Events
BUSINESSEUROPE Council of Presidents
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European Business Summit 2026
The European Business Summit 2026 edition, "For Europe’s Next Era of Strategic Independence", will open the floor to a timely and necessary debate: how can Europe strengthen its resilience, competit...
European Corporate Governance Conference 2026
This year’s edition of the conference, organised by EY in partnership with ACCA, Accountancy Europe, BusinessEurope, Chartered Accountants Ireland, ecoDa, Euronext, and Ibec, will explore how corpor...
UN Climate Change conference – COP31
In 2026, Türkiye will host COP31, which will take place in Antalya. As the host country, Türkiye is committed to uniting countries, cities, businesses, and communities to accelerate practical climat...
6th European Defence & Security Conference
The European Defence and Security Conference returns for its sixth edition in 2026, continuing to address the current challenges faced by the European Union, its Member States and the European industr...
EU-Brazil Industrial Partnership Forum: building competitive, resilient and sustainable value chains
BusinessEurope and ApexBrasil invite you to a high-level business event in Brussels, with the participation of the President of ApexBrasil and leading Brazilian industries, focusing on the opportuniti...
European Forum for New Ideas 2026
How can we operate effectively and ethically in a world that is changing faster than we can keep up with? Participants at the 15th anniversary edition of the European Forum for New Ideas will be seeki...
European Week of Regions and Cities
The EURegionsWeek 2026 is more than an event, it is the meeting place of a community committed to shaping a stronger and more inclusive future for Europe....
Important Projects of Common European Interest: Business recommendations for the way forward
Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) feature prominently in the Draghi and Letta reports and the EU’s Competitiveness Compass. As the European Commission’s mandate approaches it...
Banks’ competitiveness: EU’s agenda for a more integrated, efficient and competitive banking sector
A competitive and efficient EU banking sector is essential to Europe’s economic future. European companies will continue to rely heavily on bank financing in the years ahead, therefore it is crucial...
From gap to growth: Advancing women’s economic activity
Europe is facing significant challenges that require higher levels of economic activity. Women hold the greatest unleveraged potential for expanding the labour force, with up to 17.3 million additiona...
Security, resilience and competitiveness: Europe’s industrial agenda for a new geopolitical era
As Europe strengthens its security and defence capabilities, competitiveness and resilience have become inseparable from the ability to build a strong industrial base and trusted international partner...
One Europe, One Market: Are we close?
As geopolitical volatility and a sharp decline in European competitiveness loom over the EU, the Single Market remains Europe's most vital instrument for absorbing global economic shocks. The EU insti...
WTO Public Forum 2026
Trade in services is not just a driver of global economic growth. It is the most dynamic component of world trade. In 2026, services trade volume is projected to expand by 4.8%, significantly outpacin...
ITC Munich 2026
Jointly organised in cooperation between the International Chamber of Commerce, Business at OECD and BusinessEurope, this year's edition of the International Tax Conference Munich (ITC Munich) will fo...
2026 NATO Summit in Ankara
The NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum (NSDIF26), NATO’s premier high-level event on transatlantic defence production, investment and innovation, will take place on 7 July 2026 in Ankara, Türkiye....
2026 G7 Summit
23 years after the 2003 Evian G8 Summit and 7 years after the 2019 G7 Summit in Biarritz presided over by the Head of State, Evian will once again be at the heart of international news from 15 to 17 J...
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BUSINESSEUROPE General Assembly...
From rules to reality: driving CSDDD implementation
Co-hosted by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), BusinessEurope and MEP Axel Voss of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, the event will provide a platform for industry leaders and other sta...
BusinessEurope’s SME Roadshow. Sixth stop Porto.
Backing Europe’s SMEs: from growth to scale
BusinessEurope is hosting the “SME Roadshow” in Porto on 7 May 2026. This event marks the sixth stop in a series dedicated to addressing SME issues...
Circular Economy Act: Key priorities from European business
BusinessEurope is hosting an event for the publication of its priorities for the Circular Economy Act (CEA), in presence of Jessica Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Compet...
EU-Japan Business Round Table
Focusing on relations between EU and Japanese industry, the 27th annual meeting of the EU-Japan Business Round Table will be held in Brussels, Belgium. It will include exchanges with senior representa...
14th WTO Ministerial Conference
Ministers from across the world will attend the For the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference Conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the multilateral trading system and to take acti...