European Business Education & Future Skills Summit | Cologne

Dear colleagues,

dear friends of IACBE,

we are delighted to announce that the program for this year’s IACBE European Regional Conference has now been finalized.

Under the title European Business Education & Future Skills Summit, hosted by CBS, Powered by IACBE, we will bring together representatives from international higher education institutions, accreditation bodies, and industry partners on October 15-16, 2026 at our campus in Cologne, Germany.

Please find the conference program attached. It will also be published shortly on the IACBE website (https://iacbe.org/events/european-regional-conference-2026/ ), where the official registration process has been made available from 1 August 2026.

We are very much looking forward to the program meeting with your interest and to welcoming many colleagues, partners, and friends from the international higher education community to Cologne for inspiring discussions, exchange, and networking around the future of business education, future skills, internationalization, quality assurance, and innovation in higher education.

Agenda: https://iacbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-European-Regional-Conference-Agenda.pdf 

Call for proposals: https://iacbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Call-for-Papers-European-Region.pdf 

Best regards from Cologne,

Silke Bochow

on behalf of CBS International Business School

Click here to Download the Programme