beVisioneers
2025 Global
Summit
Welcome to the beVisioneers Global Summit
A gathering like no other. The beVisioneers Global Summit is our largest annual community event—bringing together 150+ young eco-innovation Fellows alongside social entrepreneurs, business and philanthropic leaders, and ecosystem partners from around the world.
On April 9-10, 2025, in Stuttgart, Germany, we unite generations under the theme of Shared Agency—rethinking how we take responsibility for our collective future.
Why shared agency?
The greatest challenges of our time—climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity—are too vast for any single leader, institution, or solution. True progress requires sharing agency: distributing leadership, empowering communities, and ensuring those most affected by environmental challenges drive the solutions.
At beVisioneers, we believe that innovation thrives when power is shared. That’s why our Fellowship isn’t just about supporting young changemakers—it’s about co-creating with them. It’s why our partners play an active role in shaping our work. And it’s why we invite our donor to share their agency with us, investing in a global network of planet-positive innovators.
What to expect
at the 2025 summit
At last year’s Summit, we welcomed 155 changemakers from across the globe, forging new partnerships with TEDx Countdown and the Centre for Wildlife Studies. In 2025, we aim even higher—expanding our vision and deepening our impact.
Through thought-provoking discussions, hands-on experiences, and cross-sector collaboration, the Summit will challenge traditional ideas of leadership, highlight breakthrough solutions, and showcase how sharing agency accelerates change.
By 2030, we are committed to empowering 10,000 innovators and contributors—people from all backgrounds, united by a shared mission to build a more sustainable, equitable future.
Join us in reimagining what’s possible when we lead together.
Why should you join?
This event is a unique opportunity to advise and shape environmental innovations benefiting communities around the world and to connect with trailblazing eco-innovators. At the Summit, you’ll influence:
- Real-World Impact: Discover and enhance inspiring solutions addressing globally pressing environmental realities across diverse communities
- Emerging Trends: Contribute to and gain insights into environmental issues at local and global levels, bringing together perspectives of young changemakers and experienced senior professionals from across industries
- Collaborative Ecosystem: Join an influential community to build collaborative opportunities, strengthen impact-oriented ties, and support continued progress on the environmental agenda.
Featured speakers &
participants
- Mercedes-Benz Board members including Franz Reiner, Jörg Burzer and Ola Källenius
- Esteemed industry experts, philanthropists, community leaders, scientists
- 150 rising eco-innovators from round the world
Projects at the summit
Projects at the summit
Projects at the summit
beVisioneers is implemented by The DO School Fellowships gGmbH and supported by Mercedes-Benz.
This is a commitment that ties the pioneering heritage of the brand to the pioneering spirit of a new generation of change-makers. We envision an ever-growing community of Fellows and experts, working together at eye-level to confront environmental challenges of our time.”
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