Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics 2025
On September 30, 2025, the Atlantik-Brücke and the Atlantic Council will host the fourth Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics. This year, our economic conference will be held in Brussels, where we will bring together high-level decision-makers from politics and business with experts from academia and the media to discuss the current upheavals in transatlantic trade relations. The conference will also address topics at the intersection of national security, technology, and finance.
When? September 30, 2025, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CET)
Where? Hotel Le Plaza Brussels, Adolphe Maxlaan 118/126, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Conference topics:
► Trade conflicts between the US, Europe, and China
► The role of artificial intelligence in transatlantic competitiveness
► Financing European defense
► The future of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency and the impact on the euro
Panelists include:
○ Matthew Whitaker, US Ambassador to NATO
○ Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, European Commission
○ Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
○ David O’Sullivan, EU Sanctions Officer, European Commission
○ Nils Schmid, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defense
○ Marco-Alexander Breit, Head of Department for Digital Policy and Economy, Federal Ministry for Digitalization and State Modernization
○ Jonathan Black, Deputy National Security Advisor and G7 and G20 Sherpa to the Prime Minister, Government of the United Kingdom
○ Jens Bodo Koch, CEO, Heckler & Koch AG
○ Sigmar Gabriel, Chairman, Atlantik-Brücke
○ Michael Hüther, Director and Member of the Presidium, German Economic Institute (IW) Cologne e.V.
○ Anahita Thoms, Partner, Head of Germany’s International Trade Practice, Baker McKenzie
A complete list of speakers and the program can be found here: www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geoeconomics-center/all-events/transatlantic-forum-on-geoeconomics
Read more about last year’s Transatlantic Forum in New York: www.atlantik-bruecke.org/daleep-singh-we-are-going-to-get-to-the-finish-line-on-russias-reserves