upcoming events

2025 Distinguished Leadership Awards 

May 8, 2025

The Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards, known as the “Oscars of Washington,” honors those who demonstrate excellence in leadership: visionary policymakers, trailblazing corporate leaders, decorated military brass, and humanitarian champions who are reshaping our global landscape.

Global Energy Forum

June 17-18, 2025

The 9th Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will take place in Washington, DC under the theme Collaboration, Competition, and Security: A new era of leadership shaping the future of the global energy system.

Past events

IMF-World Bank Week at the Atlantic Council

April 21-25, 2025

The Atlantic Council will host a series of special events in Washington, DC with finance ministers and central bank governors from around the globe during the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Global Prosperity Forum

March 19, 2025

Presented by the Freedom and Prosperity Center, the Global Prosperity Forum will showcase successful development case studies, emerging economic research, and insights from global policy experts working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. 

Global Citizen Awards

October 3, 2024

Held on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the 2024 Global Citizen Awards underscores the Atlantic Council’s critical mission to shape the global future together, while recognizing the accomplishments of key global citizens seeking to improve the state of the world.

Global Future Forum

September 24, 2024

During the United Nations General Assembly In New York, the Global Future Forum brings together diverse and influential leaders to chart the way forward on the world’s defining challenges and to spotlight the people, forces, and ideas shaping the world.

Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

September 26, 2024

The third iteration of the Transatlantic Forum, hosted by the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center and Atlantik-Brücke, gathered senior government and private-sector leaders together to discuss cross-cutting policies affecting finance, technology, and energy, and to identify multilateral solutions for securing the global financial system, boosting technological innovation, and advancing the energy transition.

2024 Annual Research Conference

February 27, 2024

Scholars and policymakers from around the world present their research and analysis on international development and the relationship between freedom and prosperity. 

Exploring central bank digital currency: Evaluating challenges & developing international standards

November 28, 2023

This first-of-its-kind convening of leaders from international financial institutions, central banks, businesses, technology providers, and governments aims to establish an understanding of the issues before a country decides to develop a CBDC.

EU-US Defense & Future Forum

November 14-15, 2023

The third annual EU-US Defense & Future Forum gathers policymakers from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how the EU-US relationship can further strengthen collective prosperity and security.

2023 Central Europe Week

November 6-10, 2023

A week of hybrid programming highlighting how the United States and Central Europe can together lead in shaping transatlantic responses to global challenges.

Second annual Pakistan Conference

November 1-2, 2023

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center in partnership with Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, presents the second annual Pakistan Conference, with a focus on resilience and reforms.

2023 Global Citizen Awards

September 28, 2023

The 2023 Global Citizen Awards (GCA), celebrates unique individuals who embody the notion of global citizenship, ranging from heads of state to world-renowned artists.

2023 Distinguished Leadership Awards

May 11, 2023

The 2023 Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards celebrated our first all-female honoree slate, inspired by the past year of remarkable accomplishments by women in the world.