In its tenth year, the 2024 Fast Company Innovation Festival unfolds in venues throughout New York City, convening thousands of makers and innovators from across the globe—exceptional leaders and doers shaping the future—for four days of inspired conversation, purposeful networking, and meaningful takeaways.On Wednesday, September 18th, Ken Moore, Mastercard’s Chief Innovation Officer, will speak on a panel “How Employee Engagement Can Transform Company Culture—and the Bottom Line” alongside Bob Stiller, Founder of Keurig Green Mountain.

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This year's program will explore how global development, digital transformation, and evolving consumer behavior are reshaping inclusive growth. Discussions will highlight the critical role of SMEs as drivers of innovation and resilience, the opportunities and challenges of AI and digital finance in advancing financial health, and the ways technology is transforming how people and businesses engage, transact, and scale.

Global Inclusive Growth Forum

GIGF DC

The State of the Ecosystem event is the opening session of WACIF’s signature small business conference, Cultivate Summit. This 40-minute Fireside Chat will feature Jonathan Fantini-Porter among other experts from the national and DC area business ecosystem who support entrepreneurs. WACIF’s CEO, Shannan Herbert, will moderate a discussion focused on new policies, programs, resources, and the implications of the current political and business environment at both local and national levels.

Cultivate Summit 2026

Amid mounting global challenges—from fracturing supply chains, exponentially growing advancements in technology to an ever-evolving geopolitical landscape—India is an essential location to set the agenda for the next era of growth, innovation and cooperation.

New Economy Forum

Bloomberg New Economy India

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and Devex will host a series of high-level strategic dialogues on the sidelines of the IDB Annual Meeting in Asunción, Paraguay, to advance private sector engagement, the digital economy, and financial resilience across Latin America and the Caribbean. Shamina Singh will also attend the exclusive Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, the institution’s highest-level governance gathering.

LAC Inclusive Growth Forum

LAC IG Forum IDB Annual Meetings

High-level convening bringing together donors, DFIs, impact investors, and ecosystem partners to co-design a $12M+ blended finance facility for women-led climate enterprises across South Asia. The Center's Shuba Chandran has been invited to speak at a panel titled “From grant to scale – how blended finance can unlock US$100M+ for women-led climate enterprises”, exploring how strategically deployed concessional capital can move beyond standalone grants to mobilize large-scale private investment into women-led climate enterprises.

Project SAFFAL: Investor and Donor Summit

MEF Summit 2026

Each year, MWC Barcelona strengthens links between tens of thousands of senior leaders across the connectivity ecosystem, global business and government. They amplify compelling voices, champion deep industry acumen, celebrate technical excellence and unite the advocates of change. The Center's Payal Dalal will join the exclusive Ministerial Programme agenda, speaking on a panel dedicated to Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and exploring how to scale responsible and sustainable DPI.

MCW26 Barcelona

The Summit charts a path towards a future where the transformative power of AI serves humanity, drives inclusive growth, fosters social development, and promotes people-centric innovations that protect our planet. It also seeks to amplify the voice of the Global South, ensuring that technological advancements and opportunities are shared broadly, not concentrated in a few regions.

India AI Impact Summit

India AI Summit 2026

At a moment defined by profound geopolitical, technological and societal shifts, the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting provides an impartial platform for dialogue, collaboration and action.

Davos 2026

WEF Davos 2026

Building on the success of previous Conferences, the AVPN Global Conference 2025 with Host Partner The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (HKJCCT) will take place in the city of Hong Kong. The Conference will explore the theme “Asian Leadership for an Inclusive World”. The Center's <a href="https://www.mastercardcenter.org/people/subhashini-chandran" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shuba Chandran</a>, SVP Social Impact APEMEA, will be speaking at this event.

AVPN Conference 2025

AVPN 2025

This isn't just another event; it's a space where visionary leaders, influential voices, and frontline practitioners come together to identify opportunities, unlock potential, and cultivate groundbreaking new perspectives.

ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit

The Milken Institute Global Conference brings together the world's brightest minds to address the most urgent challenges and unlock the most promising opportunities of our time. This premier event connects individuals with the capital and influence to drive change with experts and innovators transforming health, finance, business, technology, philanthropy, industry, and society.

