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PEF Annual Dinner
The Forum's closing note, the year's opening move.
Closing dinner · Paris Economic Forum 2026 · 2 December
- Date
- Wednesday 2 December 2026
- Venue
- Automobile Club de France, Paris
- Format
- 180 guests · roundtable discussions
180
Guests
10
Coalitions represented
30
Nationalities
01
Vision and concept
French excellence as the setting, European decision-making as the purpose.
The PEF Annual Dinner does not merely close the work of the thematic coalitions and a dense day of forum. It is their operational culmination. Built around French excellence, this moment brings together Parisian soft power and a density of world-class encounters. It offers business leaders, investors, economic experts and public officials an exclusive space in which to turn the visions debated during the Forum into concrete alliances, in the service of a confident European third way.
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Why attend
One evening worth a year of meetings.
Influence and thought leadership
For PEF supporters, the opportunity to align their priorities with Europe's major economic event of the year, addressing a room of peers directly.
Strategic seating
A meticulously designed table plan to maximise synergies and build lasting partnerships.
A memorable experience
A suspended moment, combining forward-looking reflection with exclusive encounters.
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Running order
Tagline
Every sequence has a function, every minute a purpose.
Automobile Club de France · 19:00 — 22:30
19:00 · 19:45
VIP welcome and reception
Arrival of the delegations, informal networking.
19:45 · 19:55
Musical prelude
A piano interlude before the official opening.
19:55 · 20:05
Guests take their seats
Protocol transition, seating according to the table plan.
20:05 · 20:15
Opening remarks
Address by the President of the Paris Economic Forum and introduction of the guest of honour.
20:15 · 21:45
Gala dinner
A three-course gastronomic menu.
21:45 · 22:30
Closing session
Petits fours and coffee.
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What the evening produces
What is said at the table does not stay at the table.
The convergence record
A written synthesis of the initiatives identified table by table, circulated to every guest and fed into the work of the coalitions.
The following year's agenda
Proposals arising from the tables feed directly into the programming of the board dinners and working sessions of the first half-year.
Documented introductions
The protocol team follows up on the introductions requested during the evening, within ten working days.
An editorial record
Emerging themes feed the PEF Review and the year's publications, without attribution, in keeping with the Chatham House Rule.
