Inaugural Forum: Dates Announced for the Bucharest Convening
The foundation's first Forum will take place in Bucharest over three working days in October 2026 and will convene around 180 participants from across the region.
DDD Southeast Europe today announces the dates and location of its inaugural Forum. The Forum will be held in Bucharest from 14 to 16 October 2026, and will convene approximately 180 participants from governments, business, academia, and civil society across the region.
The Forum is the foundation's principal annual convening. Its purpose is not to produce a public communique. Its purpose is to give the region's stakeholders a working table to address questions that do not advance through bilateral channels alone — among them the regional energy transition, the rule-of-law agenda, and the cross-border dimensions of European Union accession.
The Forum agenda will be circulated to confirmed participants in early September 2026. Applications to attend open in June 2026 and are reviewed by the foundation's Executive Secretariat in two rounds. The Forum is held under the Chatham House Rule.
Press accreditation will open in late August 2026. Press inquiries until that point are handled through the foundation's communications address.
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