Presentation of the Luxembourg GEM report 2025/26

STATEC is pleased to invite to the presentation of the Luxembourg Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report 2025/2026, which will take place on Thursday, 2 July 2026, at STATEC (12, Boulevard du Jazz, L-4370 Belvaux).

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is an international research programme dedicated to the study of entrepreneurship, launched in 1999. Since 2013, STATEC, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Economy and the Chamber of Commerce, has conducted the Luxembourg GEM survey to monitor the intensity and evolution of entrepreneurial activity, analyse the profiles of entrepreneurs, and identify the opportunities and challenges they face.

The GEM Report provides valuable insights into the state of entrepreneurship in Luxembourg and internationally. This year's edition focuses on several timely topics, including:

• Artificial Intelligence: adoption and perceptions among entrepreneurs
• The impact of international trade tariffs
• Sources of funding for entrepreneurs

Programme

11:00 – Welcome and introduction
Tom Haas, Director, STATEC

11:10 – Opening remarks
Stéphanie Damgé, Director, House of Entrepreneurship
Gilles Scholtus, Premier Conseiller de Gouvernement, Ministry of the Economy

11:30 – Online Greetings from the Global GEM Team
Aileen Ionescu-Somers, CEO, GEM Global Consortium / GERA 

11:45 – Presentation of the main findings of the Luxembourg GEM Report Cesare Riillo, STATEC Research

12:15 – Discussion and stakeholder feedback
Chambre des métiers | Fédération des Jeunes Dirigeants | House of Entrepreneurship | Microlux | Ministry of Economy | University of Luxembourg

Entrepreneurship Research Session

13:30 – Prof. Roy Thurik, Erasmus School of Economics 
Entrepreneurship, Knowledge and Macroeconomic Growth

13:55 - Prof. Christian Frisch, University of Luxembourg 
War, peace, and entrepreneurship: An institutional and socio-cognitive perspective on how violent conflict affects (necessity) entrepreneurship

14:20 - Coffee Break

14:35 - Prof. Marcus Dejardin, University of Namur  & UCLouvain
From crisis to recovery: The role of entrepreneurship in local economic resilience
(based on joint work with Abdoulaye Kané and Nadine Levratto)

15:25 Closing remarks STATEC Research 

Registration

Both sessions may be attended either in person or online.

Online participation

Morning session: Presentation of the Luxembourg GEM Report 2025/2026 

Afternoon session: Entrepreneurship Research Session

In-person attendance

Please confirm your participation by email at inscription@statec.etat.lu no later than 25 June 2026.

Languages

The presentations will be held in english.