Employee Ownership Events
Events across the ownership economyverse. Updated ~weekly
Last updated May 7th, 2026 . For even more regional events, visit NCEO, ESOP Association, EOX, and USFWC
May 19: Menke’s Executive Webinar focused on succession planning
May 20: Austin Cooperative Business Association’s online Solidarity Economics: A Panel Discussion
Also in Texas, Texas ACDC’s (Association of Community Development Corporations) webinar with Taylor Knickel
May 23: The Economy of Francesco’s International Conference on Franciscan Economics in Sansepolcro, Italy
May 26: CUNY School of Law hosts Building Mutual Social Economy Bridges in Queens, New York
May 28-29: International Cooperative Banking Association’s 2026 Symposium at the UN Headquarters
June 1: Project Equity hosts a free webinar, Employee Ownership for B Corps: A Deeper Dive
June 2: The Aspen-Rutgers Employee Ownership Ideas Forum in DC begins
At SXSW London, Purpose Foundation hosts a fireside chat with Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen
The Grunin Center’s Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing, with a track on ownership investing
June 9: University of Pittsburgh School of Business’s Pittsburgh Business Legacy Conference
June 11: VEOC’s Selling Owner Pre-Conference in Burlington, VT
June 12: Vermont Employee Ownership Center’s annual Employee Ownership Conference
June 15: OEOC and NCEO’s Is an ESOP right for you? in Columbus, OH begins
June 16: NCEO’s New [ESOP] Manager Workshop in Denver, CO begins
ESCA’s Midwestern Regional Policy Seminar in Chicago begins
🆕 First day of the DiO 2026 Conference in Fontainebleau, France
June 19 (probably): UK EOT Day in Birmingham
June 25: Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI’s Reimagining the future of work - towards a right to shape AI
June 28-30: ESOP Association’s CFO Summit in Sonoma, CA
Also Rutgers Institute’s Future of Equity Symposium in Palo Alto, CA (see RSVP, proposal submission form, and 2025 program)
July 8-10: 2026 IAFEP Conference at the University of Mondragon University in Oñati, Spain
Aug 8-Dec 14: Trebor Scholz’s Community Section of his Fall 2026 course, AI Without Bosses
Aug 23-25: ESOP Association’s CEO Summit in Ranchos Palos Verdes
Aug 29-Sep 3: Economy of Francesco’s Economics of Fraternity summer school in Germany
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 15 - 16: Cooperatives Europe celebrates 20 years
Oct 19-21: ICA Group’s 10th Annual National Home Care Cooperative Conference in Tacoma, Washington
Oct 26-27: ESCA’s Pacific Regional Policy Seminar in Coronado, CA
Sep 1-3: The Great Game of Businesses’ 2026 conference in St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 1-4: The Royal Geographical Society’s Democratising the Economy conference in London
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
