The 2025 Hillary Innovation Summit has concluded!
Outcomes from the Summit and videos of the keynotes will be coming soon …
The Hillary Institute & Edmund Hillary Fellowship hosted the 2025 Hillary Innovation Summit on 17-18 February 2025 at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
The 2025 Summit brought together up to 300 local and international 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.
It convened Hillary Laureates, Edmund Hillary Fellows, iwi and Māori organisations, local and global investors, entrepreneurs, system designers, and public and private sector leaders.
At the Summit, participants:
• Gained insights from global leaders who have made markets, redesigned systems and influenced the world for good
• Explored what’s coming in the ‘Future of …’ forums, and opportunities for NZ to lead
• Collaborated on how we can build Aotearoa NZ’s innovation ecosystem together
• Identified pathways to action including in climate and planetary health
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Summit Images
Images from the 2025 Hillary Innovation Summit, captured by Erica Austin of Peanut Productions Photography.
If using any of these photographs, please include the following credit: 2025 Hillary Innovation Summit - Erica Austin, Peanut Productions Photography.
2025 Summit Programme
The two-day Summit programme featured world-leading international keynotes, innovative panel discussions, EHF Transformative Venture demos, networking, collaboration opportunities and more. With te ao Māori, wellbeing and creativity interwoven throughout, participants had the chance to engage in 15 breakout sessions to deep dive into emerging opportunities and collaborative pathways for action, focusing on the Summit’s key themes:
The 2025 Hillary Innovation Summit programme can be found here.
Summit Hosts
Mikaere Paki - Senior Executive
Melissa Chan-Green - Journalist and Media Presenter
International Keynote Speakers
His Excellency Anote Tong
2012 Hillary Laureate
Life at the Climate Frontline -
Pathways for Action in the South Pacific
Adam Grosser
Edmund Hillary Fellow
Transforming How We Move:
New Horizons in Sustainable Mobility
Aimée Christensen
2011 Hillary Laureate
Building a Resilient World - Unlocking the
Power of Nature, Community and
Small Business
Geoff Davis
Chair, Social Capital Markets (SOCAP)
Former CEO Sorenson Impact Institute
Regenerative Finance and New Models of Social Impact
Sir Peter Gluckman
President of the International Science Council
How does New Zealand Move Forward:
Thinking Long-Term