European Business Summit
This year, the European Business Summit will highlight the ways to accelerate the European response to geopolitical challenges as well as improve Europe’s efficiency in the fields of energy, transport, digitalisation, and performances of supply chains. Strengthening Europe’s geopolitical role in a complex and changing world is key to understand the implications it is likely to have on security and trade globally.
Boosting innovation will require efforts and investments from both the public and the private sector; but creating social acceptance will also be key to create safe ecosystems, integrated markets within the EU and an inclusive environment for companies, citizens, and consumers alike.
Through a hybrid event combining a physical and online participation, the new format of the Summit will include an in-person event with exclusive networking opportunities as well as the live-streaming of each panel discussion and interview.
Taking time out of her busy schedule this November, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will reflect on some of the most pressing issues facing European businesses at this year’s European Business Summit, namely energy and resilience, particularly for SMEs; fostering the EU’s digital ecosystem, supply chains, trade and security, along with the progress of the EU’s Green Deal agenda in order to ensure that the European Business climate remains resilient and competitive into the future.
EBS is honoured to welcome the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola to EBS 2022. Considering the current geopolitical situation and the implications for businesses, the President will take part in an exclusive interview and engage with policymakers, academia, business representatives and civil society on the most pressing issues facing the European Union.
EBS is delighted to announce the participation of the EU Affairs Minister of Sweden Jessika Roswall who will join a roundtable with EU Affairs Ministers ahead of the General Affairs Council in Brussels on November 18. Topics of discussion will include the current war in Ukraine, fostering European solidarity and supporting rebuilding along with Europe’s response to current geopolitical challenges.
EBS is delighted to Welcome Stefano Grassi, Head of Cabinet to Commissioner Simson at a very timely period for the EU. The current energy crisis translates into insecurity of supply and soaring energy prices. To counter this, is it tempting to compromise on green transition objectives. However, the transition towards clean energy might be part of the solution to the present crisis. The Commission’s REPower EU Plan aims at making Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels “well before 2030”, when they accounted for about 40 % of imports before the crisis. To achieve this, diversifying supply sources is key, as well as reducing our energy consumption by an enhanced energy efficiency and an accelerated green transition.
Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager will join this year’s edition of EBS. In tandem with prominent business representatives, participants will discuss the steps needed to achieve the EU’s central goal of strategic autonomy, striking the right balance between competition, innovation and resilience in strategic sectors. Vestager will also address questions around encouraging innovation, investments, skills and greater human capital through coherent industrial policies across the EU, impacting businesses and SMEs across the public and private sector.
Join EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, along with 50+ CEOs from some of the largest companies operating in Europe at EBS 2022. The European Commission is inviting non-food companies to take a voluntary pledge to support sustainable consumption, beyond what is required by law. By taking the pledge, companies commit to identify their carbon footprint and to set measurable targets to reduce it, along with making efforts to identify their environmental footprint, increasing ‘circularity’ in their activities and/or respecting social sustainability across company supply chains.
President, European Commission
President of the European Parliament
Executive Vice President for A Europe fit for the Digital Age
Prime Minister of Belgium
EU Affairs Minister, Sweden
Head of Cabinet to Commissioner Simson, European Commission
Director General, DG TRADE
EU Commissioner for Justice
Acting Director General, DG RTD
Director General, DG AGRI
Director General, DG MOVE
Vice President, Breakthrough Energy
Director General, DG CNECT
Former UK Climate Envoy and Chair of Cambridge Centre for Climate Repair
Alternate Foreign Minister, Greece
State Secretary for EU Affairs, Portugal
Deputy EU Affairs Minister, Czech Republic
Deputy Minister for the Economy and Trade Representative of Ukraine
Chairman, NEWES, New Energy Solutions
Member of the European Parliament
Deputy-Director General, DG ENV
Member of the European Parliament
CNBC Correspondent
Brussels Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Incoming 2023 Chair, BEREC
Principal Advisor “Digital for the Green Transition”, DG CLIMA
Brussels Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal
Member of the European Parliament
Director Policy Engagement, CDP
EU Reporter
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
Director General EFPIA
Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Gentiloni
Member of the European Parliament
Programme Manager on Flourinated Greenhouse Gases, Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
Associate Director and Head of Europe’s Political Economy Programme, EPC
Executive Director, Agora Energiewende
President and Co-founder, The Lisbon Council
Executive Vice-President and Chief Scientific Officer, UCB
Head of Unit, DG FISMA
Director for Future Networks, DG CNECT
Policy Officer, DG CNECT
EU analyst
Co-President of the Greens/EFA, European Parliament
EU Correspondent, Financial Times
Global Vice President – Tech Venturing & Innovation, PepsiCo
Technology Executive at Toshiba International Corporation
EU Correspondent, Financial Times
Head of Regulatory Positioning Refining, Fuels, Mobility, ENI
Public Policy Manager EMEA, Workday
CEO, BDR Thermea
Public Sector Global Leader, Capgemini
EU Tech Reporter
Director, Telage
Director, EU Public Policy, Amazon
Director, Energy and Environment Policy, EMEA, Amazon Web Services (EWS)
Vice President, Amazon Transportation Services Europe
Director General, DOT Europe
CEO, DeHavilland
Ambassador, BLOX Global
EU Correspondant, The Financial Times
VP Procurement and Sustainability, Europe, AB InBev
Brussels Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Head of Division, ASEAN and Indo-Pacific, EEAS
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Indonesia in Belgium
Chief Technology Officer, Siemens Energy
Member of the European Parliament
Czech National Drug Coordinator
Regional Director for Europe, IFC
Professor of Economics, University of Verona
EU Reporter
Member of the European Parliament
Director General and Permanent Representative to the EU Institutions, European Investment Bank
Club of Rome
Co-Founder of www.bluecooling.org
Senior Vice President et General Manager EU, CSL Behring
Managing Partner, IBM Consulting Europe
EESC rapporteur on Digital Sovereignty and Deputy Dean at Malta University
Academic Director, CERRE
Director Strategy and Economic Analysis, DG Grow
Member of the European Parliament
CEO, Renewd
EU Reporter
Head of Climate Policy, CEPS
Chief Executive, CEPS
Director General European Business Summits
