The first Wrocław Global Forum was held in October 2010. At the time, the event was under the auspices of the Atlantic Council, the DemosEUROPA Centre for European Strategy and the city of Wrocław. The stated aim of the Forum was "Strengthening the Transatlantic Dialogue to Tackle Global Challenges." The second Forum, with about 200 attendees, took place in June 2011, and focused on energy security and the role of NATO. The third Forum, held in late May and early June, 2012, explored whether the transatlantic model of democracy can be applied to other parts of the world as the centers of wealth shift eastward and southward. The fourth WGF, for the first time co-organized by the Polish Institute of International Affairs, was held in June 2013. The approximately 350 participants examined the role of Central Europe as an actor within the continent, the European Global Strategy and the global role of the U.S. In June 2014, the fifth Forum focused on the events in Ukraine as well as taking a retrospective look at the 25 years that had passed since the fall of Communism in Europe, the 15 years since the enlargement of NATO and the 10 years since the first wave of former Soviet Bloc countries were admitted to the EU. The sixth WGF, held in June 2015, introduced Business Leadership Dialogues, designed to facilitate communication between executives and policymakers on topics like defense, IT innovation and energy. The event also addressed the post-Crimea security environment. The most recent, seventh WGF took place in June 2016 and had more than 400 participants. Speakers previewed the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw and surveyed the challenges facing the alliance.