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European Business Summit 2026

17 & 18 November

Égmont Palace, Brussels

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.

Discover the 2026 Invited speakers

Dubravka Šuica
Commissioner for Mediterranean, European Commission
Andrius Kubilius
Commissioner for Defence & Space, European Commission
Hanna Anttilainen
Member of Cabinet of EVP Séjourné, European Commission
Maria Luís Albuquerque
Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
Director General DG TRADE, European Commission
Fabian Zuleeg
Chief Executive, European Policy Centre
Philippe Lambert
Advisor to the European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen
Sandra Parthie
President EESC Employers' Group
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
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
Dan Monson
Vice President, Visa Europe Risk Advisory
Lieutnant General Barduani
Deputy Chair, EU Military Committee
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 Global Industry Leader, Capgemini
Harald Gottsche
Global Head of Engine Production, BMW Group
Brigitte Van Den Berg
Member of the European Parliament
Raffaele Fitto
Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reform, European Commission
Mark Neufurth
Public Sector Strategist, IONOS
Jacob Bossaer
Founder & CEO, BOSAQ
Bartlomiej Telejko
Head of EU Data Governance, Competition and Cybersecurity Policy, Google
Karina Nimară
Director of EU Policy & Head of Brussels Office, Developers Alliance
Matthias Bauer
Director, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
Marco Bianchini
Head of Digitalisation and AI for SMEs Unit and D4SME Coordinator, OECD
Marta Sjögren
Founder and CEO, Paebbl
Emmanuel Desplechin
Head of EU Affairs, MOEVE
Olivier Tsalpatouros
Senior Director, Regulatory & Global Affairs, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Geopost
Vsevolod Chentsov
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
Pierre Harkay
CEO, Impact Finance
Lorena Boix Alonso
Deputy Director-General, DG DEFIS, European Commission
Roxana Mînzatu
Executive Vice President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, European Commission
Ann Mettler
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Henrik von Storch
Director Global Sustainable Aviation Fuels, DHL Group
Bruno Tobback
Member of the European Parliament
Lapo Pistelli
Director Energy Transition Minerals Solutions, ENI
Rik Sneep
Senior Vice President of Strategy, Transformation and International Growth, MOEVE
David Luengo
Managing Director Brussels Office, Indra Group and Chairman of the Security Business Unit of ASD
Ahlem Friga-Noy
Senior Vice President Public Affairs Europe, TotalEnergies
Silvia Caneva
Senior Public Policy Manager, Workday
Jack Parrock
Presenter and Journalist
Raphael Minder
Financial Times
Teri Schultz
EU/NATO reporter
Jennifer Baker
EU Reporter
Marie Sina
Deutsche Welle
Silke Wettach
EU Reporter
Ana Rovzar
EU Reporter
Daniel Michaels
The Wall Street Journal
Sébastien Brack
Director D27
ARNAUD THYSEN
Director General, European Business Summits
Boris Kopp
Managing Director of Corporate Private Solutions, Deutsche Bank

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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