Events
Each year, AECM hosts its flagship event, combining our General Assembly with an international conference that attracts around 200 participants from all over the world. Centred around a key theme driving the guarantee industry, the programme features high-level speakers from European institutions, global supra-national bodies, and from all over the world.
Upcoming Event
No event is currently planned.
Past Annual Events
2025
15 – 16 May
Berlin, Germany
Future readiness of SMEs: what needs to be done
2024
6 – 8 June
Warsaw, Poland
The Twin Transition: Towards a Green and Digital Economy
2023
15 – 17 June
Athens, Greece
The regulatory framework of SMEs: how close are we to the red line of red tape?
2022
14 – 17 September
Vienna, Austria
Promoting structural change for a new sustainable Europe – Guarantees with a focus on start-ups
2021
22 – 24 September
Virtual
Guarantees for economic recovery and to foster sustainable investments
2020
5 – 6 November
Virtual
Guarantee schemes beyond 2020
2019
12 – 15 June
Antwerp, Belgium
New technologies
2018
13 – 16 June
Warsaw, Poland
Guarantee schemes and their impact on the economic development. Measuring their effect on job creation, innovation and growth
2017
31 May – 2 June
Madrid, Spain
Global Conference on Guarantee Institutions for SME Financing
2016
21 – 25 June
Porto, Portugal
The transfer of family businesses
2015
18 – 20 June
Berlin, Germany
Guarantees for innovative SMEs: Ways to prosperity
2014
16 – 17 October
Istanbul, Turkey