For the first time, the NPA Summit 2025 will take place in person! Join us in Chicago, USA, on October 23 and 24. Tickets are on sale—you can purchase yours here.

Since this year’s Summit is in person, we chose Chicago to enhance the ease of international and domestic U.S. travel. We will also record some content to make available for participants who can’t join us on-site to ensure accessibility. Stay tuned for more details about how to participate!

The NPA Summit 2025 is designed for mid-to-senior level professionals driving news product strategy and execution. This is a gathering for news product managers, editorial leaders, and other news professionals who operate at the intersection of editorial, audience, business, and technology—whether or not “product” is in your title. The Summit is a space for those ready to collaborate, network, and tackle challenges facing the news industry.

To make the NPA Summit as accessible as possible, we offer a range of ticket options. Here are the tiers for tickets to the News Product Alliance Summit (plus ticketing fees):

• $575: This ticket tier reflects the actual cost for each attendee of the NPA Summit and is for people from organizations that provide full professional development budgets for employees, such as large news organizations with more than 250 employees, and nonprofits with budgets over $2 million.

• $475: This tier is for people receiving partial support from their organizations, such as those from news organizations with less than 250 employees, nonprofits with budgets under $2 million, and other similar-sized organizations with reduced support for professional development.

• $375: This tier is for people who are paying their own way and do not receive support from their employer.

• $0: Community-supported tickets are available at no cost for product thinkers who would not otherwise be able to attend, ensuring representatives of small and community-focused publications have the opportunity to participate and contribute to the Summit. You can apply here.

Here's the most important thing to know about these ticket prices: We want you to choose the one that makes sure you can be at the Summit. We don't review who pays what, and we won't follow up with any questions. If you work for an organization where budgets have already been set or there's no support available to you, choose a lower price and join us. By the same token, if you budgeted for some costs you no longer have to spend and are able to purchase a ticket at a higher tier, please do. In addition, if you would like to contribute to the Summit, you'll have the option to add a donation as part of the ticket-purchasing process.

We based these tiers on community feedback. Ticket funds are a huge part of what makes it possible to organize an event with costless tickets, and the support of a skilled event team in preparing sessions and constructing a schedule that lets attendees focus on learning and talking together.

If you have any questions at all about ticket pricing, please reach out.

Community-supported tickets are available at no cost for product thinkers who would not otherwise be able to attend, ensuring representatives of small and community-focused publications have the opportunity to participate and contribute to the Summit. You can apply here.

The Call for Session Proposals is open now! If you have an idea for a session, we encourage you to submit it here. You can find all the details on the topics and formats above.

The NPA Summit 2025 will take place at Venue SIX10 in Chicago, located at 610 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605.

If you have any additional questions or need further clarification, please feel free to get in touch with us at summit@newsproduct.org. We are here to help and look forward to assisting you!

The News Product Alliance is happy to offer a number of partnership opportunities to meet sponsors' goals and budgets, including options to support accessibility, networking spaces and programming. Learn more about them by contacting feli@newsproduct.org.