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European Business Summit 2024

20 & 21 November

Brussels

Investing in Europe: Towards the Next Five Years and Beyond

Following the European elections in June 2024 and the subsequent renewal of the European Commission, the 24th edition of the European Business Summit will aim to foster transformative debates on how to set clear expectations and commitments for the most pressing challenges in a shifting global order.

Energy policy will play a crucial role, while the strengthening of European security will make a more cohesive and interoperable defence industry a priority for the future agenda. Moreover, the pervasive influence of AI will bring forward new developments in society and the market economy. With its resilient single market and diverse business sectors, the EU holds immense potential. However, concerns about productivity slowdown and a loss in international competitiveness remain.

By coming together and embracing these challenges as opportunities, the European Business Summit will fully harness the potential of cooperation and open debate to navigate the evolving landscape and secure a prosperous future.

AMONG THE SPEAKERS

Alexander De Croo
Prime Minister of Belgium
Dorin Recean
Prime Minister of Moldova
Odile Renaud-Basso
President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Caroline Stage
Minister for Digital Affairs, Denmark
Raluca-Lavinia Peica
Director General, Court of Justice of the European Union
Marc Lemaître
Director General, DG RTD
Florika Fink-Hooijer
Director General, DG ENV
Timo Pesonen
Director General, DG DEFIS
Ditte Juul-Jørgensen
Director General, DG ENER
Olivier Guersent
Director General, DG COMP
Koen Doens
Director General, DG INTPA
Gert Jan Koopman
Director General, DG NEAR
Kerstin Jorna
Director General, DG GROW
Mihail Dumitru
Deputy Director General DG AGRI
Filip Cornelis
Director, DG MOVE
Martin Hojsík
Member of the European Parliament
Anna Cavazzini
Member of the European Parliament
Barry Andrews
Member of the European Parliament
Damian Boeselager
Member of the European Parliament
Nikola Minchev
Member of the European Parliament
Christophe Gomart
Member of the European Parliament
Christine Schneider
Member of the European Parliament
Virginijus Sinkevičius
Member of the European Parliament
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Member of the European Parliament
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament
Hildegard Bentele
Member of the European Parliament
Dario Nardella
Member of the European Parliament
Sherry Madera
CEO, CDP Europe
Leena Ylä-Mononen
Executive Director, European Environment Agency
Sharon McGuinness
Executive Director, European Chemicals Agency
Ruth del Campo
Chief Data Officer of the Government of Spain
Ignacio Galán
President of Iberdrola
Antonio Gomes
Deputy Director of the OECD Directorate for Enterprise and Financial Affairs
Maarten Wetselaar
CEO, CEPSA
Nanna-Louise Linde
Vice President European Government Affairs, Microsoft
Florian Pennings
Associate Chief Cybersecurity and Operational Officer ENISA
Peter Kraemer
Director for Data Sovereignty Solutions, Capgemini
Marcin Laskowski
Deputy CEO, PGE
Sven Smit
Chair, McKinsey Global Institute
Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore
Executive Director, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
Olivier de Matos
Director General Croplife
Nicholas Mazzei
Vice-President Sustainability, DP World
Athina Kanioura
Executive Vice President, PepsiCo
Derk Bleeker
Chief Commercial Officer, Sage
Emanuele Bracco
Associate Professor of Economics, Università di Verona, Italy
Jennifer Baker
EU Reporter
Ana Rovzar
EBS Reporter
Chris Burns
EU Reporter

“We are meeting in challenging times, called to face the Russian aggression to Ukraine, the Covid-19 recovery, and a new energy crisis. I’m grateful that the European Business Summit tackles these issues with a programme full of excellent speakers.”

Ursula von der Leyen
President, European Commission

“It’s time to seize the opportunity of Artificial Intelligence boldly and responsibly, not just minimizing risk, but maximizing opportunity in Europe.”

Kent Walker
President of Global Affairs, Google

"Europe has made at least two strategic mistakes when it comes to energy. Firstly, it depended on one single country for its supply of resources. Secondly, it turned its back on nuclear power."

Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency

“The EU can and already does offer leadership on multiple levels in making the world economy greener. As a company, we take a lot of inspiration from the advancement of regulation here.”

Russel Grandinetti
Senior Vice President, Amazon

Check the 2024 Agenda

Our mission statement

Our mission is twofold: we aim to bring politics and business together in order to provide them with an opportunity to debate and pursue their common goals, giving a voice to all sides of the debate. The other priority of EBS is to provide European institutions with a platform where they can place their top priorities in the spotlight and advance the development of new pieces of legislation through discussion with a variety of actors and stakeholders.

Arnaud Thysen
Director General

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