Day 2

Back by popular demand and now officially part of the main programme, these sessions will last 90 minutes, and are designed to connect experts around a specific challenge or question that they can solve (or seek to make progress on) together. With croissants in hand, participants are invited to contribute their expertise and ideas in a relaxed, conversational setting.

Attendees should come ready to join together in this session to discuss how we can build regulatory frameworks for outcomes-focused partnerships.

As outcomes become tradable, how do we build systems that ensure trust, legitimacy and a market-based mechanism that truly drives human and societal flourishing? This session brings together leading voices to explore the future of verified outcomes, from the risks and tensions to the opportunities for scale. Join us for a grounded conversation on what it will take to move from bespoke contracts to an outcomes marketplace.

• With public funding stretched, corporates under pressure, and philanthropy seeking increased accountability and effectiveness, the time is ripe to rethink how we connect verified impact to capital.
• Building on emerging frameworks like the World Economic Forum’s tradeable impact initiative, and early infrastructure and standards being tested by pioneers like Common Good Marketplace and WOCAN’s W+ credits, this session explores what’s needed for real adoption.
• Expect a provocative, participatory format designed to surface real tensions and leave participants with a clearer understanding of how they can engage with — and help shape — the future of verified outcomes.

Back by popular demand and now officially part of the main programme, these sessions will last 90 minutes, and are designed to connect experts around a specific challenge or question that they can solve (or seek to make progress on) together. With croissants in hand, participants are invited to contribute their expertise and ideas in a relaxed, conversational setting.

Attendees should come ready to join together in this session to discuss how we can build preventative spending into budget rules and how to take more preventative approaches.

Back by popular demand and now officially part of the main programme, these sessions will last 90 minutes, and are designed to connect experts around a specific challenge or question that they can solve (or seek to make progress on) together. With croissants in hand, participants are invited to contribute their expertise and ideas in a relaxed, conversational setting.

Attendees should come ready to join together in this session to discuss how we can create a health system with a focus on outcomes.

Back by popular demand and now officially part of the main programme, these sessions will last 90 minutes, and are designed to connect experts around a specific challenge or question that they can solve (or seek to make progress on) together. With croissants in hand, participants are invited to contribute their expertise and ideas in a relaxed, conversational setting.

Attendees should come ready to join together in this session to discuss how we can help better connect the local with impact at scale.

Back by popular demand and now officially part of the main programme, these sessions will last 90 minutes, and are designed to connect experts around a specific challenge or question that they can solve (or seek to make progress on) together. With croissants in hand, participants are invited to contribute their expertise and ideas in a relaxed, conversational setting.

This session is perfect for anyone working in or with social outcomes partnerships who wants to explore how learning from the Life Chances Fund is influencing new programmes and systems, share experiences from their own work, and tackle the challenges of making outcomes-based approaches stick.

Back by popular demand and now officially part of the main programme, these sessions will last 90 minutes, and are designed to connect experts around a specific challenge or question that they can solve (or seek to make progress on) together. With croissants in hand, participants are invited to contribute their expertise and ideas in a relaxed, conversational setting.

This peer-learning session is particularly for those who have been involved in running an outcomes funds. Attendees should come ready to share their experiences and learn from one another.

Join this session if you're looking for fresh ideas (and croissants) on how AI can improve public services without losing public trust. The conversation will touch on using AI to automate cost data classification to support real-time learning, on gaining insights from conversational service user feedback using AI and on the risks of AI in public procurement and how contracting frameworks can support responsible adoption

With governments, investors, and communities grappling with how to deliver better outcomes in a time of mounting social, economic, and environmental pressure, the concept of an impact economy is no longer a fringe concept—it's fast becoming a policy and investment imperative. But amidst the buzz, there's still a need for clarity and coherence: What exactly do we mean by the impact economy? How can it be built in practice, not just in theory? And why does it matter now more than ever?

