Events
Global gatherings of CEOs, founders, and policy leaders. Register to attend upcoming WCRC events.
Upcoming conferences will be announced soon.
Q1 · December 2026 · Season Opener
“In Japan, the most powerful thing you can do is listen.”
The 2026–27 Season
Starting December 2026, the world's most consequential leaders gather quarterly — once every three months — for a global season of immersion, dialogue, and broadcast that reaches over a billion viewers.
Q1 · Season Opener
Ise-Shima & Kyoto Highlands, Japan
Dec 8–12, 2026
“Precision, purpose, and the art of listening at the highest level.”
Q2 · Mid-Season
Lofoten Islands & Tromsø, Norway
Mar 10–14, 2027
“When the aurora dances, every fixed strategy starts to move.”
Q3 · Season Finale
Big Sur, California · USA
Jun 9–13, 2027
“Where Silicon Valley meets the sea — and ego meets the cliff.”
What makes it different
Zero PowerPoint. Every session is a conversation. Leaders are guests, not speakers. The format breaks the conference template entirely.
A pharma CEO next to a fashion founder next to a fintech disruptor. Curated proximity between people who would never otherwise sit in the same room.
The location is chosen to break mental models. A bamboo grove, an arctic wilderness, and a Pacific cliff do what no moderator ever can.
Every private session runs under Chatham House rules. Only what leaders consent to is broadcast. The rest stays in the room.
Cinematic-quality filming teams travel with the retreat. This is not a conference recording — it is a premium global docuseries with a narrative arc.
Each retreat hosts exactly 30 leaders. No exceptions. Intimacy is the product. Scale is the enemy. The room is the experience.
Post Ranch Inn, Amanemu, Juvet Landscape Hotel. Every venue is a destination in itself — chosen because the physical space earns the conversation.
Broadcast across OTT platforms and satellite TV to 1 billion+ potential viewers. Attending makes a leader globally visible. Not attending doesn't.
Three retreats form one narrative season. Japan's precision feeds Norway's clarity which culminates in California's challenge to legacy. Attend all three.
OTT + TV Partnership
Every retreat is co-produced as a premium docuseries — raw, intimate, and visually spectacular. The quarterly format creates a single narrative season: the audience follows the same cohort of CEOs from Japan's winter to Norway's aurora to California's summer finale.
In partnership with global OTT platforms and satellite TV networks, WCRC Leaders becomes the world's first CEO reality docuseries with real stakes, real decisions, and real wisdom — broadcast to over a billion viewers across the season.
3 episodes per retreat, premium OTT season arc
1-hour condensed broadcast per retreat, satellite
Select sessions streamed live globally
Cross-platform total audience across the season
LinkedIn · YouTube · Instagram reels per retreat
Uncut session audio as exclusive podcast series
Applications open · 2026–27 season
Each retreat admits exactly 30 leaders. Apply for one retreat or commit to all three. Leaders who attend the full season are featured across the complete OTT docuseries arc and receive a dedicated global profile.
Reviewed by the WCRC Leaders curation board. Response within 5 working days.
WCRC Leaders · Global Conclaves 2025–2027
Landmark gatherings in London, Mumbai, and New York that convene the world's most influential brand builders, trade leaders, and heads of state.
Participation and nominations now openThe conclave series
Each conclave is independently staged for maximum regional impact — while forming a unified programme of global dialogue across industry, trade, and leadership.
London, United Kingdom
Palace of Westminster and VSC London
Mumbai, India
Mumbai — venue to be announced
International — venue TBC
Global flagship summit
New York, USA
New York — iconic venue TBA
"A bridge between industry, trade, and the leaders who move the world."
WCRC LEADERS · MISSION STATEMENT
For over 25 years, WCRC Leaders has stood at the intersection of global commerce and visionary leadership. Our conclaves are not conferences — they are defining moments where the decisions made in their rooms shape industries, nations, and legacies.
Ways to participate
Six pathways to engage with the WCRC Leaders conclave series — from founding delegate to title sponsor.
Award nominations
Nominate your organisation, brand, or leader across 40+ categories. Jury-evaluated, research-backed recognition across all conclaves.
