Events

Organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
By Invitation only.

In the context of the strategic partnership between OCP Policy Center and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Policy Center is a key partner for the Brussels Forum organized by GMF.

Brussels Forum is an annual high-level meeting of the most influential North American and European political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to address pressing challenges currently facing both sides of the Atlantic. Participants include heads of state, senior officials from the European Union institutions and the member states, U.S. Cabinet officials, Congressional representatives, Parliamentarians, academics, and media.

Leaders on both sides of the Atlantic continue to deepen transatlantic cooperation on a vast array of distinctly new and global challenges from the international financial crisis to climate change and energy security to the retention of high-skilled workers, yet there is no single transatlantic forum focused on this broad and increasingly complex global agenda. Brussels Forum provides a venue for the transatlantic community to address these pressing issues. By bringing together leading politicians, thinkers, journalists, and business representatives, Brussels Forum helps shape a new transatlantic agenda that can adapt to changing global realities and new threats.

The Brussels Forum agenda reflects the growing diversity of issues at the core of the transatlantic relationship, as well as the increasing geographic reach of transatlantic cooperation. It includes discussion sessions on broad themes, such as the global financial crisis, Russia, and Afghanistan. Breakout sessions held under the Chatham House Rule explore challenges like Asia, the Middle East, and climate change. Keynote addresses by senior officials punctuate a gathering heavily tilted toward intimate exchange of dialogue among panelists and participants.

PLENARY SESSIONS

Anticipating New Global Security Threats
Jobs & Growth across the Atlantic
The Refugee Crisis: Europe’s Ultimate Stress Test
The Bumpy Road Ahead: Transatlantic Energy Security at Times of Global Turmoil
Global Economic Shifts and Power Relationships
The Digitalization of Everything: How Disruptive and Enabling Technologies are Transforming the World
Countering Terror: Values or Security?

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS

The Geopolitics of China’s New Silk Roads
Seeking Settlement: The Path to a Post-War Syria
U.S. Elections 2016
Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the New Middle East
Russia: Ally or Adversary?
Can Women – and Men – Have It All?

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SUMMIT

Brussels Forum’s Young Professionals Summit (YPS) is an annual flagship event hosted by The German Marshall Fund of the United States that connects the next generation of leaders with influential politicians, thinkers, journalists, and business representatives to discuss pressing policy challenges for the transatlantic community.

The Young Professionals Summit promotes debate between generations and builds networks among young leaders through highly interactive and small group sessions. YPS fosters dialogue, leadership training, and peer-to-peer learning through a tailor-made program for rising leaders as well as unique access to the larger Brussels Forum.

YPS will be held March 17 - 20, 2016 in Brussels. Meals are provided during the summit.