IGNITE Agenda
IGNITE is more than a conference—it’s a moment of movement. Participants will co-create the roadmap for what comes next: identifying gaps, surfacing shared opportunities, and setting a new agenda for cross-sector collaboration to ignite a new era of pro bono service.
Day One: Cross-Sector Leaders’ Summit
Day Two: Corporate Leaders’ Summit
Day One: Cross-Sector Leaders Summit
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
IGNITE opens with a full-day, cross-sector gathering designed to spark bold collaboration across nonprofits, corporations, funders, policymakers, tech experts, and field-builders. Together, we’ll map today’s realities, imagine tomorrow’s possibilities, and build the next generation of pro bono service.
Note: Agenda is still evolving and subject to change.
KEYNOTE
Launch IGNITE with bold framing that calls this moment what it is: a once-in-a-generation chance to redesign how talent, technology, and purpose fuel social change. This isn’t just a welcome—it’s your invitation to co-create the next era of pro bono service.
Sparking the Marketplace
SESSION
Nonprofit Reality Check: What it Will Take to Meet the Moment
Expose the scale of nonprofit pressures—mounting demand, shrinking funding, and a changing world of work—and challenge participants to rethink how pro bono can evolve to meet these needs.
SESSION
Explore how shifts in work, purpose, and technology are reshaping why and how professionals engage in pro bono, and what’s needed to unlock their full potential for impact.
The Future of Skilled Service
KEYNOTE
Reimagining Systems Through Design
Reflect on how bold design principles can help us build a pro bono marketplace that centers equity, purpose, and innovation.
FLASH TALKS
Bright Spots: Innovation Sparks for the Next Gen Marketplace
Spotlight bold innovations reshaping pro bono—from tech tools to delivery models—and spark fresh thinking about what’s possible.
SESSION
Unpack how artificial intelligence is transforming nonprofit demand, corporate supply, and the infrastructure connecting them, and imagine how AI can power a smarter, faster, more inclusive pro bono marketplace.
Next Gen Service: Powered by AI
RECEPTION
Day One Closing Reception
Cap off the day with connection, celebration, and inspiration.
Note that agenda is subject to change.
Day Two: Corporate Leaders’ Summit
Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Day 2 is a convening of corporate leaders advancing purpose and skilled volunteering. Together, we’ll confront the urgent challenges, harness the opportunities of AI, and reimagine how companies can lead the way in building the next generation of skilled service.
Note: Agenda is still evolving and subject to change.
SESSION
Igniting the Builders: The Power Companies Have to Shape the Future of Pro Bono
Frame the urgency of this moment: why business-as-usual pro bono won’t meet tomorrow’s nonprofit needs or corporate priorities.
SESSION
Nonprofit Spotlight: Today’s Urgent Needs
Ground corporate leaders in the real capacity challenges nonprofits are facing today and spark ideas for how companies can step up.
SESSION
AI Changes Everything: Designing Corporate Pro Bono for a Fast Future
Explore how AI is transforming nonprofits, pro bono consulting, and the infrastructure that connects them, and what companies must do to avoid leaving nonprofits behind.
FLASH TALK
Innovation Spark
Showcase a bold corporate innovation in pro bono.
SESSION
Trust & Connection: Today’s Critical Currencies
Examine trust and connection as essential building blocks of business and social impact, and pro bono’s role in rebuilding them.
SESSION
Level Up: How Pro Bono Builds the Skills (and Leaders) of Tomorrow
Discover how pro bono can accelerate skill-building and leadership development in an AI-transformed workplace.
Note that agenda is subject to change.