Owning America’s Future
We are grateful to our partners at the Ford Foundation, Prudential Financial, and the Sorenson Impact Foundation for their generous support of the Forum.
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The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University are pleased to announce the 4th annual Employee Ownership Ideas Forum, taking place on June 2-3, 2026, in Washington DC.
The Forum will convene participants — including members of Congress, congressional staff, administration officials, employee owners, investors, lenders, researchers, practitioners, and policy experts — around a shared and bipartisan goal of increasing broad-based employee ownership to provide more workers and communities with the opportunity to own their share of America’s prosperity and future. The Forum will highlight innovative policies and practices, feature the firsthand experiences and perspectives of employee owners, and foster dialogue and engagement that drives concrete actions toward expanding employee ownership.
EOIF 2026
Registration
People will be invited to register for this year’s forum in February, and the agenda is anticipated to be released in early April 2026.
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The Forum is proudly co-hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program in partnership with the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.
About the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing
The purpose of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing is to study the various models that have emerged and will emerge of employee ownership shares and profit shares in the corporation and society of the United States and around the world.
About the Economic Opportunities Program
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.
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