Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers
For the sixth year, Empire partnered with the The Gates Foundation and Project Everyone as their production partner for Goalkeepers 2025—the iconic annual gathering of world leaders, changemakers, and advocates working toward the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Empire’s mission was to deliver a flawless production for this pivotal event, celebrate the Goalkeeper changemakers, execute a program highlighting child survival with key speakers, and encourage content creation and social presence. This included design and creative elements, LED installation, food & beverage management, registration and logistics for high-level speakers and attendees.
The event returned to Jazz at Lincoln Center during the 80th UN General Assembly, where host Olivia Wilde guided an impactful program. Highlights included performances by Jon Batiste with ballerina Ingrid Silva and later alongside the PS 22 Chorus, BK United Drumline, and 12-year-old tap dancer Khloe Reynolds. Speakers such as Bill Gates, Latif Nasser, Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Pastor Rick Warren, and Krista Tippett addressed critical progress in reducing child mortality. The Global Goalkeeper Award was presented to Pedro Sánchez, President of the Government of Spain, by Bill Gates, followed by a conversation with Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief of Reuters.
Empire is proud to continue its long-standing partnership with the Gates Foundation, Project Everyone, and collaborators to bring this globally recognized event to life—an evening that inspired leaders and reminded the world: We Can’t Stop at Almost.
Empire was proud to again work with the Gates Foundation, Project Everyone, and many other partners to present Goalkeepers 2025. To learn more about the Goalkeepers event, please visit: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/
Guests received their first taste of technological innovation at registration, where they were welcomed by name on a reactive LED screen installation covering the full width of the entry wall. A large lunch café was created with a décor scheme that incorporated custom-built, ceiling-high steel LED frames draped with foliage to create smaller, intimate restaurant-style spaces that displayed both technology and nature.
A series of breakout sessions presented content targeted to attendees’ varied interests, while imagery displayed throughout the venue showcased real-life applications of how products designed to empower developers help to unleash the power of data and reimagine possibilities that will improve our world.
Every element of Microsoft Connect(); from registration, breakfast and keynote, to lunch and evening cocktails, were custom-designed to communicate exacting brand messaging and to deliver a high-touch guest experience to this important audience. The keynote and breakout sessions were livestreamed through an onsite studio built for this purpose and content was watched online by millions around the world.
Empire is proud to collaborate with Microsoft on this annual, top-tier business communication event.
To view excerpts of Connect(); 2017, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/connectevent
