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Impact MindsConnecting Us2026 · Manaus

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220+ speakers220+ world-class speakers

Impact MindsAugust 24–272027 · Colombia

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2027 Agenda
Colombia
Cartagena
2027
Aug 24–27
participants in 2026
580
countries represented
33

Latimpacto's conference · since 2022

What is Impact Minds

Latimpacto's conference, Impact Minds, is more than an event: it is a meeting point where ideas, strategy, and capital connect to transform realities. It brings together major capital providers from around the world who share a vision of impact for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Designed to inspire genuine participation, Impact Minds invites every participant to take a leading role: connect, learn, and co-create solutions that mobilize capital for the social and environmental impact our region needs.

  • CapitalCapital providers from around the world focused on the region
  • KnowledgeAcademic agenda, workshops and peer exchange
  • ActionCo-created solutions for social and environmental impact

Impact Minds 2027

  • Cartagena, Colombia
  • August 24–27

Where Impact Connects Latin America

Cartagena is a city where history, diversity and a deep connection with the Caribbean come together, making it a strategic setting to drive conversations on impact, sustainable development and social innovation in Latin America.

Its cultural richness and its place as a meeting point between territories and communities offer a unique stage for the next edition of Impact Minds: connecting people, experiences and solutions that reflect the potential of Colombia and the whole region.

From Cartagena, Impact Minds will keep strengthening a community that believes in the power of connections and collective action to transform Latin America.

Official launch in March 2027

Street in Cartagena's Old City with the Santa Catalina Cathedral in the distance
Getsemaní street with colourful umbrellas and street art
Colonial houses with flowered balconies in Cartagena's Old City

Impact Minds 2026in numbers

Manaus was the meeting point for a community committed to connecting capital, knowledge, and action to drive impact across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Read the full Impact Minds 2026 report
Manaus · 2026

580

participants

350

organizations represented

33

countries represented

+220

speakers

12

field visits

+65

content sessions

23

panels

11

connections, on average, made by each organization at the event

4.2/5

likelihood of interacting again with these 13 organizations

8.5/10*

Likelihood of attending Impact Minds again

* On a scale of 0 to 10. Survey of participants at the 2026 Conference.

In their own words

  • Skoll Foundation

    Our experience at Impact Minds was incredible! It was wonderful to connect with the impact ecosystem and a great opportunity to meet the different actors, investors, and organizations that are part of the Latimpacto community.
    Marla BlowCEO and President, Skoll Foundation

  • Lenovo

    It is always very rewarding to be at Impact Minds, because Latimpacto represents the essence of collective impact in Latin America. A gathering like this is a unique opportunity to build connections across the ecosystem.
    Alice DamascenoDirector of Corporate Citizenship and ESG Communications, Latin America, Lenovo

  • Luksic Foundation

    Our hearts are full, because Impact Minds sparked truly enriching and useful conversations. The people here are extraordinary, with incredible projects and experiences.
    Macarena CeaCEO, Luksic Foundation

  • WWB Colombia Foundation

    What I value most at Impact Minds are the conversations about trends. I come here to learn, reconnect with everyone, and see the work they are doing in their territories.
    Daniela KonietzkoPresident, WWB Colombia Foundation

  • BNDES

    Impact Minds creates a space that invites us to think together about building solutions that respect every sector while letting us share the same ideals.
    Ana Cristina Rodrigues da CostaSuperintendent of Social Development and Public Management, BNDES

  • Impact Hub Manaus

    Given the size and diversity of the network, I'm very happy Impact Minds came to Manaus, because it connects closely with the conversation we're having globally.
    Marcus BessaCo-founder, Impact Hub Manaus

A lineup of top-level speakers

220 speakers from many countries!

Meet some of those who took part in Impact Minds 2026

Meet the speakers and the Impact Minds 2026 agenda

The Four Key Connections

In 2026, Connecting Us was the guiding theme of Impact Minds, an invitation to go beyond collaboration and strengthen connections with purpose.

Throughout the edition, we connected intentions, capital, actors, and systems, bringing together different sectors, financial instruments, and strategies to drive actions capable of creating systemic impact.

More than bringing a community together, Connecting Us reinforced the importance of connecting better to transform not only projects, but also the systems that shape our realities.

The agenda was built from more than 160 proposals submitted by Latimpacto members.

2026 Academic Agenda

  • Intentions

    Purpose and strategic clarity

    Bring clarity to purpose, articulate a coherent theory of change, and make sure the capital matches the results being sought.

