Over the years, the IRT has invited business leaders, political decision makers, think tanks and other stakeholders to an Annual Conference, where a wide range of topical business and industrial issues in EU-Russia relations are debated in general terms as well as from the perspective of specific sectors.

The Annual Conference aims to enhance the dialogue between business leaders and key decision makers from Russia and the EU and foster cooperation on numerous important business and industrial subjects.
Most recently, the EU-Russia Industrialists' Round Table (IRT) 10th Annual Conference took place in Cannes on 12-13 November 2008, just before the EU-Russia Summit in Nice (14 November 2008). The Conference was dedicated to perspectives of closer EU-Russia cooperation in the context of the international financial crisis and complex official relations between the EU and Russia.

For the first time since the creation of the IRT, the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev addressed the 300 people attending the event and received the IRT recommendations. The President shared his vision for the G20 Summit in Washington (15 November 2008) ahead of his discussions with EU policy makers at the EU-Russia Summit. Making reference to the IRT recommendations, the President indicated his support for the business perspective on the potential of closer EU-Russia economic cooperation. The President advised the meeting that he would instruct the Russian Government to take into serious consideration the IRT’s recommendations.

10th IRT Conference, Cannes, November 2008
Programme
Joint Conclusions

9th IRT Conference, Lisbon, October 2007
Programme
Joint Conclusions

8th IRT Conference, Helsinki, November 2006
Programme
Joint Conclusions

7th IRT Conference, London, October 2005
Programme
Joint Conclusions
Task Force recommendations and conclusions

6th IRT Conference, The Hague, November 2004
Joint Conclusions

5th IRT Conference, Moscow, December 2003
Joint Conclusions