Milken Institute Global Conference

Milken Institute 2025 Global Conference

The 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025 will bring together leaders from government, business and academia, along with innovators and representatives from international organizations, media and civil society.

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Annual meeting of New Champions

WEF Annual Meeting of Champions

The 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80) will open on Tuesday, 10 September 2025, and the first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 24 September 2025.

UNGA 80

Now in its 7th year, it is the largest city-wide climate festival in Europe, attracting over 45,000 people annually.&nbsp;LCAW provides a brand and platform under which hundreds of stakeholders host their events, creating a large and vibrant programme of climate-focused activities.&nbsp;

London Climate Week

FIW is a forum for exchanging ideas, research, and perspectives worldwide. The community-driven agenda covers the most pressing topics, helping to inform and advise global efforts to advance inclusive finance. Each year, the Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) convenes FIW and invites partner organizations to showcase work, share ideas on what’s ahead, and engage with the community.

Financial Inclusion Week

2025 FIW Accion

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Aspen Institute present the 2023 Global Inclusive Growth Summit. Alongside the World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings, the Summit will assemble a dynamic group of U.S. and global leaders for action-oriented discussions on national and international issues. In a turbulent economic, environmental, and human context, the Summit will enable private sector, social impact, and government leaders to partner in new ways on meaningful solutions and approaches.

2023 Global Inclusive Growth Summit

On Friday, November 22, 2024, data.org, Mastercard, and The Asian Institute for Digital Finance (AIDF), and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) will convene domain leaders across academia, industry, government, and NGOs to discuss innovative approaches and strategic opportunities for collaboration to meet this shared goal.

Asia Pacific Data Capacity Accelerator launch

Dataorg AP Data Capacity Accelerator

Hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the Global Inclusive Growth Summit advances real solutions to today’s most pressing challenges through collaboration and candid conversation among entrepreneurs, innovators, policymakers, and emerging changemakers.

Global Inclusive Growth Summit 

Global Inclusive Growth Summit 2025

The Annual Meeting 2025 convenes global leaders to address key global and regional challenges. These include responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating growth to improve living standards, and stewarding a just and inclusive energy transition.

Davos 2025

WEF Davos 2025

Join us in New York City during the UN General Assembly and New York Climate Week for Mastercard’s Digital Transformation Together gathering. We'll convene public, private and philanthropic leaders to explore and address the pressing challenges and opportunities shaping our world.We aim to foster meaningful progress toward a more resilient and inclusive digital future through insightful discussions and strategic dialogue.

Digital Transformation Together

Event - Digital Transformation Together

FIW is a forum for exchanging ideas, research, and perspectives from around the world. The community-driven agenda covers the most pressing topics, helping to inform and advise global efforts to advance inclusive finance. Each year, the Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) convenes FIW and invites partner organizations to showcase work, share ideas on what’s ahead, and engage with the community.

Event Financial Inclusion Week - Accion 2024

The Center for Inclusive Growth will be hosting the Annual UNGA Data Summit at the Mastercard NYC Tech Hub. Held alongside the UN General Assembly week, a diverse group of private, public, and social sector leaders and doers will convene to discuss the future of data for social impact and the most pressing issues facing our society today. Participants will hear from speakers and panelists and engage in breakout sessions to dive deeper into the topics they care about, including financial inclusion, climate resilience, AI, and more.&nbsp;

Impact Data Summit 2024

Event - Impact Data Summit 2024

Each summer, the Resnick Aspen Action Forum offers the opportunity to come together with high-integrity, action-oriented leaders to reflect, refresh and recommit to confronting some of society's greatest challenges.The Aspen Global Leadership Network community returns to Aspen, Colorado, July 23–26, 2024 for the Resnick Aspen Action Forum.

Aspen Resnick Action Forum

(Event) 7/23/24 - Aspen Resnick Action Forum

Accelerate: Data for Social Impact Conference will convene academic institutions, social impact organizations, philanthropy, and industry partners around the globe. This inaugural event will focus on the potential of leveraging data and AI to mitigate and adapt to climate change through an intersectional lens that spans public health, financial inclusion, and data privacy.

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