The 2026 International CMC® conference runs over 21–22 October at the Sheraton Bucharest Hotel and is followed by the Annual Meeting of Delegates on 23 October. Registration for the conference and the associated events (Annual Meeting of Delegates, Constantinus Gala, tours) is open at: https://www.cmc-global.org/content/icmci-2026-events
Eighteen speakers from sixteen countries will bring the perspectives of management consultants, corporate sustainability leaders, policy makers and entrepreneurs to the conversation on how our profession turns sustainable finance from vision into measurable value.
Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order by country):
Naira Margaryan, CMC® (Armenia) – President of the Institute of Management Consulting Armenia, former Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia and Managing Partner of VINK Consulting
Robert Bodenstein, CMC® (Austria) – Immediate Past Chair of ICMCI, chair of the ISO committee that developed ISO 20700 and a management consultant with more than 40 years of experience in strategy, digitalisation and sustainability
Benedikt Faupel, (Germany) - Lead, Public Affairs at Bitpanda, Europe's MiCAR-licensed crypto-asset platform. He is a board member of the Digital Asset Association Austria (DAAA) and co-chair of the Blockchain Working Group at Bitkom, Germany's digital association.
Mohammad Hossein Jabal Ameli, CMC® (Iran) – Management consultant, university lecturer and faculty member of the Industrial Management Institute
Cesara Pasini, CMC® (Italy) – Chair of the ICMCI Euro Hub, former President of APCO, and management consultant with extensive experience in innovation, digital transformation, professional standards and applied research.
Tamara Abdel-Jaber, CMC® (Jordan) – Board member and treasurer of ICMCI, a management consultant with 25+ years of experience in business transformation, economic reform, public policy, and impact investment.
Gentiana Mehmeti, CMC® (Kosovo) – AI Senior Product Manager at Scopic and founder of Metricsphere, an SME digitalisation consultancy
Aldo Romani (Luxembourg) – Head of Sustainable Finance, Finance Directorate, European Investment Bank; Member of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance; and Member of the Executive Committee of the Green Bond Principles.
Dancho Dimkov, CMC® (North Macedonia) – Founder of BizzBee Solutions, former President of MCA2000 and author of four business books
Andreea Toma (Romania) – Project Manager at HYGIA, coordinator of the GO Furniture META-CLUSTER of 15 clusters from 10 European countries
Mihaela Toader (Romania) – CEO and Equity Partner of Relians (RCI Holding), Vice President of AMCOR & CEO Relians, and former coordinator of Romania's EU Structural and Investment Funds programmes at the Ministry of European Funds
Cosmina Petrescu (Romania) – Executive Manager of Forum Proiect Invest, an EU-funds consultancy with 300+ projects delivered, and Regional Coordinator of AMCOR, the Romanian Management Consultancies Association
Miodrag Kostić, CMC® (Serbia) – Certified Digital Transformation Expert, certified AI Manager and member of the ICMCI Professional Development and Standards Committee
Celal Seçkin, CMC® (Türkiye) – Member of the ICMCI Board and Chair of its Professional Development and Standards Committee, founder of Seçkin Consultancy and Training, EFQM Faculty member since 2000 and authorised ISO 20700 trainer
Dr. Waseem Hoeneini (UAE) – Managing Partner of WMSJ, former Global Fortune 500 executive and adviser to boards on transition planning and climate governance
Nick Warn, CMC® (United Kingdom) – Chair of ICMCI, Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the UK Institute of Consulting, founder of Keypath Ltd and former Chair of the ICMCI Professional Standards Committee that produced the implementation guidance for ISO 20700
Joyce Gioia, CMC® (United States) – CEO of The Herman Group of Companies, futurist, professional speaker and author of Experience Rules: How Positive Experiences Will Drive Profit into the Future
Further speakers – including our keynote and panel line-up – will be announced in the coming weeks, followed by details of each session once the agenda is finalised.
Further speakers – including our keynote and panel line-up – will be announced in the coming weeks, followed by details of each session once the agenda is finalised.
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