Event agenda
Monday, 18 May 2026
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Bridging Conversations: Curated Connections
A dedicated space for meaningful encounters. Over breakfast and coffee, curated partner circles and facilitated 1:1 meetings bring together investors, entrepreneurs, and leaders for focused dialogue, relationship building, and collaboration.
10:30 - 11:00
Official Opening
We open Impact Days ’26 together. A collective moment to pause, connect, and reflect on our kuleana, the responsibility we carry in shaping the future and holding the tensions that define our time, between innovation and nature, stability and change.
2 speakers
11:00 - 12:30
Holding the Tension: Decisions That Shape the Future
After short impulses that frame the key challenges of our time, we move into Future Tables. We engage 40+ decision makers from business, policy, and investment in small-group dialogues exploring the tensions shaping our economies and societies.
2 speakers
13:00 - 14:00
Capital and Conscience: Investing in Defense
How do investors navigate the ethics of defense investment? Led by Peter Kirchschläger, this live case engages key investors in a real-time decision process, exploring trade-offs bet
3 speakers
Enabling Impact: Strengthening the Framework for Social Innovation
How can Austria unlock the full potential of social innovation? How enabling frameworks, smart regulation, and targeted incentives, inspired by European best practices, can support new solutions, attract investment, and scale impact across sectors.
3 speakers
Impact Dealflow Live 1
Curated impact ventures present real investment opportunities. Go beyond pitches into active dealflow, engage directly with founders, explore scalable solutions, and identify partnerships shaping the next generation of impact markets.
13:00 - 14:00
Regenerating Agriculture: From Fields to Systems
How do we scale nature-positive agriculture? How can government, corporates, farmers and private investors drive collaboration that strengthens healthy landscapes, restores biodiversity, and builds resilient food systems.
4 speakers
14:30 - 15:30
AI and the Rise of the Entrepreneurial Workforce
AI is reshaping work faster than systems can adapt. How entrepreneurial skills and a culture of innovation can help organizations harness AI as both disruptor and enabler, while addressing its social consequences and building a more adaptive workforce.
Female Health: Innovation Between Science, Markets and Impact
Innovation in women’s health is emerging at the intersection of medicine, technology, entrepreneurship, and policy. How can collaboration unlock solutions and improve access, prevention, and care?
Impact Dealflow Live 2
Curated impact ventures present real investment opportunities. Go beyond pitches into active dealflow, engage directly with founders, explore scalable solutions, and identify partnerships shaping the next generation of impact markets.
16:00 - 17:00
From Breakthroughs to Ventures
What does it take to turn early-stage innovation into something investable? Where do founders get stuck? What do investors actually look for? And which support structures truly make a difference?
Impact Dealflow Live 3
Curated impact ventures present real investment opportunities. Go beyond pitches into active dealflow, engage directly with founders, explore scalable solutions, and identify partnerships shaping the next generation of impact markets.
16:00 - 17:00
Reframing Security: The Systems That Sustain Us
Security is more than defense. This session explores how material systems, institutions, and shared narratives shape resilience, and what it means to design, invest, and lead for security in an interdependent world.
1 speaker
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 20:00
Impact Garden
An open-air space for all participants to connect over drinks and snacks. Designed for spontaneous conversations, informal networking, and relaxed exchange, the Impact Garden offers a place to meet, recharge, and continue the dialogue beyond sessions.
Impact Salon (Impact Maker Pass)
An invitation-only space for partner speakers and Impact Maker pass holders to connect over food and drinks. Designed for meaningful exchange, trusted conversations, and building relationships that can lead to collaboration and real impact.
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
08:30 - 09:30
09:30 - 12:30
Designing Businesses for the Doughnut Economy
How can businesses be designed to regenerate ecosystems and create social value? This session explores how organizations and investors can embed impact into business models, align incentives with planetary boundaries, and ensure long-term value creation.
Impact Funds Deep Dive - Building the Next Generation of Impact Funds
Impact investing is being tested. What’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change? This deep dive brings fund managers and ecosystem players together for an honest conversation on capital, risk, and the future of impact funds.
Investing for Impact: A Masterclass for Angel Investors
How can angel investors deploy capital for both returns and systemic impact? This masterclass explores how to integrate impact into investment strategy, governance, and portfolio design, combining real-world cases with practical tools for decision-making.
2 speakers
Start-up Deep Dive - Scaling Impact: From Traction to Systems Change
What does it take to scale impact, not just growth? This deep dive explores how entrepreneurs can build repeatable, outcome-driven models, work with existing systems, and expand reach through partnerships to achieve lasting, large-scale change.
09:30 - 12:30
Making Agriculture Investable
What does it take to make agriculture investable? This deep dive explores what investors need, where the real barriers lie, and how business models, risk structures, and value chains must evolve to unlock capital and scale opportunities in the sector.
4 speakers