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Global Leadership Forum
Summit – Madrid
10-11 April 2025
Global Leadership Forum
Summit add-ons
Global Leadership Forum
Think Tanks
Partnership opportunities 2025
Introduction
As the global representative body for national associations of consulting engineers, FIDIC represents over one million engineering professionals and 40,000 firms in around 100 countries worldwide. The buildings and infrastructure sector in which FIDIC members work contributes around $36 trillion to global GDP, therefore FIDIC has significant reach into a highly influential global industry sector. Delegates attending will include CEOs and c-suite executives from the global infrastructure community, including those working in government, finance, consulting engineering, construction, professional services, supply chain, academia, trade associations and asset owners. Invited guests from other industries will also attend to bring different perspectives and to challenge infrastructure sector conventions. FIDIC announced the formation of the Global Leadership Forum in September 2021 to bring senior influencers and decision makers together from the construction and infrastructure sectors to help address the critical issues we face as a society and an industry and to develop workable solutions to solve them. The forum provides a powerful global network for leaders to discuss these issues. Through their discussions, deliberations and actions, we will be able to build a solid coalition of support and buy- in for what needs to be done to address the key global challenges we face and, crucially, how we collaborate to solve them.
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2025 key themes
Some of the key themes being considered at this year’s event include: -
Sustainability - It feels like the industry has been debating sustainability goals and regulations,
the skills shortage, digital transformation, cost management and efficiency for many years.
Progress is being made, but is it too slow? Is radical culture change needed to speed up and
embed progress?
Collaboration - How does the sector collaborate more effectively and work to a common
framework for delivering decarbonisation of infrastructure? An update on the continued work on
a collaboration programme which started as a result of the very first Global Leadership Summit.
AI update - How does the sector collaborate more effectively and work to a common framework
for embedding AI and using this to drive better outcomes for clients, programmes and the
industry’s own organisations? This will be the ‘next chapter’ of a report produced as part of the
2024 Global Leadership Forum programme.
Working better together - How does the industry close the gap between the designers,
contractors and their supply chain of construction product manufacturers and merchants to
ensure the right construction products are specified and delivered to enable the successful
decarbonisation of infrastructure projects?
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Partnership opportunities
Platinum
Headline partner for the 2025 GLF programme to cover 2 meetings – one virtual and one physical. Promotional opportunities at all events, 2 tickets for attendance at events (excluding accommodation costs) and up to 6 people participating in each of four think tank working groups. Logo promotion on all event materials and think tank publications. 10% discount on tickets for FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference.
CHF 150,000 – sole partnership
opportunity, only one available
Gold
Commercial partner for one think tank programme in 2025. To include up to 4 people participating in the think tank programme and logo promotion on any reports or collateral published as a result of the think tank programme. 10% discount on tickets for FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference. One ticket for a c-suite representative to attend the GLF Summit (excluding accommodation costs).
CHF 100,000. Four opportunities
available. There is an opportunity
for organsations to become a
commercial partner to one or
more think tanks. In addition, a
combination of financial and
value in kind partnership may be
negotiated.
Silver
Academic or research partner for a think tank programme. To include up to 4 people participating in the think tank programme. Logo promotion on materials published and promoted as a result of the think tank. One ticket for a c-suite representative to attend the GLF Summit (excluding accommodation costs).
CHF 50,000. Four opportunities
available. There is an opportunity
for organisations to become an
academic or research partner to
one or more think tanks. In addi-
tion, a combination of financial
and value in kind partnership may
be negotiated.
Bronze
Opportunities exist to partner for defined elements of the GLF Summit such as keynote speaker, drinks reception, breakfast meeting, social programme. 10% discount on c-suite participation at the GLF Summit.
CHF 20,000 to CHF 45,000
available on request
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Who is a member of the Global Leadership
Forum?
Type of participants
100%
Level of members and
attendees of GLF events
c-suite attendees from
global organisations
Infrastructure
industry
Contractors
Multi-lateral
development banks
Consulting engineers
Infrastructure
investors
Advisory firms
Owners
& Operators
Technology solution
providers
Banks and financial
institutions
Insurance and risk
managers
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Advisory Board Members with
representation from Asia, North
America, South America, Africa,
Europe and Australia
270+
Members with representation
from Asia, North America,
South America, Africa, Europe
and Australia
Global Leadership Forum Summit 10-11 April 2025, Madrid
Collaboration for Change Delegates attending will include CEOs and c-suite executives from the global infrastructure community, including those working in government, finance, consulting engineering, construction, professional services, supply chain, construction products manufacturers, merchants, academia, trade associations, asset owners and clients. Invited guests from other industries will also attend to bring different perspectives and to challenge infrastructure sector conventions. By attending the event, delegates will make deep relationships among peers to enable greater collaboration, debate and reflection to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the global infrastructure sector and the organisations within it. Secure your place to: • Play your part to define how the global infrastructure sector can influence the achievement of global goals and economic challenges • Create conditions for collaboration to make change stick • Think the unthinkable in a safe space among peers • Better understand the global political dimension • Make valuable connections with your global peer group. Set in Thompson Madrid, located in the heart of Madrid, Spain, we promise you a venue that offers an inspiring environment for 24 hours of talks, debates, and discussions with your peers. Experience the vibrant yet tranquil atmosphere of the city, allowing you to focus on creating real action and exerting influence with your peers, all while enjoying the sophisticated and stylish setting of this luxury hotel. Summit places are available on an all inclusive basis, preferential rates have been negotiated with the hotel should you wish to extend your stay.
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Interested in partnering?
If you are interested in any of the above partnership opportunities or would like to discuss anything further then please contact Ayo Fagbohun at afagbohun@fidic.org and we will get back to you. Please note that FIDIC reserves the right to accept or refuse any partnership application.
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We look forward forward to welcoming you in Madrid !
