Aspen – GMF Bucharest Forum 2025
The Aspen–GMF Bucharest Forum is a strategic convening and a flagship public diplomacy event where global leaders engage with the Black Sea area and beyond, bridging Trans-Atlantic conversations and creating a process of reflection on the region and its impact within the international agendas. Situated at the crossroads of Europe, Bucharest offers a unique vantage […]
Aspen – GMF Bucharest Forum 2024
A flagship public diplomacy event where global leaders engage with the Black Sea area and beyond, the Aspen – GMF Bucharest Forum bridges Trans-Atlantic conversations and creates a process of reflection on the region and its impact within the international agendas. Photo Gallery: Day 1 & Day 2 YouTube Livestreaming of the event: Day 1 & Day […]
Aspen-GMF Bucharest Forum 2023
The 12th edition of the Aspen – GMF Bucharest Forum, organized by the Aspen Institute Romania and the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), will take place on 9 – 10 November 2023, in Bucharest. A flagship public diplomacy and strategic convening in the Black Sea region, the Aspen – GMF Bucharest Forum […]
Aspen – GMF Bucharest Forum 2022
Organizers: Aspen Institute Romania, German Marshall Fund of the United States With the support of: NATO Co-funded by: European Union, USAID Institutional Partners: Government of Romania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Ministry of National Defence of Romania, AmCham, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Romania International Partners: Munich Security Conference, The Aspen Institute US, […]
Bucharest Forum 2021
The 2021 Bucharest Forum edition marks a double anniversary: 10 years since the organization of the first Bucharest Forum and 15 years since the establishment of the Aspen Institute Romania. The 10th edition of the Bucharest Forum is scheduled for December 9 – 10, 2021, in a hybrid format. We are delighted to announce that […]
Bucharest Forum 2020
Bucharest Forum is an annual high-level event organized by the Aspen Institute Romania and the German Marshall Fund of the US, Bucharest office, in partnership with the Government of Romania. Launched in 2012, the mission of the Bucharest Forum is to create a multi-regional platform for innovative, forward-looking thinking on economic and security policies, and […]
Bucharest Forum 2019
Bucharest Forum is an annual high-level event organized by the Aspen Institute Romania and the German Marshall Fund of the US, Bucharest office. Since its inception in 2012, the mission of the Bucharest Forum is to create a regional platform for forward thinking on economic and security policies, and for promoting political dialogue between governments […]
Bucharest Forum 2018
The seventh edition of the Bucharest Forum takes place between 8 – 10 October, 2018, at critical times for the region and Europe.
Bucharest Forum 2017
The sixth edition of the Bucharest Forum takes place between 4-6 October, 2017, at critical times for the region and Europe.
Bucharest Forum 2016
For this year’s edition of the Forum the organizers suggest three main themes: the West’s strategic stability, resilience and opportunity, and three overlapping territorial angles: European, regional and transatlantic.
Bucharest Forum 2015
Bucharest Forum 2015 takes place between 15-16 October at critical times for the region and Europe.
Bucharest Forum 2014
At its third edition this year, the Bucharest Forum is becoming the largest and most important policy gathering dedicated to the Eurasian link at the Black Sea.
Bucharest Forum 2013
Bucharest Forum represents a major cross-regional platform for economic, strategic and social dialogue for decision makers in the region between the Adriatic, the Black Sea and the Caspian.






