The Sidebar is a discussion series that runs alongside major global gatherings, including UNGA and Climate Week in New York. Most conference programming asks you to sit and listen. The Sidebar does something different. Every session is a facilitated discussion where participants contribute, not just absorb. The format is designed to surface the expertise already in the room, connect people around shared questions, and produce conversations that feel genuinely useful rather than performative. The people who come to The Sidebar are trying to make the world better. They work across philanthropy and foundations, governments and multilaterals, NGOs and grassroots organizations, media, academia, and the private sector. Some are allocating capital. Some are implementing programs on the ground. Some are writing the policies, covering the stories, or building the businesses that shape how change actually happens. What they share is a belief that better conversations lead to better outcomes, and that the best ideas rarely emerge from a stage. The program features more than 100 sessions across a few days, covering climate, governance, social innovation, global health, human rights, philanthropy, and the questions that sit at the edges of all of them. Sessions are curated, not simply booked. Topics emerge from community demand as much as from submitted proposals, and hosts are often people who arrived as participants. Connections made in one session frequently continue long after the event ends. The Sidebar is free to attend and open to anyone with something to contribute. If you are working on something that matters and you want to be in a room with others who are too, this is for you.
| Website | https://theside.bar/ |
| Employees | 6 (2 on RocketReach) |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Industry | Philanthropic Fundraising Services |
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