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Annual Summit | Collaborating Virtually
Four days of regionally balanced live sessions connecting professionals together — the dialogue starts here!
The Annual Summit is the GPS community in motion. Across four days, professionals from around the world step out of their routines and into a live, shared space for learning, exchange, and co-creation. Grounded in a unifying theme, the Annual Summit invites active participation — not passive attendance. Through real-time dialogue, cross-regional collaboration, and a diversity of perspectives, it’s where the conversations that matter most to our profession truly begin.
The Heart Of Participation
Where community becomes active
The Annual Summit turns connection into action — a place to speak, listen, and shape our profession together in real time. It’s not just an event — it’s the moment the GPS community gathers to contribute ideas, challenge thinking, and build shared understanding. Here, participation is more than showing up; it’s stepping in.
Global Yet Local
Accessible across regions
Designed for global inclusion through the regional agenda, the Annual Summit ensures every region has a voice in the conversation. Sessions are timed so no matter your location — APAC, EMEA, or the Americas — you can attend live, connect with peers, and add your insight to the global dialogue.
Guided By Purpose
Anchored in our theme
Each Annual Summit explores a central theme, providing a shared focus that connects sessions, hosts, and participant contributions. The current theme, Transformational Impact: The Inspired Journey of Change, acts as a lens for exploration — shaping dialogues, inspiring collaboration, and helping us uncover new possibilities for our profession.
Beyond The Four Days
A catalyst for year-round impact
The Annual Summit sparks ideas and relationships that continue to grow through the Dialogue Series and into the Archive Library. It’s not a standalone experience — it’s the start of a longer journey. Insights gained here evolve through ongoing sessions and become part of our shared professional development legacy.
Why Participation Matters
The moment you register for each session, you step into a live, global experience where your choices actively deliver value beyond the Annual Summit
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See The World Differently
Gain fresh perspectives from diverse voices across disciplines and regions — expanding your view and inspiring new ways to approach your work.
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Step Into Ideas In Action
Engage with high-impact sessions built for real-world application — where inspiration connects directly to how you work and lead.
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Show Up And Stand Out
Be seen as an active, engaged professional — recognised for contributing your insight and advancing the profession’s shared standards.
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Leave With More Than Notes
Walk away with practical tools, tested approaches, and ready-to-use strategies that create measurable results in your own context.
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Make It Count Long After
Earn accredited CPD and meaningful professional credit that strengthens your profile and influence well beyond the Summit’s closing session.
The Theme in Action
The recurring theme “Transformational Impact: The Inspired Journey of Change” comes to life through four guiding pillars, building every experience and outcome.
Transformational Impact: The Inspired Journey of Change isn’t just a headline — it’s how we navigate and accelerate meaningful growth and professional development to help shape every session. Each year, it evolves with our profession, capturing the reality that change is continuous, collective, and grounded in purpose.
Guided by the four pillars — Vision, Empowerment, Collaboration, and Continuous Learning — the theme aligns with the EMCC Global Accreditation Strategic Priorities to keep the GPS Annual Summit relevant and forward-focused. These pillars influence every connection and ensure that what happens here strengthens our shared professional development. They turn the theme into action, making it tangible for every participant — from inspiration and learning to real-world application.
The Regional Agenda
A continuous 24-hour cycle across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas — ensuring every region leads, contributes, and connects in their prime hours.
The Annual Summit moves with the sun. Each region — APAC, EMEA, and the Americas — leads live sessions during their working day, then hands over to the next. This rhythm creates an unbroken cycle of dialogue, participation, and connection across time zones. Whether you attend in your own region or explore others, you’re part of a global relay where every regional transition carries fresh insights forward. It’s inclusive by design — so everyone has the chance to contribute when it counts.
APAC Region
UTC +5 to +12
From Asia-Pacific, APAC begins the cycle with a welcome, then morning and afternoon live sessions each with networking opportunities, fuelled by a rich diversity of perspectives and professional insight. As the starting point, APAC sets the pace before transitioning to EMEA.
EMEA Region
UTC -2 to +4
From Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, EMEA sustains the cycle with a welcome, then morning and afternoon live sessions each with networking opportunities, blending regional priorities with wider professional trends. Positioned in the middle, EMEA drives the flow before passing to the Americas.
Americas Region
UTC -10 to -5
From North, Central, and South America, the Americas conclude the cycle with a welcome, then morning and afternoon live sessions each with networking opportunities, shaped by a broad mix of cultures and expertise. As the closing stage, the Americas round off everything before it begins again in APAC.