GCCA CEO Gathering and Leaders Conference – & Circular Cities Summit, June 2025
Details: 2-6 June 2025, InterContinental Presidente Mexico City, Mexico
The GCCA CEO Gathering and Leaders Conference is our annual conference, which brings together the senior leadership of our member companies in person to share insights and progress on our net zero transition and concrete future.
The event provides an important platform for the industry to engage in key strategic discussions – including our industry vision and shared decarbonisation mission.
This year’s conference will include key knowledge sharing, strategic industry discussions on our net zero progress, including financing, policy and technology on Day 1; as well as a Circular Cities and Policy Summit on Day 2 and 3, during which external stakeholders and policymakers from the built environment will also be invited to attend.
World class speakers have been invited to help bring additional perspectives and to engage with us – including: the Government of Mexico; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ambassador Corrêa do Lago, President of the forthcoming UN Climate Conference COP30 in Brazil; and key organisations such as: FEMA, C40 Cities, World Green Building Council, Build Change and the Government of the City of Mexico.
Day 3 will see the Circular Cities and Policy Summit continue with presentations on nature based solutions and ongoing policy dialogues. We have also organised the first of our two outstanding field trips, which will take us (just 20 mins away from our hotel) to the Torre Reforma district to look closer at sustainability and resilience in action, including a tour of the iconic Torre Reforma earthquake resilient skyscraper, and briefing from is award winning architect. We will also host an Innovation focused afternoon – including Research Network updates and Start-up Showcase.
Day 4 Cemex are kindly hosting the main conference field trip to their state of the art Tepeaca cement plant – where innovation and investment have transformed the sustainability of its cement production. Whilst it will be an early start to avoid traffic, this will be well worth the visit and guided tour.
Themes:
- Net Zero progress
- Global Collaboration to achieve Enabling Policies / Road to COP30
- Financing The Transition
- Circularity our industry and the Built Environment
- Resilience
- Nature based solutions
Confirmed speakers include:
- Andrei Marcu
– Executive Director of the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) - Peter Templeton
– President and CEO, U.S. Green Building Council - Juan Caballero
– CEO Build Change - Joe Brancato, FAIA, NCARB
– Managing Principal, Gensler
Invited speakers include:
- Government of Mexico
- António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Ambassador Corrêa do Lago, President of the forthcoming UN Climate Conference COP30 in Brazil
- Government of City of Mexico
- Professor Joseph Stiglitz – Nobel Prize winning economist
- And key organisations such as: C40 Cities, FEMA…
Agenda: Week Overview

Highlights from 2024
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