- Increase the visibility of sustainable initiatives and develop new business opportunities across island territories in the Arctic, Caribbean, Europe, Indian Ocean, Pacific Islands, South America, and beyond.
- Connect with island key stakeholders and understand their shared challenges and opportunities. Exchange knowledge and best practices to find and demonstrate potential solutions.
- Participate in an event that covers all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other topics pertinent to island communities.
- Get insights and access a diverse range of viewpoints from local experts from a variety of fields. The Summit counts speakers, experts, and attendees from 100+ islands.
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The Virtual Island Summit is a zero carbon conference designed to connect global islands and share their common experiences. The Summit will cover all 17 SDGs and other topics pertinent to island and remote territories as well as promoting cross-sector collaboration to emphasize the need for input and partnerships across the private, public, academic, and NGO sectors. The event aims to share knowledge about resilient, sustainable, and prosperous islands worldwide. Last year’s Virtual Island Summit had over 10,000 participants from over 500 islands and we are expecting VIS2022 to be bigger and better!
At the Virtual Island Summit 2024, you will have the opportunity to:
Why Sponsor the Virtual Island Summit 2024
Sponsoring the Virtual Island Summit is the most efficient way to reach key target audiences, prospect partners, and investors and gain visibility on a diverse range of island stakeholders.
- Generate and develop new business opportunities by connecting with stakeholders across the world.
- Get the opportunity to demonstrate and amplify your commitment to the sustainable development agenda and position yourself as the partner of choice.
- Expand your audience reach by engaging with geographically-diverse attendees. Build connections with prospects from many regions without the financial constrictions of travel.
- Gain more insight into your ideal audience by accessing demographic and behavioral information. Gain clarity about the different customer personas that engage with your brand.
Become a Sponsor
Benefits of Sponsoring
- Opportunities to speak and to moderate sessions to show your organization’s expertise and thought-leaderships
- Learn about innovation, Sustainable Development Goals and remote territories
- Demonstrate your industry knowledge to an international audience of sustainable development professionals
- Organize Q&As and networking sessions
- Gain increased visibility by being mentioned in the event’s communications
- Access data about the attendees and generate new business opportunities
Frequently Asked Questions
The summit is a unique and totally free experience! You can learn from world-leading experts from diverse backgrounds about the latest projects being deployed in island communities, with applications far beyond. Each session will be interactive with opportunities to ask questions and make connections. This year we are expanding to have even more features and especially networking opportunities with representatives of over 500 islands!
The summit is totally free!! You can sign up here and all you need to take part is and an internet connection and the Zoom webinar software. The networking sessions will be held on Remo, which is accessed directly in your browser.
All are welcome to participate in the summit – feel free to invite friends and colleagues. Participants can take part in every session, or simply chose the sessions most relevant to them and are all encouraged to join the social media conversation.
The summit will be broadcast LIVE, taking place over multiple days in various timezones. Ideally, guests should join live for opportunities to ask questions and interact with fellow attendees. However, all sessions will be recorded and made available online a few weeks after the event.
Island Innovation is a consultancy and advisory firm offering specialized services across various economic sectors. We bring together the private sector, government, NGOs and academia to advance innovation for sustainability in island communities worldwide. The organization works with diverse rural and island communities around the world to develop solutions for sustainable development. Island Innovation uses its global network to find innovative solutions with cutting-edge technology.
Currently, we’re not accepting more speaker nominations.
We have limited opportunities for sponsors of specific sessions or the event as a whole. If you are interested in sponsoring the event click here and we will be in touch.
We are exploring opportunities to screen parts of the summits on islands around the world to ensure local communities can take part. If you would like to organize a screening on your island please get in touch.
Thanks for your support! You can explore the Island Ambassadors program for opportunities to be involved.
We always welcome ideas! Please get in touch.