Bruegel Annual Meetings | 2-3 September 2026
As Europe faces defining choices, the Bruegel Annual Meetings 2026 will explore the trade-offs shaping its future
Speakers
Anthony Agotha
Special Envoy for Climate and Environment Diplomacy, European External Action Service
Román Arjona
Chief Economist, European Commission, DG GROW
Dana-Carmen Bachmann
Head of Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission
Rocio Bermudez Becerra
Transfer Pricing & Tax Policy Senior Manager, Repsol
Maria Cristina Bifulco
Chief Strategy Officer, Prysmian
Claudia Buch
Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank
Livia Chitu
Senior economist, Directorate General Research, European Central Bank
Rebecca Christie
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Adelina Comas-Herrera
Director, Global Observatory of Long-Term Care
Laura Cozzi
Director of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Carlos Cuerpo
First Vice-President of the Government; Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, Spain
Dorota Denning
Member of Cabinet, Cabinet Dombrovskis, European Commission
Jan Dusik
Deputy Director-General, European Commission, DG CLIMA
Lilian Edwards
Professor of Law, Innovation & Society, Newcastle Law School
Townsend Feehan
CEO, IAB Europe
Ignacio García Bercero
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Céline Gauer
Director-General, European Commission, DG ENER
Anthony Gooch Gálvez
Secretary General, European Round Table for Industry (ERT)
Koen Gorissen
Chairman, Belgian Data Protection Authority
Heather Grabbe
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Benjamin Haddad
Minister Delegate for Europe, France
Sebastian Hallensleben
Co-Chair, ONE AI, OECD
Chair, Joint Technical Committee AI, CEN-CENELEC JTC 21
Nick Hill
Managing Director, Credit Strategy & Guidance function, Moody's
Peter Hill
Chair, Clean Technology Partnerships Initiative (CTPI)
Associate Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
Kim Jørgensen
Head of Institutional Relations (EMEA), Temasek
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
Director-General, European Commission, DG TRADE
Taras Kachka
Ambassador, Mission of Ukraine to the European Union
Clare Kelly
New Zealand Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO; Chair, WTO General Council
Konrad Kollnig
Associate Professor, Maastricht University
Bernd Lange
Chair, International Trade Committee, European Parliament
Fabrizia Lapecorella
Deputy Secretary General, OECD
Owen Larter
Senior Director and Global Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Google DeepMind
Stephanie Lingemann
Vice President Air, Helsing
Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster
Senior Economist, Western Balkans and Moldova, Fiscal Policy and Growth Practice, World Bank
Mario Mariniello
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Julia Maris
Executive Vice President, Engie
Bertin Martens
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Karen Massin
Head Government Affairs & Public Policy - EU Institutions, Google
Zach Meyers
Director of Research, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)
Anton Mifsud-Bonnici
Adviser to CEO, Adani New Industries Limited
Jan Mischke
Partner, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)
Mike Morrissey
Associate Vice President, Global Public Policy, Europe & Canada Hub Leader, MSD
Martin Raiser
Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation, World Bank
Lucrezia Reichlin
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Wolf Heinrich Reuter
Chief Economist, Director Economic Analysis & Research Department, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Dorothée Rouzet
Chief Economist, French Treasury
Simonas Šatūnas
Head of Cabinet for European Commissioner Kubilius
Jorge Sicilia Serrano
Chief Economist, Spain, BBVA Group
Philippa Sigl-Glöckner
Managing Director, Dezernat Zukunft
Mark Sobel
Chief Economist and Vice Chair, OMFIF
Simone Tagliapietra
Bruegel Deputy Director
Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General, European Commission, DG TAXUD
Reinhilde Veugelers
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Nina Vujanović
Bruegel Research Fellow
Pierre Wunsch
Governor, National Bank of Belgium
Georg Zachmann
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bruegel Director