A two-day annual conference held in Frankfurt bringing together CEOs and CFOs of listed German and European companies with institutional investors, equity analysts, and private capital professionals for structured one-on-one meetings and presentations, in full MiFID II compliance.
The German Fall Conference – Equity Forum is an annual two-day event held in Frankfurt that brings together listed companies and institutional capital. The format centres on CEO and CFO presentations to audiences of institutional investors, equity analysts, and private capital professionals including venture and private equity investors. The conference sits within the Equity Forum series, which the organiser runs across two annual editions: a spring gathering and this autumn edition.
The conference is the autumn edition of the Equity Forum series. It occupies the EMEA circuit's dense autumn cluster, which concentrates institutional events in continental European financial centres between September and November. Frankfurt has historically hosted the autumn edition, drawing from the city's position as Germany's primary financial market hub. The 2026 edition runs from 31 August to 1 September, opening the autumn corporate-access season ahead of the larger November conferences.
The event operates explicitly within the MiFID II regulatory perimeter, which defines its audience and access model in structural terms. Attendance is complimentary for institutional investors, equity analysts, and venture and private equity investors precisely because the MiFID II unbundling framework prohibits certain forms of bundled payment for investment research and corporate access. This access model also explains why the event functions as a curated, application-reviewed gathering rather than an open registration conference. Listed company CEOs and CFOs present to pre-qualified audiences, and the logistics of the two-day one-on-one meeting programme are arranged accordingly.
The conference format is documented at the level above. The organiser has confirmed 40 listed companies for the 2026 roster, including 11880 Solutions AG, aap Implantate AG, ADTRAN Holdings Inc., BRAIN Biotech AG, and Cantourage Group SE among others, with named presenting CEOs such as Martin Walter (11880 Solutions) and Rubino Di Girolamo (aap Implantate). Specific session names, stage count, and any special evening or side-event programming beyond the presentations and 1-on-1 meetings are not publicly detailed as of verification.
The meeting infrastructure at this event is built around advance scheduling. Investor applications are reviewed by the organiser before access is granted, meaning the one-on-one meeting programme is not self-service. Once an investor profile is approved, meetings with presenting companies can be pre-arranged ahead of the conference. The system runs across both days, making the structured bilateral meeting programme a central component of the format rather than an adjunct to the main stage. No dedicated networking application is disclosed as part of the meeting infrastructure.
The programme themes above reflect the stated subject scope of the event. Confirmed session titles and the full 2026 edition agenda, beyond the presenting company roster noted above, are not published as of verification.
The German Fall Conference is the autumn edition of the biannual Equity Forum series, held in Frankfurt. Its primary audience is institutional investors and equity analysts seeking direct access to the management of listed German and European companies. CEOs and CFOs of public companies use the format to present to pre-qualified capital allocators in a MiFID II-compliant environment.
The event sits predominantly in the public equity space. Its format, audience composition, and MiFID II compliance structure are characteristic of a listed-company corporate access conference. Venture capital and private equity investors are admitted as a secondary category, which makes it relevant to VC and PE professionals tracking publicly listed peers or considering pre-IPO companies, but it is not a fund-raising or LP-GP matchmaking conference of the type that defines the private capital circuit proper.
The 2025 edition drew around 300 on-site participants plus roughly 100 via live stream, with 40 listed companies and 850 requested one-on-one meetings, according to the organiser. At a MiFID II-compliant corporate access conference where attendance requires an approved application, that scale implies a curated and qualified audience rather than a broad trade show crowd: each participant on the investor side has passed an organiser review, and the company roster is sized so the two-day one-on-one schedule remains viable for both issuers and investors.
Several profiles are a poor fit. First, alternative fund managers raising closed-end vehicles: this is a public equity access event, not a fundraising conference, and LP-GP capital formation is not its purpose. Second, early-stage private companies seeking institutional investor introductions: the presenting population consists of listed companies, not private issuers. Third, retail investors and independent advisers: the access model is institutional, application-reviewed, and oriented toward qualified professional investors as defined under MiFID II. Fourth, conference attendees who prefer passive participation without meeting commitments: the structural value of the event is the one-on-one programme, and attendees who do not engage with bilateral meetings gain significantly less than those who do. Fifth, investors with no mandate in German or European listed equities: the presenting company universe is German and European public equity, so the event has limited relevance for allocators focused exclusively on private markets or non-European geographies.
The event takes place in Frankfurt, Germany's primary financial centre and the headquarters city of Deutsche Börse Group. Frankfurt's infrastructure for institutional finance, including its concentration of asset managers, pension funds, insurance groups, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, makes it a natural anchor for a listed-equity corporate access conference. The 2026 edition is confirmed to take place at the Flemings Selection Hotel Frankfurt-City, Eschenheimer Tor 2, 60318 Frankfurt am Main.
The organiser operates under the Equity Forum brand through the legal entity EF Equity Forum UG (haftungsbeschränkt), registered in Frankfurt am Main (Berger Str. 145, HRB 104182) and founded on 18 January 2016, with Wolfram Koch as managing director. The platform is classified as a commercial publisher. Beyond the flagship spring and fall conferences, the organiser also runs additional standalone events, including company- and sector-specific capital markets days and a virtual Winter 1on1 Summit. The organiser website is equityforum.de.
The German Fall Conference occupies a specific and bounded niche: a MiFID II-compliant corporate access conference where public company management meets pre-qualified institutional capital in Frankfurt, making it more relevant to equity analysts and long-only allocators than to the closed-end fund managers who dominate the private capital circuit.
Institutional investors, equity analysts, and VC and PE investors attend at no charge. This complimentary access model is explicitly MiFID II-compliant. Attendance is not open registration: applicants must submit a request through the organiser, which reviews each application before granting access. Registration for the 2026 edition is confirmed open on the official website at equityforum.de. Delegate pricing for other participant categories and sponsor or exhibitor rates are not publicly disclosed as of verification.
Applications are submitted through the Equity Forum website at equityforum.de. The organiser reviews each investor application before confirming access. The review process is designed to maintain a qualified audience under MiFID II corporate access rules. Timeline and specific documentation requirements for the application are not detailed in publicly available materials as of verification.
For institutional investors, equity analysts, and VC and PE investors, attendance is listed as complimentary and free of charge. This is a structural feature of the MiFID II-compliant corporate access model, not a promotional offer. The absence of a delegate fee does not mean uncurated access: the application review requirement applies regardless of the fee structure.
Yes. The 2026 edition runs 31 August to 1 September 2026 at the Flemings Selection Hotel Frankfurt-City, Eschenheimer Tor 2, 60318 Frankfurt am Main. Registration is open on the official website as of this verification.
The presenting population documented for this event consists of CEOs and CFOs of listed German and European companies. No information is available as of verification to indicate that unlisted or private companies are included in the presenting programme.
| Official website | https://equityforum.de/ |
| Register | https://equityforum.de/en/events/german-fall-conference-2026 |
| Programme | https://equityforum.de/en/events/german-fall-conference-2026 |