Get ready for an extraordinary event. This is our 14th global conference and we expect over 1,500 journalists from over 100 countries and territories. We’re crafting a world-class program to go with it.

The conference will host over 150 state-of-the-art sessions, with expert panels, cutting-edge workshops, and the best networking in the business.

We’ll cover online search techniques, best practices for cross-border collaboration, and exiled media tips and tools. We’ll be hosting top journalists who have developed innovative uses of technology to hold powers to account, and others who have worked in environments with press freedom limitations and developed techniques to continue investigating while maintaining high standards and reducing risks. There will be experts on satellites, artificial intelligence, and other investigative journalism techniques.

You’ll find special tracks on climate change, the threat to democracy, crime and corruption, human rights, teaching and training, and sustainability strategies — plus the latest on security, media law, and dealing with stress and burnout. We will also include sessions with experts who have worked on engaging ways of presenting journalistic investigations in various formats.

As always, we’ll feature the world’s best data journalists and researchers, offering hands-on workshops, and advice. The data track will range from basic spreadsheets to sophisticated coding, visualization, and analysis. The GIJC has trained three generations of data journalists, and the best is yet to come.

And then there’s the networking. Ask a journalist who’s been to a GIJC about their favorite part, and they’re likely to say it’s the people — those chance encounters in the hallways, at the elevators, in the bars. Imagine what it’s like to have more than 1,500 journalists from 100 countries and territories brainstorming about how to get data, documents, and the truth. That’s the GIJC. We are planning networking sessions — by language, region and topic — to collaborate and brainstorm in a relaxed setting.

Thank you for your ideas!

We’ve closed the Call for Ideas for the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference this November 21-24  – and we want to thank you for the many helpful suggestions that you shared with us.

We received a record 520 submissions from around the world, and it’s great to see the enthusiasm in attending the GIJC and contributing to make it our best yet. 

We are now reviewing each idea carefully, considering your topics and proposed speakers. We need to make sure that they align with the purpose of the Conference to bring the latest tips, tools, and know-how on investigative journalism to our global audience, and to ensure that they are balanced by gender, culture, and geography. Not all ideas can be approved, of course, but we promise to thoroughly evaluate and discuss them.

If your idea is selected, we will reach out soon to let you know, but due to the amount of proposals we received, we can’t provide individual feedback to everyone. Please be patient as we process the ideas as quickly as possible.

Also, if you haven’t registered for #GIJC25 yet, click the link below and get your Early Bird ticket now before they sell out. And journalists from developing or transitioning countries: you have until Jan. 31 to apply for a fellowship. 

Hope to see you in Kuala Lumpur!