A Rountable Series Where Investment Screening Experts Connect
Thought Leaders’ roundtables form part of CELIS’s broader role as the leading non-profit, non-partisan institution for expertise, dialogue, and exchange on investment screening law and policy in a high-trust environment. The roundtables are a series of intimate exchanges held across Europe and selected partner jurisdictions among attorneys-at-law, government officials, investors, in-house counsels, and academia, designed to:
- Stay ahead of the curve and deepen practical expertise in national investment screening regimes and their application in complex multijurisdictional transactions.
- Bridge policy design and legal implementation of investment security law through public-private exchange.
- Build durable and trusted professional networks with public authorities, lawyers, and industry leaders.
- Become part of the CELIS high-trust, small-room, invitation-only investment screening community.
The Thought Leaders roundtables operate as a governance-neutral, non-advocacy platform for technical exchange, not owned or controlled by any single stakeholder group.
Become part of the CELIS Thought Leaders Community
Ministries & Government Authorities
- Cabinet Office (UK)
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ireland)
- Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
- Department for Business and Trade (UK)
- General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (France)
- Economic Resilience Unit, Ministry of Industry and Trade (Czech Republic)
- European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
- EU Commission, DG FISMA
- EU Commission, DG TRADE
- EU Parliament
- Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (Austria)
- Homeland Security (USA)
- Inspectorate for Strategic Products (Sweden)
- Interfederal Screening Commission (Belgium)
- Ministry of Economy (Luxembourg)
- Ministère des Armées (France)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs (The Netherlands)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Finland)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany)
- Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business (Spain)
- Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty (France)
- Ministry of Finance of Chile
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
- Office for the Protection of Competition and Consumers (Poland)
- Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union (Hungary)
- Prime Minister (France)
- Secretariat of the Romanian FDI Screening Commission (CEISD) (Romania)
Private Sector
- Airbus
- Anduril
- Axon
- Econergy Renewable Energy Ltd.
- European Investment Bank
- HENRO – Hydrogen and New Energy Romanian Association
- Kostal Group
- Public Investment Fund
- RTX
- Telenet Group
Academia
- Uppsala University
- University of Antwerp
- Indiana University
- Sciences Po
- University of Southern Denmark
- King’s College London
- Liverpool University
- KU Leuven
Law Firms
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Skadden
- Blomstein
- Simpson Thacher
- Schoenherr
- Wolf Theiss
- Kinstellar
- And many others.
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Feel free to get in touch for more information!
- Joanna Kirstine Thomsen, Head of Event and Sponsor Relations – jkt@celis.institute
- Floor Doppen, Managing Programme Associate – fd@celis.institute
Editions
Edition 7 – Santiago de Chile (17-18.06.26)
Brought international experience into a Chile-centred policy dialogue on investment screening and economic security.
Edition 6 – London (08.04.26)
Focus on investment screening in the UK and Ireland.
With an additional session on investment screening in the financial markets.
Edition 5 – Bucharest (06-07.10.25)
Focus on investment screenig in Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary.
With an additional session on investment screening in battery production & energy technologies.
Edition 4 – Paris (03-04.04.25)
Focus on investment screenig in France, Spain, and Italy.
With an additional session on the financial markets.
Edition 3 – Brussels (20-21.02.25)
Focus on the investment screening in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium.
With an additional session on the European sea port sector.
Edition 2 – Stockholm (19-20.9.24)
Focus on investment screening in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.
With additional session on the defense sector.
Edition 1 – Berlin (31.5.-01.6.24)
Focus on the investment screening in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
With additional sessions on EU and int’l legal framework, and US regime (CFIUS) .