Networking is one of the most important things you can do to grow your business, connections, and influence as a social entrepreneur. Below is a list of 2020 events where you can begin growing your network, or keep building it if you’ve already started. Please remember that some event schedules are subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Events

EVENT	LOCATION	DATE
CultureCon	Atlanta New York City	Aug. 22, 2020 (Atlanta) Oct. 22, 2020 (NYC)
PurpleCon	Baltimore, MD	Sept. 5-12, 2020
Startup Program	London	Sept. 9, 2020
Social Entrepreneurship Summit	Virtual	Sept. 10-11, 2020
Women of Power Tech	San Francisco	Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2020
Fast Company Innovation Festival	New York City	Oct. 5-9, 2020
UK Black Business Show	London	Oct. 10, 2020
Buy Good Feel Good	Toronto Los Angeles	Oct. 16-18, 2020 (LA) Nov. 6-8, 2020 (Toronto)
Ignite Retreat	Asheville, NC	Oct. 16-18, 2020
Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit	Detroit, MI	Oct. 18-21, 2020
The Social Capital Market Conference	San Francisco Virtual	Oct. 19-23, 2020
National Black Book Festival	Houston, TX	Oct. 22-24, 2020
Young Entrepreneur Convention	Ames, IA	Oct. 24, 2020
Black Men XCEL	Miami, FL	Oct. 29-31, 2020
Web Summit	Lisbon, Portugal	Nov. 2-5, 2020
DreamForce 2020	Virtual	Nov. 9-12, 2020
Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit	Virtual	Nov. 12-13, 2020
AfroTech	Oakland, CA	Nov. 12-15, 2020
Internet Summit	Raleigh, NC	Nov. 17-19, 2020
2020 National Black Owned Business Conference	Washington, D.C.	Nov. 20-21, 2020
Digital Summit	Various locations	Various dates

2021 Events

EVENT	LOCATION	DATE
Black Expo Economic Empowerment Summit	Charleston, SC Columbia, SC Florida	March 12-13, 2021 May 14-15, 2021 Aug. 26-28, 2021
Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals	TBD	March 21-24, 2021

Other Upcoming Events

EVENT	LOCATION	DATE
Black Wall Street: Homecoming	TBA	TBA
Power Rising	Baltimore, MD	TBA