Last updated August 20th, 2026. For even more regional events, visit NCEO, ESOP Association, EOX, and USFWC
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
The Center for Community Wealth’s Employee Ownership Skills: Shared Leadership virtual workshop
Aug 26-28: NCEO’s 2026 NCEO Forum is taking place in Phoenix, AZ
Day one features an intensive Employee Ownership Trust workshop hosted by NCEO
Aug 26 marks the start of the Northwest Cooperative Development Center’s 6-week Co-op Conversion Academy
Aug 27: Kellogg College hosts a lecture by Professor Jonathan Michie on The Role of Employee Ownership in Oxford, England
Who Owns the Future? An Idea Showcase in Washington, DC hosted by the Urban Institute
Aug 29-Sep 3: Economy of Francesco’s Economics of Fraternity summer school in Germany
Sep 1-3: The Great Game of Business’ 2026 conference in St. Louis, Missouri
On the same days EO Equals is hosting its 2026 Summit in Chicago, IL
Sep 1-4: The Royal Geographical Society’s Democratizing the Economy conference in London
Sep 9: EOT Advisors is hosting a webinar to help business owners learn about EOTs
Sep 10: Steward Market hosts The Next Steward, an online discussion with Hannah Sandmeyer and Kate Williams
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
The Asset Funders Network’s Invested in the South: CDFIs Building Assets, Strengthening Communities
🆕 Sep 16: SO:27, the Steward Ownership Conference, in Berlin
Sep 17: Jessica Gordon Nembhard speaks about collective courage with Júlia Martins Rodrigues in Boulder, CO
🆕 Sep 18: Asset Funders Network hosts a 3-part online series teaching on the Ownership Economy in Texas
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
eoa hosts an online panel sponsored by PwC titled How to Become Employee Owned
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 7-8: NCEO hosts its Women’s Summit in Detroit, MI
EOT Advisors is hosting a webinar to help business owners learn about EOTs
The Steward Ownership Academic Day in Amsterdam
Oct 8: eoa hosts its second eoaLive! at The Lowery in Manchester, UK
The Cooperative Hall of Fame 2026 Class induction ceremony in Washington, DC
Steward Ownership Festival Amsterdam in…well, Amsterdam
Oct 12-14: SOCAP Global’s first flagship event: SOCAP 2026, in Chicago, IL
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
From 20-23, the Opportunity Finance Network has its OFN42 conference in New Orleans, LA
🆕 The Gap in Between conference in Valencia, SP bringing together impact-driven business leaders
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 4: EOT Advisors is hosting a webinar to help business owners learn about EOTs
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
