The Cohorts Connect networking sessions at Building Bridges 2025 introduces a new model for structured connection and reflection. It is designed to support peer exchange, deepen thematic alignment, and strengthen cross-sector collaboration in a way that feels purposeful, open, and human.

The format includes two facilitated, in-person sessions—on Day One and Day Three:

– Opening session on Tuesday 30 September 14:00-15:30 – Cohorts Connect: Warm Data Lab.

This opening session will be hosted as a Warm Data Lab, facilitated by Nora Bateson. Developed to explore the relational fabric of complex systems in an immersive manner, this method invites participants to suspend professional personas and engage as people—with stories, patterns, questions, and perspectives.

– Reflection session on Thursday 2 October 15:30-17:00 – Cohorts Connect: Reflection Session.

This closing session brings the cohort journey full circle. It begins with a keynote address exploring our shared responsibility to transform how finance interacts with nature, people, and the future. Participants will reflect on what has emerged during the week and consider how these insights might shape future collaboration, practice, and purpose.

We welcome a broad range of applications and especially encourage finance industry leaders, C-suite executives, and experienced policy advisors and decision-makers to apply. Together, these sessions invite participants to connect at multiple levels: through complexity-aware dialogue, shared thematic interest, and moments of personal and collective reflection.

Please submit your application by EOD 15 August, 2025. All applicants will receive the outcome of their application by the end of August. 

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