Sovereign Europe Forum 2026
An official side event of the Munich Security Conference

12 February 2026, 7:00–10:00 pm, Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich

Key Topics for a Sovereign Europe

• EUROPEAN DEFENSE UNION
• EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY & DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• CAPITAL MARKETS UNION

Speakers and Panelists:

• José Manuel Durao Barroso (Member of the high level Advisory Group for Defence of the EU Commission, former Prime-Minister Portugal)
• Martin Blessing (Personal Representative of the Federal Chancellor for Investments in Germany)
• Anne-Laure De Chammard (Member of the Executive Board)
• Philipp Hildebrand (Vice-Chairman Black Rock)
• Othmar Karas (President of the European Forum Alpbach)
• Andrius Kubilius (Commissioner for Space and Defense)
• Arancha Gonzáles Laya (Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs/Sciences Po; former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation)
• André Loesekrug-Pietri (Chairman & Scientific Director, JEDI Foundation)
• Antonella Mei-Pochtler (Entrepreneur, Board Member, Vice-President European Forum Alpbach),
• Ricardo Mendes, Founder and CEO of Tekever
• Philippe Oddo (Managing Partner, ODDO BHF)
• Günther H. Oettinger (President of United Europe)
• Natalia Pouzyreff, Member of the French National Assembly
• Julia Reuss (Member of the Board of United Europe)
• Klaus Regling (former Chairman of the ESM)
• Martin A. Schoeller (Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Chairman Sovereign Europe Forum)
• Moritz Schularick (President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
• Hans-Werner Sinn (former president of ifo Institut for economic research)
• Gabor Steingart (Founder and Publisher of The Pioneer)
• Andreas Treichl (Chairman of the ERSTE Foundation)
• Klaus Welle (Academic Chairman, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies)
• Beat Wittmann (Co-Founder Partner and Chairman Porta Advisors)

Registration
eva@schoeller.org
dyria.alloussi@united-europe.eu

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