CVC | Open Innovation Summit Europe 2026
Winning in Europe: Capital, Power, and Execution
In a time of geopolitical pressure, fragmented markets, and rapid advances in artificial intelligence, European companies face a more fundamental challenge than access to innovation. The question is how to deploy it at scale.
The Summit brought together senior leaders responsible for capital allocation, strategy, and transformation across Europe, the U.S., and Asia, with a focus on execution: how corporates move from pilots to real impact, and how capital, governance, and regulation shape that process. Delivered in partnership with IFA Berlin.
Competing in Europe
Energy costs, industrial policy, regulation, and strategic autonomy
AI beyond the hype
From experimentation to deployment and operating models
Capital allocation under pressure
Growth capital gaps, CVC, M&A, and new investment structures
Workforce and demographic change
Talent, productivity, automation, and the role of care
Leadership and governance
Decision-making, internal barriers, and execution at scale
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