The 2025 Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress, the world’s largest annual gathering focused on action-forward, knowledge-based and inclusive approaches to sustainability, will take place in Chicago from June 16-20, 2025, organizers announced today.
The University of Illinois System is the host institution and co-organizer. The event’s first occurrence in the United States, the five-day SRI2025 will build upon the momentum from the four preceding SRI Congresses in Australia, South Africa, Panama and Finland.
Taking place at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk hotel, the in-person and remote event will share implementation strategies and legacies of successful approaches to critical sustainability concerns facing Chicago, the region, the nation and the globe. It will also provide opportunities to overcome engagement, policy, resourcing and other hurdles in an effort to accelerate transformation to sustainable futures.
“SRI2025 will convene people committed to sustainability, from experts to community activists, from all over the world. Together, they will explore innovative and implementable solutions that will lead to better outcomes for our children and grandchildren,” U of I System President Tim Killeen said. “The U of I System’s history as a leader makes us the perfect host for such a forum.”
Since 2021, the SRI Congress series has been co-convened by the Belmont Forum, an international funding platform addressing the world’s most pressing environmental change issues, and Future Earth, a global constellation of researchers and practitioners supporting informed transformations to sustainability.
