2018 Symposium

In 2018, the USC Price Center for Social Innovation launched the Southern California Symposium, a new executive education program designed to challenge local leaders to think deeply and collaboratively about the region’s future. The inaugural cohort convened 25 leaders from a variety of sectors. Over 30 guest speakers to discuss social innovation and how it advances progress in the areas of health, economic development, the built environment, and immigration.

Highlights: What Is Social Innovation?
Southern California Symposium: New Strategies for the Region's Future
Southern California Symposium Weekend 3 Highlights
Southern California Symposium Weekend 4 Highlights

Session Schedule

See what programs and speakers were planned for each weekend session.

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Faculty and Leadership

The So Cal Symposium faculty are nationally recognized leaders or advocates in their respective fields.

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Cohort

The So Cal Symposium faculty are nationally recognized leaders or advocates in their respective fields.

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Student Work

Working collaboratively, in five small teams, the Symposium’s 2018 Cohort identified deeply intractable social challenges facing the region — including housing, education, foster youth, and economic development — and applied a social innovation framework to develop long-term, sustainable, and novel solutions to each.

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