Join Matt Flannery of Kiva.org, Steve Newcomb of Virgance, and Ben Rattray of Change.org as they give short presentations on the different methods they have used to mobilize change. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn how a few of the Bay Area's most successful innovators are harnessing the energy of the masses for good. Pick their brains for feedback and advice on real ways to lift businesses off of the ground.

We invite you to meet the Hub Bay Area community and get a small taste of SOCAP09, which will be happening September 1-3, 2009 at The Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA. 

The Hub is a space for social innovators to work, meet, connect, and inspire. Members come to Hubs across the globe to collaborate, access market opportunities and capital, build community, and scale ideas. It is a place-based and online community of entrepreneurs, freelance professionals, artists, funders, students, mentors, community leaders… amazing people, doing incredible things. We borrowed from the best of a member’s club, business incubator, idea lab, and the comforts of home to create a different kind of space. A habitat for innovators.

SOCAP09 is the second annual Social Capital Markets Conference. Last year, over 600 hundred attendees from 26 countries came to discover the landscape of the social capital marketplace.  Together, we continue to draw a roadmap for this new economy and highlight ways people and organizations are finding their way in, moving forward, and collaborating. This year, a unique mix of the world's top social innovators, including members of the White House, will be deconstructing the issues and exploring new strategies for success in the changing financial world.

SOCAP09 is the once a year platform for ideas and The Hub is where ideas turn into reality year round. Jump onboard.