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14–16 April 2026 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Systemic Investing Summit 2026

An immersive gathering designed for dialogue, reflection and connection—co-created with and for the community.

Location

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The 2026 Summit will take place in Rio—a location chosen for its cultural, social and ecological context.

The setting supports presence, openness and meaningful exchange, creating conditions for deeper engagement and knowledge sharing around capital and systems change.

Hosting the Summit in Brazil also centers perspectives from the Global South, grounding conversations in lived realities and diverse ways of knowing.

THE PROGRAM

interactive and Practice-Centered

Expect a dynamic agenda that emphasizes doing, not just talking. Participants will:

  • Deepen relationships with leading practitioners and innovators
  • Explore real-world practices that can reshape capital flows at scale
  • Co-create tangible solutions that can be adapted and deployed in your own context


Crucially, the experience design intentionally integrates lightness and joy—because creativity and trust flourish when the room feels human.

For an overview of the agenda, see below. We are currently in detailed planning with our community and Advisory Council. The full agenda will be published in March. 

Summit 2026 Agenda

Introduction to Systemic Investing & partner events

The morning is held for gatherings and experiences organized by the wider community. 

AFTERNOON

When Time speaks: a dialogue across Past, Present and Future
 
To open the Summit, three voices—Past, Present, and Future—enter into a live dialogue. The Past carries the memory of transformation and collapse. The Present holds the tension, urgency, and uncertainty of this moment. The Future speaks from what might become and what will be remembered.
 
Through sharp exchanges and moments of friction, they ask: Can systems truly change? What role has capital played in shaping our world, and what will it be remembered for? This immersive opening sets the tone for the days ahead: honest, alive, and charged with possibility.
 
Systemic Investing: an Introduction
 

The opening session, delivered by Dominic Hofstetter, Executive Director of TCI, will introduce systemic investing. Rather than assuming prior alignment, he will unpack the core ideas underpinning the field and clarify how systemic investing is understood in this context. 

He will explore who is driving this shift—including long-term asset owners, institutional investors, philanthropy, and mission-aligned capital providers—and how they are putting it into practice through coordinated capital allocation, stewardship, collaboration, and engagement beyond individual investments. 

By grounding the conversation in clear concepts and practical examples, he will equip you to engage fully in the discussions ahead, connecting systemic investing directly to your roles, responsibilities, and decision-making in an interconnected and rapidly evolving world.

From concept to implementation: real world examples
 
This fireside chat brings together three leaders who are actively advancing systemic investing in their day-to-day work. Moving beyond theory, the conversation will explore what it actually takes to implement this approach in practice. You will hear candid reflections on what they have learned along the way, what has proven most challenging, and where they have seen the greatest impact. Through real-world examples and honest insights, this session will surface practical lessons to inform your own work and deepen your understanding of what systemic investing looks like in action.
 
Exploring the Hallmarks of Systemic Investing
 
This interactive, fast-paced session invites you to dive deeper into three core hallmarks of systemic investing. Structured as a series of short rotations, you will explore what each hallmark is, how it shows up in practice, and the key questions that remain open or still being tested in the field. Designed to spark insight and dialogue, this session will help you sharpen your understanding of the distinctive characteristics of systemic investing and consider how they relate to your own work.
 
Home Groups
 
At the start of the Summit, you’ll be welcomed into a Home Group—a small group you’ll check in with at different points throughout the agenda. Designed to deepen connections, support reflection, and help translate insights into action, these groups create the conditions for meaningful collaboration beyond surface-level networking. Serving as a dedicated space for reflection and sensemaking, Home Groups complement the main sessions and ensure you have time to process what you are learning and consider how it applies to your work.
 
Welcome evening
 
Join us for an evening of drinks, dinner, and conversation as we kick off the Summit together. This is an opportunity to get to know fellow attendees, begin building connections, and settle into the days ahead in a relaxed setting. 

Practice, Exploration & Co-Creation

MORNING
 
Welcome from TCI and Converge Capital
 
This session will set the intention for our time together, outline the aims and flow of the days ahead, and frame the importance of the conversations we will have.
 
Opening ceremony
 
Indigenous leaders will ground our time together in place, perspective, and responsibility, offering reflections that invite us to consider our work within a broader social and ecological context.
 
Home Groups
 
You’ll reconvene with your Home Group to reflect on key insights from the day and explore what they mean for your work. This dedicated time for conversation and sensemaking offers space to deepen connections, test thinking, and translate ideas into action.
 
