What is The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit 2025?

The Consumer Goods Forum is the premier FMCG business network and our flagship event, where business leaders come to build the future. Record-breaking attendance at the 2024 Global Summit! This June, over 1,100 industry leaders convened in Chicago, reaffirming the strength and commitment of the global CPG industry to drive positive change. Leaders and experts took the stage, delving deeply into today’s challenges in an atmosphere brimming with collective energy. The sessions propelled participants into actionable strategies, leaving them inspired and empowered. The energy was palpable, and panel discussions were lively and informative, making this Chicago edition one of the best Summits yet. Explore all the highlights below!

Why attend The Global Summit?

Our annual Global Summit is the CGF flagship event. It is exclusively reserved for CEOs and C-level executives from our members. Retailers, manufacturers and services providers come here to discuss future business trends, to network and to share knowledge and best-practices to overcome today’s most pressing challenges. It is…

• The destination for successful business leaders in our domain.
• Where CEOs talk to CEOs, with expert input from specialists.
• Where our industry can voice the key issues and challenges it’s facing.
• Where the global agenda for the consumer goods sector is set.
• Where answers to solved challenges get shared.
• The event you must attend to make your future in this industry vital and global.

A must-attend for C-level executives

The Global Summit is the must-attend event for any C-level executive from the CGF membership. It is the only C-level forum for business leaders who want to:

• Be part of an exclusive worldwide consumer goods business network at top management level.
• Gain exposure to new strategic concepts, companies and thought-leaders from both inside and outside the consumer goods industry.
• Bring home actionable insights for operating your business in a changed and consumer-led world.
• Exert your influence over the major new issues having an impact on the consumer goods business worldwide.
• Take advantage of a truly dynamic environment in which to do business.
• Receive the latest updates and actions on The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalitions of Action.

Who attends The Global Summit? 

• C-level executives and C-suite.
• Retailer and manufacturer CEOs and top management.
• Internationally-renowned speakers.

To learn more and to register, click here.