About the Summit
A strategic imperative for
long-term capital.
On Monday, January 11, 2027, CGCI and the New York Stock Exchange will convene the inaugural Global Competition and Innovation Summit in New York. Hosted at the NYSE, the symbolic heart of global capital markets, the Summit brings together a select group of the world's most consequential capital decision-makers around one strategic imperative: directing long-term capital toward the capabilities the United States and its allies need to compete, innovate, and stay economically resilient in an era of intensifying global competition.
The Summit is not intended to replicate existing forums on geopolitics, defense, finance, or technology. Its purpose is to convene the leaders with the ability to translate strategic priorities into capital, companies, infrastructure, and enduring capabilities across the eight strategic technology areas central to U.S. national and economic security.
About CGCI
Promoting a new era of market-led national security investment.
As a nonpartisan nonprofit, CGCI works with government agencies, partner nations, and private sector leaders to accelerate the deployment of capital into assets and technologies of strategic importance. Through research, convenings, and new financial tools, we help mobilize private capital at the scale today's strategic competition demands.
Why 2027
A defining year for strategic investment.
The United States and its allies are entering a decisive moment in history. Competition over the technologies that underpin national and economic security is accelerating, supply chains are being rebuilt, and public investment alone cannot match the scale of what is required. The capital decisions made in 2027 will shape industrial capacity, technological leadership, and allied resilience for decades to come.
Convening at the top of the year allows leading voices across industry and the markets to set the agenda for 2027 together, aligning on priorities before capital is committed. The Summit will also launch the GCI Principles for Strategic Investment, giving participants a shared framework to carry from New York into every investment decision that follows.
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Decision-makers, not commentators
The room is built around the leaders who allocate capital and build companies. Every participant has the authority to act on what is discussed.
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Execution over discussion
Sessions focus on how capital moves, not whether it should. The goal is commitments, partnerships, and investment-ready opportunities.
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A framework that endures
The Summit launches the GCI Principles for Strategic Investment. They are designed to guide allocators long after the day itself.
Who Participates
The full capital stack in one room.
Meeting this challenge will take more than venture capital and private equity. It will take pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth, insurers, and family offices working alongside the investors already building in critical technologies, with a shared view of how long-term returns and long-term national and economic security align.
Key Investment Areas
Eight areas central to U.S. and allied national and economic security.
CGCI's work spans eight critical technology domains where private capital can strengthen U.S. and allied leadership. The Summit program is organized around these areas so that every conversation connects to a real capability gap and a real investment opportunity.
Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing
Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing
Critical Minerals and Advanced Materials
Cybersecurity, Space and Defense Technology
Energy Security
Food Security and Agricultural Technology
Manufacturing Advancements and Supply Chain Resilience
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
Launching at the Summit
The GCI Principles for Strategic Investment.
The Summit will mark the launch of the Global Competition and Innovation (GCI) Principles for Strategic Investment, a framework for aligning capital with long-term national and economic security. The Principles are designed as a call to action that extends well beyond the Summit, giving allocators a shared standard for investing in the capabilities that will define the decades ahead.
Participants will be invited to endorse the Principles and help shape how they are put into practice. Their adoption across the capital stack is how the Summit's agenda becomes lasting change.
Program
One day, designed for action.
The full agenda will be announced in the coming weeks. The day will move from strategic framing to allocator-led discussion and close with an evening reception for participants.
Opening at the NYSE
Welcome from CGCI and the New York Stock Exchange. Framing remarks on the strategic imperative for long-term capital.
Leadership Dialogues
Conversations with leaders across finance, industry, and government. Each one is anchored in a strategic technology area.
Allocator Roundtables
Closed-door sessions for capital decision-makers. Focused on structures, risk, and the path from priority to deployment.
Cocktail Reception
A reception for participants at the Exchange. An opportunity to continue the day's conversations and build lasting partnerships.
Participation
Attendance is by invitation.
Participation is limited to C-suite executives, board directors, and public sector leaders. To request an invitation, discuss sponsorship, or media opportunities, please share your details in the form provided. We look forward to welcoming you to the Summit.