Plenary: collective activity (more details to come)
 
Workshops 
 

You will have the opportunity to choose from a selection of workshops on topics including: investment vehicles; combinatorial effects; complexity and narrative; systemic investing and international development finance post COP; compassionate systems leadership; Indigenous and West views: working together; storytelling; how private wealth is refining systemic investing. 

We are currently finalizing these and will confirm the full list in the coming weeks.

 
AFTERNOON
 
Workshops
 

You will have the opportunity to choose from a selection of workshops on topics including: investment vehicles; combinatorial effects; complexity and narrative; systemic investing and international development finance post COP; compassionate systems leadership; Indigenous and West views: working together; storytelling; how private wealth is refining systemic investing. 

We are currently finalizing these and will confirm the full list in the coming weeks.

 
Closing words
 
Evening dinner 

Moving to Action & Looking Forward

MORNING
 
Home Groups

You’ll reconvene with your Home Group for conversation and sensemaking.

Workshops

You will have the opportunity to choose from a selection of workshops on topics including: investment vehicles; combinatorial effects; complexity and narrative; systemic investing and international development finance post COP; compassionate systems leadership; Indigenous and West views: working together; storytelling; how private wealth is refining systemic investing. 

We are currently finalizing these and will confirm the full list in the coming weeks.

AFTERNOON

From insight to action: what do we do next?

The Summit has sparked new thinking, surfaced tensions, and expanded our collective understanding of systemic investing.

But insight without action decays.

This final session is designed to convert learning into momentum. It is an opportunity to move from reflection to responsibility and to decide what we will actually do next to advance the practice of systemic investing.

Over two hours, participants will self-organise into focused conversations across Lajedo. These conversations have been curated based on areas and topics surfaced throughout the Summit. Some will provide space for reflective practice: enabling participants to unpack what they’ve learned, clarify their own next steps, and strengthen their individual approach to systemic investing.

Others will focus on collaborative action: forming small working groups around specific programmes, geographies, or emerging initiatives.

And some will centre on field-building: strengthening communities of practice, regional peer networks, and shared infrastructure to accelerate systemic investing in different contexts.

Participants are also welcome to convene a conversation around something not currently listed if they see a gap or opportunity.

Whichever path you choose, this session is not designed for abstract discussion. It is a space to develop tangible next steps.

By the end of the session, each group will aim to have developed:

  • A sharpened 6-month ambition
  • A clear 90-day milestone
  • Three concrete next actions
  • Named owners
  • A scheduled follow-up meeting

Facilitation guidelines and practical tools will be available to support each conversation.

This is where the Summit becomes a network of action. The field moves when small groups commit to concrete experiments.

What happens next is in your hands.

Closing ceremony

We will come back together for final reflections and parting words. You’ll rejoin your Home Groups one last time to consider what you have learned, what has shifted for you, and what you will carry forward from our time together. This closing moment is an opportunity to consolidate insights, acknowledge new connections, and leave with clarity about the actions and commitments you will take beyond the Summit.
 
Party
 
Expect music and dancing!

Playmakers Industries guide people into a new way of leading—grounded in ethics, systemic awareness, and intercultural wisdom

Post-Summit Field Immersion

Following the Summit, participants will have the opportunity to take part in an additional one-day immersive experience in Vidigal Favela, Rio.

The most consequential system change often emerges where capital rarely goes and where results depend on trust, not optics. With a small, curated circle of capital stewards and mission-aligned partners you will walk the territory with community leaders, meet organizers and entrepreneurs building resilient local economies, and reflect on what responsible support looks like in practice. Curated by playmakers industries and hosted by Favela Experience (a trusted local presence for over 10 years), with Indigenous and traditional leaders joining from the Summit. 

If you are interested in joining please email Philippe Greier at: philippe@playmakers.cc

our sponsors

Partnership and impact

Our sponsors provide essential support that enables us to design an impactful and enjoyable Summit. We are hugely grateful for their partnership.

 

The Vibe

The Summit is intentionally intimate and relational.

It creates space for curiosity, openness and care, inviting participants to engage fully—with each other and with the issues that matter.

The atmosphere supports trust, reflection and meaningful connection across different perspectives and lived experiences.

Ready to Express Your Interest?

If you’re committed to systemic investing, the Summit offers a high-trust environment in which you can build your practice and deepen relationships. Share why you want to attend through our expression of interest form. We review submissions regularly and will respond as soon as we can.
Applications for Rio now closed