The 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Summit is gathering the world’s top entrepreneurs around five innovation sectors- Agriculture, Connectivity, Energy, Health and Water. GES 2019 offers an unparalleled stage for scale-ups and a chance to showcase their enterprises before a selected group of top investors, founders, funders, experts and policymakers. The Netherlands is glad to host the 9th edition of this Summit. Building on strong transatlantic relationships and common values, GES promotes economic growth, fair trade, and encourages investment in an entrepreneurial activity that creates prosperity, jobs, and matters to everyone.

The governments of the Netherlands and the United States will co-host the ninth Global Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague on June 4-5, 2019, to drive global innovation and celebrate the free-market economy that supports jobs, growth, and transformative solutions to global challenges.

Why GES 2019?

• Insight: GES 2019 is a high-energy, big-idea event fuelled by a one-of-a-kind mix of next-generation disrupters, visionaries and innovative policy leaders.
• Impact: GES 2019 creates an action-driven atmosphere aimed at breaking down barriers for entrepreneurs and closing deals that matter to everyone.
• Co-design: GES 2019 facilitates sharing and creating strategies for success with a global peer network, and access to business leaders and government influencers.
• Connecting: GES 2019 supports the building of meaningful, lasting partnerships with investors and decision makers.
• Pitching: GES 2019 curates one-on-one matchmaking, pitch competitions, interactive stages, and unique networking opportunities that get good ideas in front of the right people.

Eligibility

• A transformative tech solution for Agriculture, Connectivity, Energy, Health, or Water
• Innovation has to be more than just a concept, with a functioning, market-ready business model
• Enterprise investor-ready and capable to be scaled up internationally
• To join other trailblazers to build entrepreneur-led solutions for the future

Application Procedure

Tell them in a few words who you are and what your company does and aims to do. Get us excited about the potential of your solution. We know you are busy building your organization, so this application is short and sweet.

1. If you want a chance to join, apply before January 30, 2019.
2. They’ll let you know by March 4, 2019, if we think you are the right fit for this year’s GES focus.
3. If selected, you must confirm before April 2, 2019.