Last updated October 1st, 2026. For even more regional events, check out NCEO, ESOP Association, EOX, and USFWC.
Oct 2: People’s Economy Lab presents Making Our Economy Work for Us: Worker Ownership in Washington State
Venture Future Forum with Transparent Collective
Oct 6: The International Center for Co-operative Management is leading a short course in the Arlington, VA area
The EO Capital Roadmap Roadshow in Philadelphia, PA
NDCEO presents Celebrating North Dakota’s Employee Ownership Economy in Bismarck, ND
The Next Economy and Greater Melbourne Foundation host Enrich Sahan from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in Melbourne
🆕 NCEO: How to Tell Your Ownership Story
Oct 6-8: AFN 2026 Grantmaker Conference: Igniting Change for Inclusive Prosperity in Philadelphia, PA
🆕 Oct 7: International Cooperative Alliance: Understanding the EU External Action Ecosystem and EU Delegations
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
NCEO’s Ownership in Action Series hosts an ESOP Repurchase Obligation Workshop in Detroit, MI, exclusive to employee-owned companies
NCBA CLUSA’s 2026 Cooperative Impact Conference in D.C.
CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley CEO Shawna Nelson to keynote
Oct 7-9: The ESOP Association hosts the 2026 Northeast Regional Conference in Groton, CT
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
🆕 NCEO: What are the R’s of ESOPs?
🆕 Oct 11: The People’s Festival: Celebrating Local Economies and Employee-Ownership in Denver, CO
Oct 12-13: New Economies Conference in Bonn, Germany
Oct 12-14: SOCAP Global’s first flagship event: SOCAP 2026, in Chicago, IL
Oct 13: The EO Capital Roadmap Roadshow in Chicago, IL
The eoa interviews Jeremy Walford on his retirement community’s 5-year transition to employee ownership (members only)
Oct 13-15: The Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas: Economy in Tulsa, OK
Oct 14: The Next Economy and the Paul Ramsey Foundation host Enrich Sahan from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in Sydney
Project Equity and ALCEO Happy Hour in Birmingham, AL
🆕 Project Equity: Addressing Key Person Risk Ahead of an EO Transition
🆕 Next City and the Kresge Foundation present Beyond the Model: Building Community Knowledge, Power, and Ownership
Oct 15 - 16: Cooperatives Europe celebrates 20 years
Oct 17: Venture for Canada hosts the Canada Succession Summit in Calgary
Oct 17-18: 2026 New York Cooperative Summit in Schenectady, NY
🆕 Oct 19: Ownership Capital Lab’s Innovation in EO Holding Companies
Oct 19-21: ICA Group’s 10th Annual National Home Care Cooperative Conference in Tacoma, WA
Oct 20-21: The Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals hosts the 2026 BCCM Leaders’ Summit in Sydney
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 21: Austin Cooperative Business Association’s 2026 Co-Opportunity Fair in Austin, TX
🆕 SEWN and Steel Valley Authority host PaCEO’s Kevin McPhillips: Succession Planning
Oct 22: EOT 101 Webinar with Common Trust and PaCEO
Oct 26-27: ESCA’s Pacific Regional Policy Seminar in Coronado, CA
Oct 27: Innovative Finance Initiative hosts Training Day in Amsterdam
🆕 Oct 29: Aspen Institute: What Employee Ownership Means to Workers
Nov 1-4: The ESOP Association hosts Employee Owned 26 in Las Vegas, bringing together ESOP professionals
Nov 3-4: The EO Days in Brussels
Nov 4: EOT Advisors is hosting a webinar to help business owners learn about EOTs
Nov 10: 2026 Southwest Ohio Employee Ownership Forum
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
Nov 18: 2026 Cooperative Law Conference: Capital Strategies for Cooperation
Nov 19-20: Corporate Rebels Summit in Amsterdam
Nov 20: Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing presents the virtual Private Equity & Employee Share Ownership Symposium
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Jan 8-10: Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing hosts 2027 Kelso Workshop
Mar 10-12: The ESOP Association’s Western Regional Conference in Denver
Apr 12-14: NCEO’s 2027 Annual Employee Ownership Conference in Pittsburgh
