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:

  • Stephen Biegun – Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy, Boeing
  • Cory Booker – Senator, US Senate
  • Josep Borrell – High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, European Union
  • Pete Buttigieg – Secretary of Transportation, US Department of Transportation
  • Chris Coons – Member, US Senate 
  • 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, United States 
  • Vitali Klitschko – Mayor, City of Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Annegret Kramp Karrenbauer, Minister of Defense, Germany  
  • Oleksandr Kubrakov – Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction, Ukraine 
  • Manuel Lafont-Rapnouil – Head of Policy Planning, France
  • Roberta Metsola – President, European Parliament
  • Mateusz Morawiecki – Prime Minister, Poland 
  • Chris Murphy – US Senator, Connecticut
  • Artis Pabriks – Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Latvia
  • Odile Renaud-Basso – President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development        
  • James Risch – Member, US Senate
  • 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 – Member, US Senate  
  • Darren Woods – CEO, ExxonMobil
  • Sergei Lavrov – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
  • Ursula von der Leyen – Minister of Defense, Germany
  • Jens Stoltenberg – Secretary General, NATO
  • John McCain – Member, US Senate
  • Madeline Albright – Principal, Albright Stonebridge Group