International evaluation expert Dr Michael Quinn Patton and OIIP Programme Director Gayle Peterson will discuss best practice and new frameworks for evaluating and measuring performance when investing in solutions to complex, systemic problems. Ranging from poverty alleviation and climate change to migration and human rights. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Larry Kramer, President of the Hewlett Foundation and Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, discuss how their organisations are addressing some of the world's most complex 'wicked' problems. And how to build organisations that can operate effectively in this difficult field.

Sujata Lamba, Director, World Bank and Shuen Chan, Permian Global Fund give a talk for the Oxford Impact Investment Programme. Women are defining the field of impact investing and social finance by entering the field in record numbers. Unlike some other executive educations programmes, half the Oxford Impact Investing Programme participants are women. Learn from the experiences of OIIP alumnae Shuen Chan, Director and Founder at Blue Drum Ventures and Director of Development at Permian Global...

Around the world organisation are using the Arts as a way to create change and economic development. Andrea Nemtin, CEO, Inspirit Foundation and Oksana Oracheva, General Director, Vladimir Potanin Fellowship discuss their programmes. Arts and Impact Investing has a long history and increasingly funders and investors are understanding it can bridge finance, policy and social change. Andrea Nemtin discusses how Inspirit, through public and private co-investing, undertakes real estate projects...

Sam Nwanze, Chief Investment Officer, Heirs Holdings Nigeria and one of Africa's first impact investors talks about the opportunities and challenges of the multi-billion dollar social investing industry in Africa. Sam Nwanze, Chief Investment Officer, Heirs Holdings Nigeria and one of Africa's first impact investors talks about the opportunities and challenges of the multi-billion dollar social investing industry in Africa. Sam will discuss how the future of Africa can be driven by internal...

Dr Gayle Peterson, Director of the Oxford Impact Investing Programme introduces the series which will cover a wide range of topics, from dealmaking and social impact bonds, to arts and social investing.