  • Capital

    The continuum of instruments

    From philanthropy to market investment: knowing when concessional capital is needed and when markets are ready to scale.

  • Actors

    Ecosystem and collaboration

    Productive dialogue across sectors and geographies so capital providers, implementers, and communities co-create solutions.

  • Systems

    Structural impact

    Link interventions to structural change and align private capital with public policy, toward lasting systemic change.

From connections to action

At Impact Minds 2026, Latimpacto presented three initiatives that turn collaboration into concrete mechanisms for the region.

Culture Fund

Second cohort

In partnership with the SURA Foundation, Latimpacto is preparing the second edition of the Culture Latin America Call (2026–2027), which will select 10 binational projects from eight countries, with funding of up to USD 100,000 per project. The new cohort builds on the first edition, which supported 15 binational projects in seven countries, combining funding and capacity building.

Eligible countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay.

USD100Kper project

Democracy and citizenship

#PensarConOtros

Grupo SURA, the SURA Foundation and the Bolívar Davivienda Foundation, with Latimpacto's support, launched the sixth edition of #PensarConOtros, which seeks to select and fund 10 initiatives in 11 Latin American countries. The call, open until October 22, 2026, will support projects that build citizens' capacities to take part in public affairs and women's participation in democracy, with grants of up to USD 50,000 per initiative.

Eligible countries: Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.

USD50Kper initiative

Bioeconomy from the territories

Entre Selvas: Living Territories

Latimpacto moves forward with Entre Selvas: Living Territories, a three-year initiative to strengthen the socio-bioeconomy in the Chocó–Amazon corridor. The project aims to strengthen at least 24 initiatives, provide catalytic funding to at least eight and connect public, private, philanthropic and community actors. The long-term goal is to turn capacity building and market connections into greater capital mobilization, including structuring a Catalytic Bioeconomy Fund for Colombia.

24initiatives strengthened

All three initiatives share one commitment: moving from connecting actors to building partnerships that mobilize knowledge, capabilities and capital for concrete solutions for the region.

Connection events

12 field visits

Immersive experiences that brought the Impact Minds conversations closer to the reality of the Amazon.

Cartagena, ColombiaAugust 24 to 27, 2027

2027 Agenda

Four days in Cartagena to connect capital, knowledge, and action.

  1. Tuesday

    24August

    • Participant arrivals
    • Latimpacto Members' Dinner

  2. Wednesday

    25August

    • Field visits
    • Opening cocktail reception

  3. Thursday

    26August

    • Day 1 of the Academic Program

  4. Friday

    27August

    • Day 2 of the Academic Program
    • Closing celebration

Who joined us in 2026

Organized by

Latimpacto

Pioneers

  • BID Lab

Visionaries

  • Bora Hub Ambev
  • Fundo Vale
  • Skoll Foundation

Sponsor

  • Sebrae

Catalysts

  • Bayer Foundation
  • Fundación WWB Colombia

Boosting

  • Anglo American Foundation
  • Argidius
  • Citi
  • Fundación Santo Domingo
  • Instituto Sabin
  • Myriad USA
  • Pro Mujer
  • The Rockefeller Foundation
  • UBS

Media Partner

  • Alliance
  • ImpactAlpha
  • DRAFT
  • Pioneers Post
  • Profile
  • Stanford Social Innovation Review Brasil

Partner

  • Charities Aid Foundation
  • IDIS
  • Impact Hub Manaus
  • Fundación Instituto Natura
  • Somos Um
  • The Carbon Sink

Interested in being part of Impact Minds 2027?

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+124%
more participants since 2022
240+
members in the Latimpacto network
100M
potential media reach

What your organization gets

  • Visibility before impact capital leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Direct connection with families, family offices, foundations, companies and multilateral organizations
  • Presence at the conference, in its content and across Impact Minds' digital reach

Impact Minds is a Carbon Neutral event

We take action and offset our carbon footprint to ensure a more sustainable experience, thanks to our strategic partner The Carbon Sink.

638.79tCO2e

Tonnes of CO₂ offset at the last conference

Past editions

Manaus, Brazil 2026

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About Latimpacto

Latimpacto is the Latin American network with global reach that seeks to maximize the mobilization of capital for impact in Latin America and the Caribbean. It brings together actors, knowledge and capital across the capital continuum, from venture philanthropy and impact investing to sustainable finance.

It gathers more than 240 members, including families, family offices, companies, grantmaking foundations, multilateral organizations, academic institutions and accelerators that invest in the region with an impact lens.

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