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Coherences the gathering is set to launch in Chicago October 12-14, 2026.
We welcome you to join us and 40-50 doers, shakers, movers, dancers, artists, storytellers, dreamers, entrepreneurs, investors, world builders and healers, to reimagine the Midwest and the future of a care economy.
Our vision is a flowing together of great humans. Drawn by our understanding of the importance of this moment in history and our creative capacity to imagine the future and get shit done. Our intention first is to step outside the frame; to be fully present; to co-create the conditions for spontaneous cooperation, and find a path forward together in the “future here now.”
COHERENCES
Coherences is an artistic and cultural act of relationship and trust building with close colleagues in response to present conditions. Where imagination, storytelling and impact are integrated into coherence through culture, fun and joy.
RELATIONSHIP
Our intimate mind meld happens in Chicago in October, for a series of independent events, as SOCAP (the Social Capital Markets Conference) convenes for its 19th year, and in the Midwest for the first time. Our agenda is still forming but you can see where we are headed below.
HAPPENING
HAPPENINGS
Our emergent and experimental agenda is still unfolding but here’s where we are headed. Register to save your spot.
MONDAY
SoCap Opens
Protopia Salon: A calm space to meet, work, talk & play.
Obama Presidential Center Tour: Limited availability.
Dinner: Various restaurants.
Protopia Lounge: Join us after hours on the patio for drinks, conversation and music.
10.12
TUESDAY
Protopia Salon: A calm space to meet, work, talk & play.
Reading The River: A river journey action learning experience with Mercedes Martin & Company, One Thriving Planet and Friends of the Chicago River.
Dinner: Various restaurants.
Protopia Lounge: Join us after hours on the patio for drinks, conversation and music.
10.13
WEDNESDAY
Protopia Salon: A calm space to meet, work, talk & play.
IMAGINAL: A participatory immersive journey to imagine the future of the Midwest and the Care Economy.
Dinner: Various restaurants.
Chicago Jazz & Blues.
10.13
We will send you a more complete agenda in mid- September. For now please let us know if you are interested in coming.