Social Enterprise Summit 2026

Australia’s Must-Attend Event for Doing Business That’s Good For People and Planet

Australia’s number one social enterprise event just got bigger! This year’s SECNA event includes a Social Enterprise Summit for business, government and social enterprise leaders.

Why a Summit?

Social enterprises are:

• Tackling Australia’s biggest social and environmental challenges
• Turning ‘business as usual’ on its head
• Reshaping local economies
• Offering high quality, high impact goods and services for governments and businesses wanting to see their procurement dollar go further

Expect a day of insight, connection and practical guidance, with speaker streams for funders and government (whether you’re hearing about social enterprise for the first time or wanting to deeply understand the latest models and innovations), and social enterprises (whether you’re a new start-up or a $100 million business-for-good) and for businesses, 

Why attend?

• Discover new social enterprise products and services
• Learn about new ways of working, doing business and how procurement is changing
• Dive into case studies of how social enterprises are tackling social and environmental challenges
• See social procurement in action and speak to the experts to help guide you
• Engage directly with social enterprise, business and government leaders

Speaker topics include:

• Keynote talks with industry and government VIPs
• Everything you need to know about social enterprise in 37 minutes
• How and why local and state governments are supporting social enterprise
• Social procurement in action: levers to truly shift spend
• There’s a social enterprise for that! Easy ways to switch to social enterprise suppliers
• Supplier diversity and economic inclusion: opening the door to new suppliers and strengthening social cohesion
• Going Green: businesses and government bringing circularity and sustainability into supply chains well
• Where to next for Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs)?
• World changing partnerships and how to make change stick
• Social Enterprise 101: Impact, Sales and Governance. How to prove it, sell it and run it.
• Kick start your social enterprise. What it takes to build a viable social enterprise, both in the cities and in the regions.
• Building a brand, community and audience around your customer and your mission
• Money, money, money – how to find it and what’s new in funding
• Social Enterprise Masterclass. What’s new and best practice. Double Bill: Inclusion and 
• The Power to Ask. What does inclusion really look like.
• Business growth, sustainable scaling, and how to do it differently
• People and culture: Strengthening the people who strengthen communities.
• How to work with government: best practice supply and advocacy
• Uncomfortable topics, trade-offs and taboos. The big picture conversations we need to have
• Impact Stacking & What comes after you solve the problem
• Endings and second acts: What happens when the original plan runs out.

Visit the website for the latest info: https://www.secna.org.au/festival