Join us for the inaugural GIID Global Summit, 9-11 April 2025 in Monterrey, Mexico
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The inaugural GIID Global Summit on April 9-11, 2025 brings innovation district leaders together with changemakers, visionaries, and investors from around the world.
The Summit will surface new trends and insights and give district leaders and their teams both practical and tactical tools to advance.
The Summit is an avenue for those interested in individual innovation districts—and the overall model—to learn how districts support industry and others to advance and scale ideas for the global market.
The Summit clarifies how districts are evolving to become regional engines that strengthen global competitiveness and how government actors are investing and catalyzing district growth.
The Summit elevates the role of universities and other actors in innovation ecosystems to support the people, places, and platforms that foster innovation and the commercialization of ideas.
Immersive experiences, in-depth sessions, and collaborative exchanges create opportunities to forge new partnerships and alliances and seed groundbreaking programs and transformative ideas. The Summit offers a culturally enriching and engaging environment bringing together changemakers and visionaries across various sectors to advance and shape the innovation district model on a global scale
PROGRAM & SPEAKERS
Immersive experiences, deep-dive sessions, and collaborative opportunities to advance the practice of innovation districts.
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Register before January 31, 2025 to take advantage of a 20% discount off the regular ticket price.
In the span of a single decade, districts are advancing their unique value proposition through new linkages with industry, R&D institutions, government, intermediaries, and others in the innovation ecosystem.
The inaugural GIID Global Summit is dedicated to defining
The Global Summit details insights into the various roles districts are playing locally and regionally—and increasingly, nationally and globally—as they take on global macro forces, including the imperatives to:
DIVERSIFY
Gain insights on new and proven approaches to comprehensive “people strategies”—how districts attract, train and retain a diverse talent pool from the earliest stages through the highest levels.
DECARBONIZE
Learn how districts serve as catalysts, facilitators, and repositories of a web of R&D and new technologies to solve and scale the energy transition and the energy-water nexus.
DERISK
Probe new analysis and strategies for leveraging significant shifts in production and supply chains due to national security concerns and the global rise of nearshoring, smartshoring and friendshoring.
The GIID Inaugural Global Summit offers a transformative experience for the world’s top innovation district leaders, changemakers, visionaries, and investors—and we welcome your active participation in this growing community.
Given the highly curated nature and size of this inaugural convening—approximately 300 people from more than 14 countries are expected to join as we gather together April 9-11, 2025 in Monterrey, Mexico—for those not affiliated with GIID or our Host Partner, Monterrey Innovation District, Summit Passes are priced at USD $3,000.
Various ticket levels and group packages are available for district leaders, their teams and partners in innovation ecosystems:
Districts currently affiliated at the Empower and Advance tiers of our Global Network
GIID Partners: learn more about these industry leaders (coming soon!)
Summit Partners: learn more about which organizations we’re partnering with on our inaugural convening (coming soon!)
Districts currently affiliated at the – Connect tier of the Global Network
Alumni of the Global Network
Select districts and individuals working with GIID
To incentivize participation of districts across various stages of growth in Latin America, and seed a nascent Latin American Alliance of district leaders, GIID is offering a substantial 75% discount off the regular cost of a Summit Pass for those located in Latin America. Must register by February 15, 2025 to take advantage of this opportunity.
Register by January 31, 2025 to take advantage of a 20% discount off the regular cost of a Summit Pass.
Contact us at Summit@GIID.org if you have any questions about Summit pass options or would like more information to determine which level you qualify for.
We have negotiated special discounts with nearby hotels for the Global Summit, valid for bookings between April 7-12, 2025. Take advantage of these exclusive attendee rates by booking with our affiliated hotels (The reservation links with special discount will be provided upon registration.). Secure your stay early to ensure availability!
*Valid for bookings between April 7-12, 2025. Subject to hotel availability.
3
Days
300+
Attendees
30+
Innovation Districts
14
Countries
Monterrey Innovation District concept
Tonsley
uCity
Experience three days of groundbreaking insights and global networking at Mexico's first innovation district. Register before January 31, 2025, to take advantage of a 20% discount off the regular ticket price.
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Register and access the special attendee rate* with our affiliated hotels (The reservation links with special discount will be provided upon registration.).
*Valid for bookings between April 7-12, 2025. Subject to hotel availability.
