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Fifty-plus countries in one building, and the breaks run long on purpose. What happens between the sessions is the reason most people come back: the conversation on the study-tour bus, the introduction at the Rainbow Room, the table you did not plan to sit at. Here is what it looks like — and how we make sure it happens to you.

SNAPSHOTS FROM / LONDON 2024 / NEW YORK 2025 / BERLIN 2026 / ● NEXT STOP NEW YORK · APRIL 26–30, 2027

Connections

The people you meet between the sessions.

Moments from recent World Congresses — the study-tour buses, the receptions, the lounge, the awards dinner, and the corridor conversations that turned into next year’s decisions. Click any photo to see it larger.

If you are in one of these and would rather not be, tell us and we will take it down.

Three delegates with drinks at an evening reception, a crowd behind them.
Three delegates in evening dress at a reception in a columned hall.
Four delegates with drinks in a dimly lit bar.
Four delegates standing together under the arches of a columned hall.
Two delegates leaning in for a selfie at a reception.
Four delegates with conference badges outside a stone building in daylight.
Five delegates with drinks at a reception in a columned hall.
Four delegates with drinks in a restaurant.
Four delegates raising glasses at a reception in a columned hall.
Three delegates talking between marble columns at a reception.
Two delegates outdoors on a waterfront.
Guests at dinner tables in a darkened hall under stage lighting.
Four delegates with drinks at a reception in a columned hall.
Three delegates with wine glasses, one in an embroidered waistcoat.
Four delegates outdoors in front of a historic facade.
Five delegates on a terrace high above a crowded city square.
Five delegates with drinks in a dimly lit venue.
Two delegates with drinks outdoors among trees.
Four delegates raising glasses in a columned hall.
Three delegates with drinks in a dark venue.
Five delegates laughing together on the conference floor, a seminars sign behind them.
Six delegates gathered for a photo at a reception in a columned hall.
Three delegates with cocktails in a dark bar.
Three delegates with badges outdoors in a garden beside a marquee.
Five delegates in evening dress in a columned hall.
Four delegates talking in a room lit deep red.
Four delegates with drinks outdoors at dusk, a lit landmark behind them.
Five delegates with drinks at a reception in a columned hall.
Four delegates with drinks in a dark venue.
Three delegates with drinks in a columned hall.
Five delegates outdoors in front of a colonnade in daylight.
Four delegates around a cafe table on the conference floor.
Five delegates with drinks at a reception in a columned hall.
Three delegates talking in front of an exhibitor stand.
Three delegates with drinks at a reception in a columned hall.
Three delegates with drinks on the conference floor.
Two delegates side by side on the exhibition floor.
Three delegates with drinks between exhibitor stands.
Four delegates in front of an exhibitor stand.
Four delegates with drinks among the exhibitor stands.
Three delegates with drinks in front of a lit conference backdrop.
Three delegates with wine glasses under blue lighting.
Three delegates with wine glasses at a reception.
Delegates along one long dinner table, glasses poured.
A large group posing together in front of a carved relief wall.
Three delegates with drinks in a columned foyer.
Three delegates with champagne at an evening reception.
Delegates around a dinner table, mid-conversation.
Guests around a table at the Global Media Awards dinner, the awards screen behind them.

How it happens

Nobody here networks. Everybody connects.

Most delegates arrive alone. The week is built so that stops being true by the first evening: a welcome reception 65 floors above Rockefeller Center, two days on a study-tour bus with the same forty people, a lounge where the breaks run long enough to finish a conversation, small-group Ask Me Anything sessions, and a dinner at Capitale with the whole Congress in one room.

None of it is scheduled as “networking”. It is scheduled as the week — and the connections take care of themselves.

The Manhattan skyline at dusk from the Rainbow Room
Welcome receptionRainbow Room · 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th floor
Study toursTwo days · forty per route
Lounge & breaksThe TimesCenter · 10:30 and 15:00
Ask Me AnythingAll week · by reservation
Global Media AwardsCapitale · April 29
After hoursNew York · all yours

Coming alone? Tell us what you are working on and we will point you at the two or three delegates you should meet.

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New York · April 26–30, 2027 · The TimesCenter. Places are limited — the room is deliberately small.

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