Stefan Grobe – Keynote Speaker

With over 30 years of journalistic experience, Stefan Grobe is one of Euronews’ most familiar faces. Based in Brussels, he produces and presents State of the Union, a weekly roundup of European affairs.

From 2012 to 2017, he has worked as Euronews’ Washington correspondent, having covered two presidential election and primary campaigns. Grobe reported live from Barack Obama’s Chicago headquarters on Election Day. On his more recent assignments, he covered the Sandy Hooks shooting and the US government shutdown. Grobe has routinely covered the White House and Congress, as well as the Washington-based international institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank.

During his years at Euronews headquarters in Lyon, France, Stefan Grobe has served as Head of Business desk, Head of German-speaking Service, and host and producer of the Business Weekly show. He has covered numerous top international events, including the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as G20 and G8 meetings.

Prior to Euronews, Grobe has worked for major news organisations, including Agence France-Presse, Germany’s dpa and Berlin-based newspaper Die Welt.

German-born, Stefan Grobe studied in Bonn, Hamburg and Paris and holds a PhD in American History on the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.