Ownership Events
Upcoming events on employee ownership + the ownership economy. Updated ~weekly
Last updated June 28th, 2026. For even more regional events, visit NCEO, ESOP Association, EOX, and USFWC
June 28-30: ESOP Association’s CFO Summit in Sonoma, CA
Also, the Rutgers Institute’s Future of Equity Symposium in Palo Alto, CA (see RSVP, proposal submission form, and 2025 program)
June 29-July 1: Cooperatives Europe’s Youth Voices, Cooperative Choices conference in Budapest
June 30: NCEO’s Evaluating ESOP Sustainability for Long-Term Stability webinar
July 8-10: 2026 IAFEP Conference at the University of Mondragon University in Oñati, Spain
July 28-29: MN Cooperative Summit in Duluth, MN
Aug 6: NCEO hosts a Webinar on ESOP diversification rules, distributions, and early withdrawal options
Aug 8-Dec 14: Trebor Scholz’s Community Section of his Fall 2026 course, AI Without Bosses
Aug 11: The ESOP Association hosts a conversation with Nick Viner in Omaha, to help break down the valuation process
Aug 23-25: ESOP Association’s CEO Summit in Rancho Palos Verdes
Aug 25: Institute for Family Governance hosts a lunch presentation with Newman’s Own Foundation CEO Alex Amouyel in Miami, FL
Aug 26-28: NCEO’s 2026 NCEO Forum is taking place in Phoenix, AZ
Day one features an intensive Employee Ownership Trust workshop
Aug 29-Sep 3: Economy of Francesco’s Economics of Fraternity summer school in Germany
Sep 1-3: The Great Game of Businesses’ 2026 conference in St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 1-4: The Royal Geographical Society’s Democratizing the Economy conference in London
🆕 Sep 14-15: Ohio Center for Employee Ownership’s 2026 National Employee-Owner Summit in Chicago
Sep 15-17: International Cooperative Alliance’s General Assembly in Panama
Sep 22-23: The Great Game of Business Conference in St. Louis
Sep 22-24: ESOP Association’s Midwest Regional Conference in Des Moines
Sept 23-25: ESCA’s Federal Policy Conference & Lobby Day in DC
Sep 25-26: The 2026 Worker Cooperative Conference will be held September 25-26 at Roxbury Community College in Boston, MA
Sept 28-29: 2026 Working Class Insights Forum in Middleburg, VA
Sep 29-Oct 1: ESOP Association’s Great Lakes Regional Conference in Indianapolis
Oct 1: The Ownership Economy’s annual summit in NYC and Barcelona
Oct 1: Iowa Center for Employee Ownership’s Annual Conference in Ankeny, IA
🆕 Oct 6: The International Center for Co-operative Management is leading a short course in the Arlington, VA area
Oct 13-15: The Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas: Economy in Tulsa, OK
Oct 15 - 16: Cooperatives Europe celebrates 20 years
Oct 19-21: ICA Group’s 10th Annual National Home Care Cooperative Conference in Tacoma, Washington
Oct 20-22: In Vancouver, Canada, Employee Ownership Canada hosts its 2026 Canadian Employee Ownership Conference
Oct 26-27: ESCA’s Pacific Regional Policy Seminar in Coronado, CA
Nov 1-4: The ESOP Association hosts Employee Owned 26 in Las Vegas, bringing together ESOP professionals
Nov 12-13: The Institute for Business in Global Society at Harvard’s TOP26: Steward Ownership Conference in Cambridge, MA
Nov 12–15: The 12th Platform Cooperativism Consortium Conference in Bangkok, Thailand
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Mar 10-12: The ESOP Association’s Western Regional Conference in Denver
