Every seat is a decision.
By invitation. Limited applications considered.
We invite participants around the questions being worked. A limited number of places are considered through application, with each person reviewed for their relevance and contribution to the programme.
Two routes into the room.
Direct invitation
We invite people whose experience, responsibilities or work are relevant to the questions being developed. Each invitation sets out the participation offered, any fee that applies, and the steps required to confirm it.
Application for consideration
You can request consideration without a direct invitation. We review applications for relevance to the programme and the contribution a person could make. A participation fee applies to places offered through application, and applying does not guarantee a place.
One edition. Individually composed rooms.
The Capital Floor
The shared setting for the wider edition, live all day and covered by every confirmed place. Badges carry organisation and industry focus, so relevant people can read the room faster and find each other more deliberately. A limited number of Capital Floor Positions give selected organisations a standing presence within the Floor.
Roundtables and Workshops
Composed separately around their questions, cases and intended work. Roundtables bring up to twenty people around one question. Workshops seat a working group around one live case. A confirmed place at the Edition does not automatically provide a seat in every working session. Individual rooms are composed according to relevance, contribution, capacity and the needs of the question or case.
Why your work might belong here.
Capital, by thesis.
Capital is assembled early, so companies are considered in the context of the mandates, theses and stages already in the room. The Roundtables are composed around the operators, corporates and other decision-makers whose choices determine whether a market scales.
- Relevant companies considered in the context of your mandate, stage and active investment interests
- Nominate one company or opportunity for review, subject to fit
The market, before it is priced.
For family offices, LPs, pension funds, endowments and development finance institutions deciding where to allocate. The programme brings allocation questions into contact with the corporate demand, operating capability, risk and underlying projects required for an investment thesis to hold.
- Test an investment thesis against relevant market and corporate perspectives
- Nominate one manager, opportunity or co-investor for review, subject to fit
A capital decision needs to move.
You are raising capital, financing deployment, or building the commercial conditions for the next stage of growth. Companies are considered in the context of the mandates, theses and strategic demand already represented, with the aim of finding the conversations capable of moving a real capital or deployment decision.
- Reviewed in the context of relevant capital, buyers and strategic institutions already being assembled
- Considered for relevant Roundtables and Workshops where the company is directly relevant to the question or live case
The system around the capital.
The procurement lead who can commit. The innovation director who can pilot. The underwriter deciding what stays insurable. The public institution shaping the rules or infrastructure around the market. Corporates, insurers, government, regulators, infrastructure builders, research institutions and scientists whose decisions determine what can scale. Nestlé, Roche, Holcim, EY and Zurich Insurance were in the room at Edition I.
- Selected for procurement, policy, regulatory, infrastructure or strategic relevance
- Considered for relevant Roundtables and Workshops where institutional and market constraints meet
A standing presence on the Floor.
A Capital Floor Position is a dedicated space on the Floor for the day of the Edition, where an organisation can be present, host conversations and show its work. Positions are limited, reviewed for relevance and fit, and arranged separately from individual participation under the agreed terms.
Enquire about a Capital Floor Position →Shaping the work itself.
Participation is one place per organisation. Partners can bring more of their people into the room, and work with TDR beyond a single place, from bringing a question into the programme to supporting the institution itself.
Partner participation follows the terms agreed in each relationship. TDR retains final composition, facilitation and editorial independence.
How partnership works →Venture capital investors, entrepreneurs, corporations and policymakers. Not on a stage. At a table. Literally bringing a diverse stakeholder group into one conversation.
Markus Fischer · EY & NEOS · ex-Ørsted, Tesla, UN
The room opens after the fit is clear.
Roundtables and Workshops · composed around the question · every place reviewed
A short list of commitments.
Come ready to work
Come knowing what you have to give as well as what you came to find: capital, companies, infrastructure, insight, or partnerships. In the sessions you build credibility by naming the constraint you actually face, not by performing a deck.
Phones away in the sessions
Presence is the price of a real contribution. Everyone here was reviewed against the same fit criteria, so assume the person opposite you is worth your full attention.
Anonymised in The Record
Sessions operate under the Chatham House Rule. Useful conclusions may be published in anonymised form. Participants are not attributed without agreement. Partners or convenors may be credited for bringing the work; the conclusions remain those of the people in the room.
Things people ask before requesting a place.
This one is built to decide. Roundtables are capped at twenty so that everyone in them contributes, and each closes with what moves next and who holds it. Edition I produced 23 recorded commitments and a term sheet agreed on the day.
Yes. A limited application route remains open to people whose work could strengthen the programme. Applications are reviewed for relevance and contribution. Applying does not guarantee a place, and we reply to everyone.
No. A confirmed place at the Edition does not automatically provide a seat in every working session. Roundtables and Workshops are composed separately according to relevance, contribution, capacity and the needs of the question or case. Any specific access arrangements are set out in the participation terms offered.
Not automatically. Participation fees apply to places offered through application, and the fee and participation terms are shared before you decide whether to accept. Each invitation sets out its own terms, and an invitation does not by itself mean that participation is complimentary. Partner and delegation places follow the terms agreed in each relationship.
An application is a request for consideration, not a confirmed place. If a place is offered, we explain the participation available, any applicable fee and the steps required to confirm. Where payment is required, confirmation follows the applicable participation terms.
Confirmed attendees can nominate one person whose presence would sharpen the room: a founder, investor, buyer, or operator they want in their cluster. Nominations are reviewed against the same criteria as every other request, and acceptance is not guaranteed.
Passes are issued to named individuals. A colleague substitution may be considered with prior written approval and remains subject to the same fit criteria. If a colleague is the better fit from the start, ask them to request consideration directly.
Could your work strengthen the programme?
Tell us what you are working on and where your experience could contribute.