2025 Hillary Innovation Summit

Earlybird tickets open!

The Hillary Institute & Edmund Hillary Fellowship are hosting the 2025 Hillary Innovation Summit on 17-18 February 2025 at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

The 2025 Summit is bringing together up to 300 local and global leaders in person over two days to explore how we can collectively build Aotearoa NZ as a basecamp for a better world and where we can lead globally.

Participants will include: Hillary Laureates, Edmund Hillary Fellows, iwi and Māori organisations, local and global investors, entrepreneurs, system designers, public and private sector leaders.

At the Summit:

  • • Gain insights from global leaders who have made markets, redesigned systems and influenced the world for good

  • • Explore what’s coming in ‘The Future of …’ forums, and opportunities for NZ leadership

  • • Collaborate on how we can build Aotearoa NZ’s innovation ecosystem together

  • • Identify pathways to action including in climate and planetary health

Get your Earlybird ticket today to secure your spot and save $500! Spaces are limited. Earlybird closes 15 December 2024.

International Keynote Speakers

His Excellency Anote Tong - 2012 Hillary Laureate

Impact of Climate in the South Pacific - and Pathways to Act

Former President of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency Anote Tong is a decorated climate advocate, current Chair of the Pacific Elders Voice (PEV) group and a former Board Member and Distinguished Fellow of Conservation International. He has been awarded the SunHak Peace Prize and has been twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the 2012 Hillary Laureate and currently holds the Peter Benchley Ocean Award, as well as others, for his work on climate change and ocean conservation. Anote is a leading voice on the impact of climate in the South Pacific. Anote will speak to the lived experience of Pacific countries facing climate devastation, analyse geopolitical trends and the power of global cooperation across indigenous and western cultures.

New Horizons in Sustainable Mobility

Adam is a recognised global leader in startup and sustainable mobility investment. He is currently Chairman and Managing Partner of UP Partners, which invests in pioneering entrepreneurs and technologies that help move people and goods cleaner, faster, safer, and at lower cost. In 2021, UP Partners closed a $230 million early stage VC fund dedicated to enabling technologies for sustainable mobility, such as electric aviation, autonomous transportation, advanced robotics and aerospace. Adam also hosts the UP Summit which brings together the world’s most innovative minds to rethink the future of transportation.

Adam Grosser - Edmund Hillary Fellow

Aimée Christensen - 2011 Hillary Laureate

Renewable Energy Transition

CEO of Christensen Global Strategies and the founding Executive Director of the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience, Aimée has 25 years of experience in climate change and sustainability strategy. She works at the intersection of global policy, investment, industry and  innovation to develop solutions for a strong clean global economy, healthy communities and protection of our natural resources. Her clients have included the Clinton Global Initiative, Duke Energy, the Elders, FEMSA, the Global Ocean Commission, Microsoft, Ogilvy, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Swiss Re, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Foundation and Virgin Unite.