The Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2019 was a two-day event that took place on the 27-28^th of June.

The first day, the 27th of June, focused on innovating democracy and was dedicated to side events about the foundation programs. These events were organized with partner organizations and gathered young democracy activists and leaders, students, and entrepreneurs from the world’s democracies, especially emerging democracies and post- conflict areas. Participants were part of a lively discussion forum with speakers such as President of the International Republican Institute, Daniel Twining, President of the National Democratic Institute, Derek Mitchell, Executive Director of European Endowment for Democracy, Jerzy Pomianowski and Senior Program Manager at the Human Freedom and Women's Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute, Christopher Walsh.

The evening opening reception celebrated the 30 years of freedom after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

The second day of the conference, the 28th of June, included panel debates and key note speeches with the following topics:

• Democracy and technology 
• The state of global democracy
• European democracy after European Parliament elections
• US Congressional panel on global leadership

The Summit brought together political figures from the democratic world, including current and former heads of government, as well as leading business executives, academic experts, and dissidents.

Speakers at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2019 included Adam Schiff; Member of US Congress, Joyce Banda; former President of Malawi, Maria Ressa; Journalist and CEO of Rappler (Time Person of the Year 2018), Sir Nick Clegg; Vice President of Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook, Michael Chertoff; former Secretary of US Homeland Security, Eileen Donahoe; Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator, Indira Lakshmanan; Executive Editor of the Pulitzer Center, Marietje Schaake; Member of the European Parliament, Lars Seier Christensen; Co-founder of Concordium, Nico Jasper; Co-Founder and CEO at Dalia Research GmbH, Dalel Krichen; Fellow at the Bush Center, former Member of Tunisian Parliament, and President of the Tunisian Chapter of the Women's Democracy Network, Jeanne Meserve; former correspondent at CNN and ABC News, Zainab Sulaiman Umar; youth leader in Nigeria, Ben Cardin,U.S. Senator, Steny Hoyer, U.S. House Majority Leader, Tom Cole, Member of Congress, Joseph Wu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan), and Antonio López-Istúriz White, Secretary General of the European People’s Party (EPP).