Brussels Forum
Brussels Forum 2025 will take place June 11 and 12, at Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium
About Brussels Forum
GMF's Brussels Forum is the preeminent platform for global leaders, policymakers, and experts across sectors to shape the transatlantic agenda and debate the most pressing global challenges. Brussels Forum showcases diverse voices across regional and demographic backgrounds and promotes dialogue that is candid and open. Speakers of past Brussels Forum editions include Mike Pence, Vice President, The United States of America; Samantha Power, Administrator, USAID; Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO; Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, European Union and Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President, European Commission, among others.
To watch video recordings of our most recent Brussels Forum, visit our rewind page.
Previous Speakers
- Madeline Albright – Former Secretary of State, US Department of State
- Stephen Biegun – Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy, Boeing
- Cory Booker – US Senator for New Jersey
- Josep Borrell – High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, European Union
- Pete Buttigieg – Secretary of Transportation, US Department of Transportation
- Chris Coons – US Senator for Delaware
- Alexander De Croo – Prime Minister, Belgium
- Victoria Espinel – President and CEO, BSA
- Frank Friedman – COO & CFO, Deloitte
- Mircea Geoană – Deputy Secretary General, NATO
- Kamala Harris – Vice President of the United States
- Vitali Klitschko – Mayor, City of Kyiv, Ukraine
- Annegret Kramp Karrenbauer – Minister of Defense, Germany
- Manuel Lafont-Rapnouil – Head of Policy Planning, France
- Sergei Lavrov – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
- Ursula von der Leyen – Minister of Defense, Germany
- Oleksandr Kubrakov – Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction, Ukraine
- John McCain – Former US Senator for Arizona
- Roberta Metsola – President, European Parliament
- Mateusz Morawiecki – Prime Minister, Poland
- Chris Murphy – US Senator for Connecticut
- Artis Pabriks – Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Latvia
- Mike Pence - Vice President of the United States
- Odile Renaud-Basso – President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- James Risch – US Senator for Idaho
- Jens Stoltenberg – Secretary General, NATO
- Frans Timmermans – Executive Vice President, European Commission
- Margrethe Vestager – Executive Vice President, A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, European Commission
- Mark Warner – US Senator for Virginia
- Darren Woods – CEO, ExxonMobil