In 2026, our World Conference is coming to Brazil!
The week the Movement becomes impossible to underestimate.
One flagship gathering, built for scale, people, experience, and outcomes you can take home.
Countdown to World Conference 2026
26 - 30 August 2026, Belo HorizonteBe an early bird and secure your spot at JEWC26.
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Experience the Junior Enterprise Movement at full scale in Brazil
JEWC26 is the world’s largest youth entrepreneurship conference, bringing together thousands of Junior Entrepreneurs to experience the full scale of the Junior Enterprise Movement and to leave with skills, network, and momentum.
JEWC brings together Junior Enterprises, National Confederations, partners and institutions for exchange, learning and visibility. The conference programme blends plenaries, trainings and showcases with time for exchange and mutual collaboration. A dedicated General Assembly space is also integrated, so Members can meet formally while the whole network is present. JEWC embodies the dream of a gathering for the future of all - by youth from youth for you(th).
JE Global curates the content of JEWC and safeguards its brand, the host Confederation delivers the national experience.
The Junior Enterprises World Conference 2026 is a host collaboration of Junior Enterprises Global, the National Confederation to Brazil and the State Federation to Minas Gerais.
What actually happens at JEWC26?
You do not attend to pledge entrepreneurship, here we take things into practice. You attend to experience the Movement at its full scale, meet the people that run it, the people that empower it and those that will shape its next generation. You will leave feeling the purpose behind why we do what we do best.
Scale
Thousands of Junior Entrepreneurs in one venue, with a structure and intensity that feels as one ecosystem of innovation and change.
See how it comes togetherPeople
Students who already deliver real client projects, alumni who now lead companies, and partners who want early access to entrepreneurial talent. Find it at JEWC26.
Choose your pathExperience
Magnas, workshops, benchmarking, partner engagement, growth and evenings that turn a professional week into timeless, valued experience.
Explore formatsJEWC26 is a flagship moment of the Movement
JEWC26 is not a standalone youth event or conference. It is the highest intensity moment of a working, youth led, youth governed and volunteer driven system, delivering employability and entrepreneurial capacity at scale. Soon in your university too.
Scale that proves credibility
2,100+ Junior Enterprises, 45+ countries, almost 100,000+ students annually, and 23,000+ projects delivered each year with SMEs and CSOs.
What is JE Global?A talent pipeline, not a mailing list
Students who already manage delivery, client relationships, leadership, and teamwork, before graduation are the leading talent of tomorrow.
PartnershipsOutcomes that matter
Skills, employability, and entrepreneurship with measurable patterns, including a strong alumni founder rate over time.
Your rationale for partnershipInterested in engaging as an organisation?
We welcome other organisation's committments into our events, be it as formal partners, educational accelerators or to help develop their talent strategy, innovation pipelines and impact. Reach us today.
Where to go next?
Pick the page that matches the questions you may have right now.
Planning your participation
Dates, format logic, and how to make the most of your week.
Learning and outcomes
Workshop offerings, skills positioning, and what you leave with.
Organisations and media
Partnership and institutional engagement, access to press resources.
"Build your JEWC" is the fastest way to understand what JEWC26 offers to you: what you get, what to prioritise, and why this is the must have community moment of your 2026.
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