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European Business Summit 2026

17 & 18 November

Egmont Palace

For Europe’s Next Era of Strategic Independence

The 2026 European Business Summit will open the floor to a timely and necessary debate: how can Europe strengthen its resilience, competitiveness and capacity to act in a world defined by fragmentation, geopolitical pressure and technological disruption?

Strategic independence is no longer an abstract ambition. It is an investment agenda. It means building stronger markets, modern infrastructure, secure supply chains, competitive energy systems, digital capacity and industrial strength, so that Europe remains a place where companies can invest, innovate, scale and grow. Europe’s time to invest in resilience is now.

Alongside the programme, participants can take advantage of our dedicated B2B matchmaking platform to connect with fellow attendees, identify relevant business opportunities and schedule one-to-one meetings during the Summit. Access the matchmaking platform here.

Invited speakers

Stéphane Séjourné
Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, European Commission
Teresa Ribera
Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission
Jessika Roswall
Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, European Commission
Costas Kadis
Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, European Commission
Hanna Anttilainen
Member of Cabinet of EVP Séjourné, European Commission
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
Director General DG TRADE, European Commission
Fabian Zuleeg
Chief Executive, European Policy Centre
Sandra Parthie
President EESC Employers' Group
Dubravka Šuica
Commissioner for Mediterranean, European Commission
Andrius Kubilius
Commissioner for Defence & Space, European Commission
Jozef Síkela
Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission
Maroš Šefčovič
Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, European Commission
Maria Luís Albuquerque
Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Jan Dusik
Deputy Director General DG CLIMA, European Commission
Ana Gallego Torres
Director General DG JUST, European Commission
Céline Gauer
Director-General DG ENER, European Commission
Eric Mamer
Director General DG ENVI, European Commission
Kerstin Jorna
Director General DG GROW, European Commission
Kurt Vandenberghe
Director General DG CLIMA, European Commission
Marc Lemaître
Director-General, DG RTD, European Commission
Despina Spanou
Deputy Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission
Nicolás González Casares
Member of the European Parliament
Jörgen Warborn
Member of the European Parliament
Pascal Arimont
Member of the European Parliament
Marco Pierani
Director of Corporate Affairs, Euroconsumers
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament
Dan Nica
Member of the European Parliament
Nikola Minchev
Member of the European Parliament
Morten Løkkegaard
Member of the European Parliament
Jean-Marc Jancovici
President, The Shift Project & The Shifters
Renate Nikolay
Deputy Director General DG CNECT, European Commission
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy
Faye Freeman
CEO, Centrient
Marc Carena
Global President Petcare, Mars
Jean-Christophe Laloux
Director General of Operations, EIB
Katarina Wallin Bureau
Head of European Government Affairs, Microsoft
James Waterworth
Director of EU Affairs and Head of Brussels Office, Amazon
Ilias Chantzos
Global Privacy Officer and Head of Government Affairs for EMEA, Broadcom
Manuel Mateo Goyet
Head of Unit, Cloud and Software, DG CNECT, European Commission
Luis Garicano
Executive Director, Rhine Group
Martin Merz
President Sovereign Cloud, SAP
Lukasz Kolinski
Director, DG ENER, European Commission
Renato Mazzoncini
CEO, A2A
Luca Marchisio
Head of System Strategy, Terna
Alexandra Jour-Schroeder
Deputy Director-General DG FISMA, European Commission
Philippe Rosius
Head of Situational Awareness Department, EUSPA
Thibaut Kleiner
Director, Future Networks, DG CNECT, European Commission
Michał Andrzej Kobosko
Member of the European Parliament
Olivier Micheli
CEO, Data4Group
Andrzej Buła
Member of the European Parliament
Mario Nava
Director-General, DG EMPL, European Commission
David Timis
Global Communications & Public Affairs Manager, Generation.org
Stephen Jackson
CEO, Ammonia
Lieutnant General Barduani
Deputy Chair, EU Military Committee
Dan Monson
Vice President, Visa Europe Risk Advisory
Adrian Studer
Executive Vice President and Europe Market Head, Ecolab
Yohann Bérnard
Public Policy Director Europe, Digital, Amazon
Gordon Thomson
EMEA President, CISCO
Mark Bowman
Vice President, Policy and Partnerships, EBRD
Leonard Klenner
Executive Assistant for Corporate Affairs to the President of Temu
Marc Reinhardt
Executive Vice President e Global Industry Leader, Capgemini
Harald Gottsche
Global Head of Engine Production, BMW Group
Brigitte Van Den Berg
Member of the European Parliament
Mark Neufurth
Public Sector Strategist, IONOS
Teri Schultz
EU/NATO reporter
Jennifer Baker
EU Reporter
Marie Sina
Deutsche Welle
Silke Wettach
EU Reporter
Ana Rovzar
EU Reporter
Jack Parrock
EU Reporter
Daniel Michaels
The Wall Street Journal
ARNAUD THYSEN
Director General, European Business Summits

Check the 2026 Agenda

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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