The CELIS Forum (CFIS) is the flagship event of the CELIS Institute, now in its 7th year, and Europe's first and foremost place to discuss investment screening and economic security issues.

Thought leaders in investment control and economic security from Europe, the U.S. and beyond debate current challenges and influential ideas from both a strategic and highly practical perspective to chart geo-economic strategies for Europe.

The number of participants is limited to no more than 60 speakers and 60 attendees. Participants are invited with the view to form a trusted community of economic security experts from business, government, and academia who deal with the subject matter on a high level. Discussions at CFIS 25 will be held in private (strict Chatham House rules apply). There will be no public sessions this year.

• Competitiveness in the New Geoeconomic Environment
• The Current Global Regulatory & Investment Environment: The OECD Countries’ Perspective
• Investment Screening and Economic Security in the Majority World
• FDI (Inward) Screening Mechanisms in the EU and its Member States –Latest Developments
• Preserving the Battlefield Gap in the Area of Technology– Between Export Control and Outbound Investment Screening
• Investment Screening and the Firm – The Business Perspective
• Investment Screening in the Military Sector
• Capital Markets and Investment Screening
• Legislators’ Perspective on Economic Security
• Foreign Subsidies Regulation

• Engage in dialogue with key policy makers and leading experts from government, business, private legal practice, and academia.
• Hear about the latest thinking on investment screening and economic security relevant to overcome current challenges
• Best practices, expectations, challenges in (inbound and outbound) investment screening in EU Member States, the EU, the United States and other jurisdictions
• Understanding security risks and methods or risk mitigation
• Thinking investment control 360 degrees - inter-linkage with sanctions, export control, and state aid
• Developments to follow in the a fast-changing geoeconomic landscape.

The aim of our annual conference - CFIS - is to further foster our trusted community of thought leaders from government (c.40%), business (c.20%), private practice (c.20%) and academia, NGOs and others (c.10%). To allow for meaningful debate, sessions are held in private and the total number of tickets available for CFIS is therefore quite limited. Our speaker/attendee ratio is usually 50:50.

We have a significant number of returning participants, but we also aim to attract new participants each year who are interested in contributing to the strategic debate. If you are interested in attending CFIS 24 in Paris, we encourage you to contact our events team early at events@celis.institute or via the contact form at the bottom of the page, as we do not have an open ticket sale.

CFIS Alumni and CELIS Fellows will be given priority on the invitation list. More about CELIS Fellowships here.