, Regional Director, East Africa, Ford Foundation
Jacqueline Asiimwe, Chief Executive Officer, CivSource Africa
Indy Johar,Founding Director, Dark Matter Labs
Andrew Chunilall, CEO, Community Foundations of Canada
Vidya Shah, Executive Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation
Asha Curran, Chief Executive Officer, GivingTuesday
Txai Suruí, Founder, Movimento da Juventude Indígena de Rondônia
WINGSForum 2023 programme
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Day 1: Tuesday, October 03, 2023
Morning
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Networking | Registration, networking & coffee
Plenary | Welcome ceremony: A journey of hope and transformation
Plenary | Opening session: Holding ourselves accountable to future generations
Networking | Networking & Coffee break
Plenary | Addressing the greatest challenges of our time and rediscovering the role of philanthropy in creating our shared future
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Afternoon
Networking | Lunch
Breakout sessions | Members-led breakout sessions
Plenary | Unraveling the paradox of philanthropy: Transforming from within the system
Inspiration | Garden of experimentation
Networking | Gala dinner
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Day 2: Wednesday, October 04, 2023
Morning
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Networking | Breakfast sessions, Coffee, Registration
Plenary | Reimagining wealth: Unveiling the dynamics of creation, redistribution, investment and decision-making
Plenary | Driving change from within: Role and influence of boards and trustees in championing transformation
Plenary | Embracing transformational leadership: Navigating risk, reward, and failure
Networking | Coffee break
Breakout sessions | Members-led breakout sessions
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Afternoon
Networking | Lunch
Unconference | Footsteps of transformation: Building a global movement together
Inspiration | Garden of experimentation
Plenary | Transforming narratives: The power of African philanthropy sponsored by Barry Gaberman Series
Networking | Cocktails & dinner
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Day 3: Thursday, October 05, 2023
Morning
Networking | Breakfast sessions, Coffee, Registration
Inspiration | Garden of experimentation
Plenary | Philanthropy’s enabler role: How can we pave the way for collaborations that create collective impact?
Networking | Coffee break
Breakout sessions | Members-led breakout sessions
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Plenary | Closing plenary: A decade of difference: Collective action shaping the next era of Transformation
Networking | Lunch
Inspiration | Site visits (optional)
WINGSForum 2023 will:
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Contextualise the discussions on transformation: Introduce and reflect on the discussions around the transformation agenda and provide a global framework that centres on the Philanthropy Transformation Initiative.
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Build a collective philosophy of transformation: Create a shared understanding and alignment among participants on philanthropy’s transformation and explore ways for movement building.
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Offer reflections and strengthen connections: Create spaces for powerful and meaningful reflections, at an individual and collective level and enable connections to grow.
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Provoke thoughts and ideas: Activate the transformative impulse through thought-provoking and challenging discourse, challenging assumptions and planting new ideas.
WINGSForum 2023 will
Create spaces to reflect, share, discuss, debate and engage in the transformation journey which will need conscious, individual-level transformation to create broader change at an organisational and field level.
Some of the topics we will address at WINGSForum 2023 are:
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The role of philanthropy in the face of the polycrisis
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The paradox of philanthropy: a symptom of or solution to inequality
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Aligning values with how wealth is created and distributed
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Transformational leadership and organisations
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Risk seeking philanthropy
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The role of boards in the transformation agenda
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The enabler role of philanthropy in multi-stakeholder partnerships
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Growing the philanthropy transformation movement
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