Adria Future Summit 2026

The Leading Platform for Innovation, Investment, and Sustainable Development in Southeast Europe
 

22–24 April 2026 | Porto Montenegro

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In 2025, the Summit gathered:

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Adria ScaleUp Initiative: A strategic alliance for start-ups and scale-ups with sustainability at their core. Adria ScaleUp connects innovators with mentors, investors, corporate partners, and policy champions, helping to unlock pathways to growth while advancing the region’s sustainable and digital transformation.

NextGen Adria: A platform for empowering the region’s emerging leaders. It connects young innovators with policymakers, business mentors, and international experts to explore ideas, develop skills, and shape the future of leadership.
Women on Boards Adria (WOBA): A regional initiative promoting gender-diverse governance. WOBA offers training, strategic networking, and peer support to increase the number of women in senior leadership and board positions across the region.

Sustainable Adria Awards: An annual celebration of leadership in sustainability and regional cooperation. The awards recognise outstanding businesses, public institutions, young leaders, and community initiatives advancing the green transition.

Setting the Terms: Ten Takeaways from the Adria Future Summit 2026

Setting the Terms: Ten Takeaways from the Adria Future Summit 2026

08/05/2026

Setting the Terms: Ten Takeaways from the Adria Future Summit 202608/05/2026A region either waits for the terms of its future to be set for it, or it sets them itself. This Summit exists because we have chosen the second.1,200 delegates from four continents, 70 panels...

This region stands as one of the most dynamic corridors of opportunity in Europe. That change didn’t happen overnight… It’s the result of many small acts of courage, connection, and cooperation – and these are exactly the values that this Summit continues to strengthen.

 

Biljana Braithwaite
Co-Founder, Sustineri Partners

Regional cooperation is not a warm-up act – it is the main show. It’s a bridge to the EU single market and a stepping stone to integration, a foundation for our future.

 

Amer Kapetanović
RCC Secretary General

We must move beyond the inherited narrative of growth at all costs. Leaders need to embed resilience KPIs, embrace scenario thinking, and stop treating the future as a fringe concern. I hope we will meet again at the next Summit, which is already too long away.

 

Leo Johnson
Chair / Lecturer in Transformative

It was truly powerful to discuss the Future of Leadership with two forward-thinking leaders who have put inclusion and values at the heart of their leadership.

 

Anino Emuwa
Managing Director / Founder, Avandis Consulting / 100 Women @ Davos

It is great to be at this Summit, where many of us are talking about the future—the future of Europe and the world. The future is exciting but deeply challenging, and leaders must take it seriously now.

 

Dex Hunter-Torricke
Silicon Valley Communications Expert

Year after year, this Summit has exceeded all expectations, becoming the most prestigious event in the region. We believe the financial sector has a key role in building a sustainable future. Our partnership with this Summit reflects our strong commitment to ESG principles, sustainable finance, and the development of a green economy.

 

Miloš Pavlović
President of the Management Board, Universal Capital Bank

The Summit is rapidly becoming the “Davos” of the Balkans. Dialogue between policymakers, regulators and industry is absolutely crucial for identifying the sweet spot between robustly supporting AI innovation for the betterment of people’s lives and mitigating the risks of AI harms.

 

Robert Spano
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

What Will Be the Consequences of New Environmental Laws for Business?

28/01/2026
Radar
The article examines how Serbia’s new environmental legislation, aligned with EU climate policy, will affect domestic businesses and industrial competitiveness. It explains the introduction of greenhouse gas pricing and carbon-related border measures, and how these mechanisms are designed to gradually mirror EU systems such as emissions trading and carbon border taxation.

Focusing on energy-intensive sectors, the piece highlights the growing cost of non-alignment with EU climate rules, particularly for exporters. It argues that while implementation will be gradual, companies will increasingly need to integrate decarbonisation and compliance into their core business strategies to remain competitive.

Without Adaptation, There Will Be No Civilization

11/12/2025
Radar
During the 1980s, annual damages were estimated at €8.5 billion; today they are five times higher, reaching as much as €44.5 billion. A particular problem is that in Serbia and across the Western Balkans there is no developed insurance system to cover such losses, meaning the entire burden falls on citizens and public finances. Yet this is only the beginning, with many other issues still on the agenda.

“The financial industry has traditionally prioritised revenues over avoided losses. But the climate operates regardless of investment preferences, and avoided damage is always the cheapest form of gain.”

Women Leaders from 65 Countries in Tivat: Bringing Our Region Back into the Focus of Global Developments

30/09/2025
Montenegro Radio-Television
As part of the third day of the WPL Summit 2025, held for the first time in Montenegro, a delegation of women political leaders visited Kotor, Budva and Tivat. The Parliament of Montenegro is hosting this international gathering, which has brought together more than 220 MPs, ministers, presidents, vice-presidents, mayors, founders, and company directors from 65 countries worldwide…

Third ESG Adria Summit Concludes: Without Legal Certainty, There Can Be No Sustainable Economic Development

11/04/2025
Business Magazine
After three days of an exceptionally rich programme which brought together over 700 participants from the region and around the world – including representatives of governments, international organisations, companies, academia, and civil society – the third ESG Adria Summit came to a close today in Tivat…

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Adria Future Summit is convened by Sustineri Partners in Porto Montenegro, in partnership with the Government of Montenegro and under the auspices of the President of Montenegro.