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European Business Summit 2024

20 & 21 November

Egmont Palace, 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
Dumitru Alaiba
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization of the Republic of Moldova
Didier Reynders
EU Commissioner for Justice
Odile Renaud-Basso
President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Caroline Stage
Minister for Digital Affairs, Government of Denmark
Ignacio Galán
President of Iberdrola
Maarten Wetselaar
CEO, MOEVE
Roberto Viola
Director General, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Raluca-Lavinia Peica
Director General, Court of Justice of the European Union
Marc Lemaître
Director General, DG RTD European Commission
Florika Fink-Hooijer
Director General, DG ENV European Commission
Jiří Šedivý
Chief Executive, EDA
Athina Kanioura
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, PepsiCo
Ditte Juul-Jørgensen
Director General, DG ENER European Commission
Matt Brittin
EMEA president, Google
Russell Grandinetti
Senior Vice President, Amazon
Nanna-Louise Linde
Vice President European Government Affairs, Microsoft
Olivier Guersent
Director General, DG COMP European Commission
Koen Doens
Director General, DG INTPA European Commission
Kerstin Jorna
Director General, DG GROW European Commission
Gert Jan Koopman
Director General, DG NEAR European Commission
Mihail Dumitru
Deputy Director General, DG AGRI European Commission
Kim Jorgensen
Director General and EIB Permanent Representative to the EU Institutions in Brussels
Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Under-Secretary-General
Virginijus Sinkevičius
Member of the European Parliament
Yvan Verougstraete
Member of the European Parliament
Kriti Gupta
Bloomberg Television co-anchor of “The Opening Trade”
James Waterworth
Director, EU Public Policy, Amazon
Marco Pancini
Head of EU Affairs, META
Jens-Henrik Jeppesen
Senior Director – Corporate Affairs, EMEA & APJ, Workday
Jean-Marie Paugam
Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization
Mihai Precup
State Secretary in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Romania
Taras Kachka
Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine – Trade Representative of Ukraine
Andreas Scheuer
Asienbrücke e.V. – Euro-Asian-Initiative
Salvador Illa
President of the Government of Catalonia
Martin Hojsík
Member of the European Parliament
Damian Boeselager
Member of the European Parliament
Nikola Minchev
Member of the European Parliament
Riho Terras
Member of the European Parliament
Christine Schneider
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
Assita Kanko
Member of the European Parliament
Dario Nardella
Member of the European Parliament
Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
Member of the European Parliament
Jonás Fernandez
Member of the European Parliament
Urmas Paet
Member of the European Parliament
Ondřej Kovařík
Member of the European Parliament
Christophe Gomart
Member of the European Parliament
Inese Vaidere
Member of the European Parliament
Nathalie Loiseau
Member of the European Parliament
Eva Maydell
Member of the European Parliament
Bernard Hoffait
Vice President Institutional Relations Sustainable Aviation Fuels, TotalEnergies
Leena Ylä-Mononen
Executive Director, European Environment Agency
Sharon McGuinness
Executive Director, European Chemicals Agency
Sherry Madera
CEO, CDP
Fabrizia Lapecorella
Deputy-Secretary, OECD
Antonio Gomes
Deputy Director of the OECD Directorate for Enterprise and Financial Affairs
Geneviève Pons
Director General and Vice President Europe Jacques Delors Institute
Olivier de Matos
Director General Croplife
Arina Freitag
CFO TenneT
Solveig Honoré Hatton
Senior Vice President, Public Sector, Europe Mastercard
Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore
Executive Director, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
Sam De Boo
Executive Vice President & President of Global Market, Ecolab
Sander van Donk
Vice President Europe, Lubrizol
Matteo Patrone
Vice President for Banking, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Philipp Offenberg
Director, Breakthrough Energy Europe
Oleksandr Vodoviz
Head of Special Projects, MetInvest
Andreas Hellmann
Director of Outreach, Tax & Regulatory Policy, Tholos Foundation
Idoia Salazar
Founder & President, OdiseIA
Gabrielle Gauthey
Senior Vice President European Affairs, Total Energies
Markus Otto
Senior Vice President Aviation Europe, DHL Express
Przemysław Jastrzębski
Vice-President of the Management Board for Finance, PGE
Victor Gao
Vice President, Center of China and Globalisation (CCG)
Kristin Schreiber
Director, DG Grow, European Commission
Natalia Aristimuño Pérez
Director of Directorate B - Digital Enablers & Innovation, European Commission
David Boublil
Head of Unit, DG TAXUD, European Commission
Miguel Valle del Olmo
Digital Transformation Attaché at the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU
Kilian Gross
Head of Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission
Daniel Mes
Member of Wopke Hoekstra's Cabinet, European Commission
Holger Kreetz
Chief Operating Officer, Uniper
Mark Meldrum
Global Head of Business Development, Rondo
Catherine Naughton
Director, European Disability Forum
Peter Kraemer
Director for Data Sovereignty Solutions, Capgemini
Stefanie Kopchick
General Manager, Clean Energy Venture
Luc Steuns
Head of Strategy and Sustainability, Moeve (CEPSA)
Tarja Jaakkola
NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment
Andrea Renda
Director of Research, CEPS
Lucy C. Cronin
Vice President for EU Public Policy, Amazon
Nicholas Mazzei
Vice President Sustainability, Europe, DP World
Michael Lohmeier
Vice President Clean Ops Technology Center, DHL
Oliver Tuszik
President, CISCO Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Heba Aguib
Member of the Board, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
Florian Ranft
Member of the Management Board and Head of Green New Deal, Das Progressive Zentrum
Sven Smit
Chair, McKinsey Global Institute
Andrew Cave
European Small Business Association and Mastercard Strive EU Small Business Council Member
Natasha Jamal
Vice President, Social Impact – Strive
Youssef Bey
Co-Founder Cresco Cybersecurity
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
Jack Parrock
EU Reporter
Shada Islam
EU Reporter
Teri Schultz
EU/NATO Reporter
Alice Hancock
Reporter, Financial Times
Kim Mackrael
Reporter, Wall Street Journal
Andy Bounds
Reporter, Financial Times
Todd Buell
Deputy Manager Editor MLex
Dan Michaels
Reporter, Wall Street Journal
Rosie Birchard
Deutsche Welle
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, European Business Summits

“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

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Arnaud Thysen
Director General

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