About

Each year the European Business Registry Association (EBRA) holds an Annual Conference for its members and professionals who operate in the business registry domain in Europe and beyond. It is the only dedicated event for registry professionals and a great opportunity for colleagues to network, share experiences, and connect in a space dedicated to advancing innovation in the registers. This high-level international event underscores Business Registers position as global leaders in digital transformation. The conference attracts top experts from the public and private sectors, advancing the dialogue on registries governance and highlighting EBRA’s pivotal role in Europe.

The 2-day conference is hosted by member of EBRA and held in a different city each year. The hosts invite registry experts from around the world to present on relevant topics, such as the use of new technologies in registries, developments in the field of company law and beneficial ownership, the impact and use of data in our society, and the balance between privacy and transparency when operating a register.

These topics are explored in more detail during panel discussions, which invite questions and feedback from the audience. During the conference, participants are invited to attend cultural events to learn more about the host’s country, and a gala dinner where they can experience traditional cuisine and meet new registry friends.

Organizers

The European Business Registry Association (EBRA) is an international non-profit organisation. It was formed in January 2019 through the coalition of the European Business Register (EBR) and the European Commerce Registers’ Forum (ECRF). EBRA has 43 members representing business registers across Europe. The European Business Registry Association is working to establish an international community of business registries that collaborate on common initiatives, develop and share knowledge and collectively progress the business registry domain.

It is the mission of the organisation to:

Represent and provide expert insight from European Business Registry professionals
Cultivate an environment of innovation and collaborative action between business registries and strategic partners
Foster collective strategic thinking amongst Business Registry professionals
Help the business registers to provide the best possible services to their clients
Be the implementing Business Registry association with the capability to research, develop, manage and operate required initiatives and services.

https://ebra.be

Unioncamere – the Italian Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Handicrafts, and Agriculture – is the public body that unites and represents at the institutional level the Italian chamber system.
Founded in 1901, it develops and manages services and activities of interest to the Chambers of Commerce and economic sectors, coordinating the System’s initiatives through directives and guidelines for its member organizations.

The Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Handicrafts, and Agriculture are public bodies endowed with functional autonomy. They operate within their territorial jurisdiction, based on the subsidiarity principle outlined in Article 118 of the Constitution, performing functions of general interest for the business system, fostering its development within local economies.” (Legislative Decree February 15, 2010, No. 23, amendments to Law December 29, 1993, No. 580)

What they do:

Administrative activities: maintenance of registers, lists, directories, and roles, in which the main events characterizing the life of each business are recorded and certified.
Promotional activities: support for businesses and for the development of the local economy.
Study, analysis, and monitoring activities of local economic data for a better understanding of the socio-economic reality concerning businesses.
Market regulation activities: to promote and enhance transparency, certainty, and fairness in economic relationships between businesses and between businesses and citizens.

At the European level, Unioncamere represents the Italian Chambers of Commerce within Eurochambres, the association that brings together Europe’s chamber systems, and the European Business Registry Association (EBRA).

https://www.unioncamere.gov.it

InfoCamere is the Italian Chambers of Commerce digital innovation company.
Since 1996, InfoCamere has been responsible for managing and enhancing the Italian Business Register, one of the first fully computerized registers in Europe, an official public economic database of national interest. Building on the combination of official data, cutting-edge technologies, and advanced know-how, InfoCamere develops state-of-the-art technological services to support the Italian Chambers of Commerce in responding to the needs of businesses, professionals, and citizens in the face of continual evolutions to economic and regulatory systems.

On behalf of the Chamber’s System, InfoCamere develops solutions to simplify the relations between businesses and the Public Administration and ensure favorable conditions for the digital transformation of businesses, supporting the competitiveness of the national economy.

Access to Chambers of Commerce’ data is granted through the extensive use of Cloud services based in the Padua Operational Data Center. The infrastructure is one of the most advanced in Italy, and it is connected to the headquarters of all Italian Chambers of Commerce via a private data network.
Among others, InfoCamere’s most outstanding achievements include the portal impresainungiorno.gov.it – the Italian Single Point of Contact between businesses and the Public Administration – supporting more than half of the 8 thousand Italian Municipalities, the web platform impresa.italia.it – also available via the app impresa italia – designed to grant businesses free access to their company official data on a “mobile first” logic, or again ID InfoCamere, the digital identity solution to support the business community with advanced digital trust services.

https://www.infocamere.it