Brussels Forum 2025

Brussels Forum 2025 will take place June 11 and 12, at Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium

Brussels Forum 2025 will begin on June 11 at 12pm and conclude the afternoon of June 12.

Partnership Disrupted: How Can Transatlantic Cooperation Endure?  

In 2025, leaders on both sides of the Atlantic are confronting dramatic challenges in a highly unstable global environment. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific, and the reconfiguration of alignments across the globe all demand new thinking. Mounting threats to democracy, anxiety about economic and technological competitiveness, coupled with declining trust in institutions, information and facts, and traditional alliances, all demand new approaches to transatlantic policy. Join us at this 20th edition of Brussels Forum where we will explore and debate the issues and ideas shaping the transatlantic outlook for prosperity, democracy, and security against a backdrop of unprecedented disruption. 

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Wally Adeyemo, Former Deputy Secretary of Treasury, US Department of the Treasury
  • Michał Baranowski, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Poland
  • Cici Battle, Social Impact Strategist
  • Jo Inge Bekkevold, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
  • Carl Bildt, Council Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations
  • Nicholas Burns, Former US Ambassador to China
  • Joyce Chang, Chair of Global Research, JPMorgan
  • Dan Conston, Former President, Congressional Leadership Fund
  • Helene Cooper, Pentagon Correspondent, The New York Times  
  • Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, President, GMF
  • Benjamin Haddad, Minister for Europe, France
  • Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India
  • Dan Jørgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing, European Commission
  • Kaja Kallas, Commissioner, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President, European Commission
  • Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission
  • Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres, Foreign Trade Secretary, Brazil
  • Gabrielius Landsbergis, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
  • Miriam Lexmann, Member, European Parliament
  • Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
  • Frank McCourt, Founder and Executive Chairman, Project Liberty
  • Tobias Meyer, CEO, DHL Group
  • Zaynab Mohamed, Senator, Minnesota Senate
  • Cem Özdemir, Former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Germany
  • Maxime Prévot, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation, Belgium
  • Michelle Rozo, Vice Chair, National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
  • Daniel Runde, Senior Vice President and Director of Project on Prosperity and Devlopment, CSIS
  • Walter Russell-Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute
  • Curtis Scaparrotti, Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO
  • Christopher Schroeder, Author, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist 
  • Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner, Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, European Commission 
  • Brad Setser, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Desmond Shum, Businessman and Author
  • Kristen Soltis-Anderson, Republican Pollster and Writer 
  • Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Member, European Parliament; Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defense  
  • Neera Tanden, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
  • Norman Thatcher Scharpf, Chargé d’Affaires, US Mission to the EU
  • Matthew Whitaker, Permanent Representative, US Mission to NATO

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