Countdown to ICF Converge 2025: Your Roadmap to the Coaching Event of the Year

Every coaching journey has defining moments — those times when your thinking sharpens, your skills level up, and your purpose comes into focus. ICF Converge 2025 is designed to be one of those moments.

Whether you’re looking to sharpen your coaching skills, expand your business, create an organizational coaching culture, or connect with a global community of peers, this premier global coaching conference offers an experience designed to meet you where you are — and take you further.

This is your inside look at what’s ahead: the keynotes, the sessions, and the moments you won’t want to miss — plus how to make the most of every second.

Explore Coaching Themes that Fuel Growth and Innovation

At the heart of Converge 2025 are six powerful content themes, designed to reflect the opportunities, challenges, and innovations shaping coaching today. With more than 80 sessions — offered across Foundational, Established, and Advanced levels — you’ll be able to chart a professional development path that leads you where you want to go.

• Business Development: Learn proven strategies for growing your coaching business, attracting clients, and creating sustainable success.
• Coaching Education: Explore innovative methods for teaching, mentoring, and shaping the next generation of coaches.
• Coaching Practice: Deepen your coaching skills and knowledge with practical tools and techniques aligned with ICF standards.
• Coaching Science: Bridge the gap between theory and practice with sessions grounded in neuroscience, evidence-based methodologies, the latest research.
• Future Trends: Stay ahead of the curve by examining emerging ideas, technologies, and global shifts shaping the future of coaching.
• Internal Coaching: Discover how to build, scale, and measure the impact of coaching programs inside organizations.

Keynote Speakers and Coaching Talks to Inspire Your Next Step

The fastest way to grow is to surround yourself with people who challenge you to think bigger, coach more powerfully, and lead with greater purpose. At Converge 25, you’ll hear from thought leaders, trailblazers, and coaching innovators who will fuel your growth and give you the courage to step more fully into your potential.

Keynote Sessions

Looking for your next big “aha!” moment? Our keynotes will spark curiosity, expand your perspective, and inspire meaningful action:

• Opening Keynote | Heather Hansen: Discover how communication — rooted in awareness, empathy, and cultural understanding — can deepen your coaching impact and unlock more meaningful client connections.
• Closing Keynote | Nilofer Merchant: Explore the hidden forces that drive breakthroughs. You’ll leave with a fresh lens on leadership, possibility, and the human side of transformation — for your clients and yourself.

Signature Talks

Step into powerful sessions with authors offering bold perspectives on the issues that matter most to the coaching community, including:

• Neuroaffirming Coaching: Unveiling Possibilities | Ludmila Praslova, PhD, SHRM-SCP: Through storytelling and engagement, you will learn how to build healing communities and foster human-centered, thriving team cultures while maintain professional boundaries.
• The Possible Self: Toward a Life-Long Development | Maja Djikic, PhD: This session will unpack what it means to feel stuck despite success — and explore how to shift mindsets and motivation toward lasting growth.

Coaching Spotlights

Stay at the forefront of coaching with Coaching Spotlights that explore urgent themes and innovative practices. Highlights include:

• Break Through: How Healing Community Supports Our Success | Carylynn Larson, PCC: Gain practical tools and mindsets to support mental health and foster healing communities while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• From Coached to Coach: Gen Z Is Changing the Game | Sophie Riegel, ACC, and Tracy Sinclair, MCC: This intergenerational session brings together a young coach and a seasoned educator to explore how coaching Gen Z — and empowering them to coach — can shape the future of the profession.

Global Networking for Coaches: Build Meaningful Connections

At ICF Converge 2025, meaningful connection isn’t a side benefit — it’s part of the experience. You’ll be surrounded by a global network of more than 1,000 coaches, educators, leaders, and visionaries who are driven by a shared purpose to move the coaching industry — and the world — forward.

The people you meet may become collaborators, mentors, clients, or simply trusted companions on the road ahead. Make space for these encounters. They’re often the most lasting part of the journey.

Make a Plan

Before you arrive, take time to explore the agenda and identify sessions or gatherings where you can connect with others who share your interests — or challenge your perspective.

Meaningful connection points include:

• Learning Circles: Small peer groups where you’ll reflect, share insights, and co-create new understanding.
• Terrace Talks: Casual outdoor gatherings that turn hot topics into deeper conversations and new collaborations.
• Exhibit Hall: Explore the latest tools, technologies, and offerings in the coaching space while connecting directly with global exhibitors and vendors.
• Global Dance Party: Celebrate community, culture, and the energy of transformation with an unforgettable night of movement and joy.
• Morning Wellness Activities: Start your day with yoga or a morning run — and ground yourself for the growth ahead.

Arrive with Intention

You don’t need a polished pitch; just a clear sense of who you are and where you’re headed. Prepare a brief introduction that highlights your purpose and the people you hope to connect with. A simple, authentic “I work with [audience] who are navigating [challenge]” can spark powerful conversations.

You may also want to set goals like deciding how many people you want to meet each day or how many networking events you plan to attend.

Lead with Curiosity

Let your coaching mindset guide the way. Ask fellow attendees what brought them to Converge 25, what challenges they’re exploring, or what’s sparked their interest so far. You’ll find that great conversations often start with great questions.

Start Early; Stay Connected

Your networking journey doesn’t begin at check-in — and it doesn’t have to end at closing remarks. Use the ICF Converge 2025 app and online ICF Engage community to make connections before the event. Afterward, keep the momentum going. A thoughtful follow-up — especially one that recalls a shared moment or idea — can turn a quick exchange into a lasting relationship.

Let Serendipity Lead

While it’s good to have a plan, leave space for unexpected encounters. Some of the most memorable connections happen between sessions, during shared meals, or in quiet corners where the real stories come out. Stay open, be present, and trust that every conversation has the potential to guide your next step.

What’s New at ICF Converge 2025: Fresh Formats and Experiences

Alongside the inspiring keynotes and expansive learning sessions you expect, this year introduces new experiences designed to deepen connection, spark innovation, and celebrate the global coaching community.

• Small Group Experiences: Step beyond the main stage into more intimate, focused conversations on topics like inclusive coaching and artificial intelligence (AI).
• ICF Hub Brainstorm Boards: Join a community-wide co-creation experience. At the ICF Hub, you’ll answer bold questions, share your vision, and add your voice to the conversation shaping the next chapter of coaching.
• 30th Anniversary Celebration: This year marks 30 years of the International Coaching Federation — and we’re not just reflecting on the past. We’re celebrating the shared purpose, growth, and innovation that will define the next 30. Special activities throughout the event will honor this milestone and the future we’re building together.

Why Attend ICF Converge 2025: Top Benefits for Coaches

Attending ICF Converge 2025 isn’t just another event on your calendar — it’s a launchpad for what’s next in your coaching journey.

You’ll gain access to:

• World-Class Learning: Tap into cutting-edge education, research, and thought leadership — all in one global gathering.
• Career-Boosting Connections: Build relationships that expand your network and deepen your impact.
• Future-Focused Insight: Explore emerging trends, technologies, and global shifts reshaping coaching.
• Personal Renewal and Purpose: Step away from the day-to-day to refuel, reflect, and reconnect with what drives you.
• Exclusive Resources: Enjoy access to exhibitor offerings, tools, and discounts available only to attendees.

But more than that, you’ll walk away with a clearer vision, stronger connections, and the momentum to keep going long after the conference ends.

Every great adventure begins with a single decision: to say yes. Yes to growth. Yes to discovery. Yes to a global community ready to transform together.

Register now for ICF Converge 2025 and take the next bold step in your coaching journey.