This Big Picture session brings together senior policymakers, sector leaders, and cutting-edge academics to unpack the what, how, and why of the impact economy — from mobilising private capital for public good, to embedding accountability and evidence in decision-making. Featuring senior voices from government, academia, and the frontlines of delivery, expect bold ideas, international perspectives, and a candid conversation about what it takes to shift systems towards impact at scale.

Opening Keynote

We will be joined by Ruth Hannant, Director General for Policy at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (UK Government) who will give an opening keynote to start the session. Building on the Prime Minister's recent "Delivering Change Together" Summit in July, Ruth will set out how her department is working closely in partnership with the Impact Economy to deliver on the UK government's priority missions.

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Delivering effective public services in complex environments requires collaboration across government, service providers, intermediaries, and philanthropy. Yet, traditional data systems—built to monitor performance through fixed outcomes and linear theories of change— fall short in capturing some key drivers of impact: trust, relationships, and adaptive local responses.

This panel will explore how we can reimagine data infrastructure to better support test-and-learn approaches in the design and implementation of social programs. We will discuss limitations of existing data infrastructures but also remain pragmatic to what can be done at every level of programs to generate learning from data on complex services.

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This session explores how results-based financing (RBF) can be institutionalised and scaled to improve maternal health outcomes in complex, resource-constrained settings. Drawing on two rich case studies—from Zimbabwe’s national rollout of RBF in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, to South Africa’s innovative integration of mental health into maternal care pathways in rural Limpopo—the session provides concrete insights into designing, implementing, and sustaining outcome-based approaches. Presenters will share lessons on building local ownership, aligning funding and verification systems, and co-producing outcomes with communities. The session will conclude with a panel discussion featuring implementing partners and policy experts, reflecting on the enabling conditions and challenges for embedding RBF into national health systems.

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Cuts to foreign aid budgets by major donor-countries have thrown development and humanitarian work into crisis. Organisations across the sector face a challenge: using fewer resources to meet the needs of vulnerable populations, all while global fragility remains at a record high. This session will reflect on the future of development and humanitarianism, with particular consideration of highly fragile contexts. We will draw from emerging evidence on alternative strategies and funding models to indicate how partnerships might support better social outcomes in fragile settings. Key themes include: accountability and efficient spending; the role of local organisations; translating investments into long-term sustainability of impact.

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Innovative financing and strategic data use are reshaping the future of foundational learning and education. This deep dive convenes system‑builders from India, South Africa and Latin America to show how an outcomes focus powered by smart data and adaptive evaluation can move the needle at scale. Leading practitioners, researchers and funders will unpack how systems can move from intent to impact. Drawing on experience from diverse contexts, our panel will explore contracts and funding models that tie payments to measurable outcomes while keeping equity and quality at the centre. How can we turn data into decisions and streamline the flood of classroom and system‑level information? How can we evaluate complex change with new flexible and responsive frameworks?

The panel will surface what it takes to unlock political will, design contracts that reward results, embed data in everyday decisions, and scale interventions without losing sight of context. Participants will benefit from sharp lessons, candid reflection and practical take‑aways for anyone committed to better foundational learning, whether you write policy, finance programmes or work on the front line of education outcomes.

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How can employment services better support those furthest from the labour market into stable, welfare-enhancing and sustainable work? This session brings together diverse international case studies – from England, Australia, and South Africa – that challenge the conventional placement-driven systems and instead spotlight more relational, person-centred and capability-enhancing models of employment support.

Presentations will explore how local partnerships are embedding systems thinking and co-production into youth employment initiatives; how pay-for-performance and outcomes funds are fostering innovation and better coordination between government, training providers, and employers; and how flexible, personalised support models can deliver improved labour market outcomes for disadvantaged groups.

Together, these examples show how employment interventions that focus not just on rapid job placement but on wellbeing, confidence, and longer-term job sustainability can more effectively meet the complex needs of individuals. The session will also share new quantitative evidence on what works, highlighting the potential of outcomes-based funding mechanisms to deliver better results, both for service users and for improving value for money in public service delivery.

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