Eureka’s Global Innovation Summit is an event
where SMEs, corporates, private investors and policymakers from all over the world meet to network, collaborate and secure future international innovation and business growth opportunities.

This year, the Global Innovation Summit is taking place within Hannover
Messe, one of the world’s largest industrial development and technology
trade fairs, on 1-2 April.
Hannover Messe welcomes more than 130,000 attendees each year from
over 150 countries; by attending the Global Innovation Summit, you can
benefit from engaging plenary sessions, forums and networking
opportunities at both events.
Join Eureka’s community at the Global Innovation Summit to learn more
about our programmes, discover the next steps in your organisation’s
international journey and meet like-minded innovators and entrepreneurs.

Plenary: keynotes and panels

Listen in to engaging keynotes and panel discussions with industry
insights into advanced manufacturing, circular economy and how
innovators can go further together.

Country sessions

Ministries and funding agencies from around the world will present the funding mechanisms that make applying to Eureka programmes possible. And Korea Days is back with a diverse and exciting programme.

Eureka village

Visit the country stands at the Eureka village to receive all the answers you need to apply to a Eureka programme.

Pitching 

Does your innovation deserve some stage time? You can pitch your company’s solutions to find R&D project partners or form new business relationships.

Matchmaking

There will be plenty of space and opportunities to meet potential R&D
project partners in an area set up for fruitful meetings.

Hannover Messe events

Network at a reception on 1 April and/or attend Hannover Messe’s Canada partner country event on 2 April for some spectacle from across the Atlantic.

Circular value creation

This year’s Global Innovation Summit is themed around circular value creation. Take part in discussions on how we can innovate to make major industries environmentally, digitally and economically sustainable.

Eureka Academy

Over both days of the event, we will be hosting an academy on Eureka’s programmes. Attend all sessions or drop in when you feel like it; we promise insightful inputs from programme experts and Eureka beneficiaries.

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The Global Innovation Summit in 2025 is organised by Eureka’s Canadian and
German Co-Chair, represented by the National Research Council Canada and
the German Ministry of Education and Research.