2025 Theme

The Bold Change the World

What is faster than exponential change? Whatever it is, that is where we are right now. Complex global challenges, shifting societal dynamics and rapid technological advancements that are reshaping industries, economies, and societies at an extraordinary pace. As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, it presents both immense opportunities and significant challenges for entrepreneurs who navigate this new landscape, as well as the communities who support their growth.  

In a world of constant change and complex challenges, it is the bold who move from ideas to action – stepping forward to drive transformative change.

• Entrepreneurs who accept and overcome risk as they develop products and services that improve our daily lives.
• Investors who build funds and identify promising new startups while shaping their growth.  
• Policymakers who simplify regulations and reduce burdens to entrepreneurship – ensuring that legal frameworks support business formation and growth.
• Ecosystem builders who are the connective tissue – bringing everything together to ensure entrepreneurs have the infrastructure, resources and networks necessary to succeed.  

The Global Entrepreneurship Congress  gathers all of those ecosystem players under one roof – building community-level connectivity through cross-cutting interactions and collisions between delegates to design innovative solutions and mobilize collective action.  

GEC 2025: The Bold Change the World will gather more than 5,000 entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and ecosystem builders from 200 countries – providing you with an opportunity to build an impactful network and gain deep knowledge that you just can’t find while scouring for content in a virtual meeting.  

GEC 2025 will kick-off with curated delegate connections through self-selected areas of interest identified by entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and ecosystem builders, such as: Building Stronger Networks, Facilitating Cross-Border Collaboration, Optimizing an Entrepreneurship Regulatory Environment, Expanding Access to High-Quality Deal Flow, Boosting Due Diligence Readiness and more. Throughout the Congress, highly-interactive sessions are designed to drive delegates into side conversations to maximize value and impact.  

A Clear Vision for a New World by 2035

Delegates will contribute to the development of an ambitious 10-year roadmap for the global entrepreneurial ecosystem to strengthen performance while measuring year-on-year progress at each GEC leading up to 2035. The recommendations, compiled in a global Vision 2035 framework, are being built off dozens of pre-GEC working group sessions. Interactive sessions at GEC 2025 will explore data-driven interventions with a proven impact, including:  

• Breakthroughs in entrepreneur-focused ecosystem development and how to replicate those across other cities and countries
• Resources and programs for entrepreneurs at all stages
• Effective policies to stimulate business creation and growth
• Efforts to expand capital and get it in the right hands at the right times  

More program information is coming soon - stay tuned.