Speak or keynote
Apply to keynote, join a panel, or host a roundtable. Limited speaking slots are available per conclave for senior leaders.
Delegate registration
Attend as a delegate — full access to sessions, roundtables, open networking, and the gala awards ceremony.
Sponsorship partnership
Title, platinum, gold, and sector packages with unrivalled brand visibility, C-suite access, and award category ownership.
Government and trade delegation
Nations, ministries, and trade bodies are invited to join with bespoke delegation packages, dedicated visibility, and ministerial roundtables.
Media accreditation
Accredited press and broadcast media access. Limited places per conclave — applications accepted through the WCRC media desk.
Delegate passes
Every delegate pass includes full access to all sessions and the gala awards evening. Founding delegates receive a curated, premium conclave experience.
Founding delegate
Premier access across the full conclave experience
Standard delegate
Full conclave access for senior professionals
Group delegation
For organisations attending with five or more delegates
Government and diplomatic
For ministries, embassies, and trade bodies
Sponsorship
Four tiers of partnership, available for individual conclaves or as multi-conclave series bundles. Bespoke packages available for sovereign entities and national trade organisations.
Headline partner
Title sponsor
Full event naming rights and maximum presence across every touchpoint.
Premium partner
Platinum sponsor
Co-naming rights and full-stage brand visibility.
Principal partner
Gold sponsor
Session naming rights and targeted audience access.
Industry partner
Sector partner
Own your industry category across the conclave.
Investment details are provided in the full sponsorship proposal. Contact the partnerships team for a confidential discussion.
Awards and recognition
WCRC awards are jury-evaluated, research-backed, and presented live at each conclave gala. Forty-plus categories across four tracks — nominations are open now.
Leadership and excellence
Brand and trade
Purpose and people
Innovation and sectors
How to nominate
Submit your nomination
Complete the category nomination form at wcrcleaders.com or through your WCRC Partner with supporting evidence.
Jury evaluation
An independent panel of global experts evaluates each nomination against research criteria. No pay-to-win — every award is earned.
Shortlist announcement
Shortlisted nominees are announced 30 days before each conclave and notified directly by WCRC Leaders.
Gala awards night
Winners are revealed live at the conclave gala ceremony and featured in the official WCRC Global Report.
Take your place
Register as a delegate, submit an award nomination, explore sponsorship, or enquire about speaking. The WCRC conclaves team is ready to welcome you.
Partnerships desk: partnerships@wcrcleaders.com
WCRC Leaders presents
Where industry shapes policy
Next edition · Australia, Dec 2026
The Format
Handpicked C-suite executives, founders, and senior industry figures from across sectors convene at an exclusive destination — no observers, no audience. Just the people who shape industries.
An immersive residential format at a landmark destination property. Structured ideation sessions by day, private dinners and informal dialogue by night — designed for the kind of thinking that doesn't happen in conference rooms.
Every Rendezvous is fully filmed and broadcast. Leaders are seen. Their ideas reach decision-makers in government, trade bodies, and boardrooms globally.
“The thoughts of thirty become the agenda of nations.”
Why it matters
Every Rendezvous produces more than conversation. The collective thinking of the room is compiled into formal Thought Leadership Papers and submitted directly to host-nation governments, trade ministries and bilateral trade bodies.
That makes participation an unmatched professional credential: each leader becomes a recorded voice in policy formation, named in a document that sits on ministerial desks — and a broadcast presence in the host market. It is, quite simply, the ultimate PR and legacy tool for an industry leader.
Across five nations, the series deepens the India–Australia–UAE–UK–Germany trade corridors, one edition at a time.
Trade corridors actively developed
Per edition, across all industries
Submitted to government & trade per edition
The 2026–2027 Series
Past Rendezvous Leaders
Join the Rendezvous
The Thought Leaders Rendezvous convenes by invitation and application. We welcome C-suite executives, founders, and senior leaders with a demonstrable track record and a perspective worth the room.
Complete this form to apply or nominate. A member of the WCRC Leaders team will be in touch within 5 business days.
The Global Standard for Leadership
For enquiries: rendezvous@wcrcleaders.com
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