Roundtable: Share, not scare. Beyond Need to Know for Critical Infrastructure
Munich
13 February 2026 - invitation only
EIES and Equinor co-hosted an event at the Munich Security Conference. Participants will discuss the need for, challenges of, and opportunities for improving information sharing between military and intelligence leaders and the companies that provide critical services.
Dinner: The Elements of an Alliance? NATO's Critical Materials Imperative
Munich
13 February 2026 - invitation only
EIES and SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy held an exclusive dinner at the Munich Security Conference. The conversation will centre on how NATO can maximise its impact in coordinating and executing new defence and security investments and how NATO can best align with and support ongoing initiatives by the EU, allied countries, and Asian partners, including innovation and stockpiling efforts.
Roundtable: Energy Security in the North & Baltic Sea
Munich
14 February 2026 - invitation only
EIES, together with DGAP and E3G, hosted an event on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The North and Baltic Seas host one of the world’s largest clusters of offshore infrastructure. With rapidly expanding offshore wind capacity and ambitious expansion targets across all littoral states, these regions are becoming critical to European energy security, sovereignty, and economic resilience.
Roundtable: Stepping up another gear in supporting resilient EU raw material value chains
Brussels
24 March 2026 - invitation only
Ifri and EIES are co-hosting this high-level, closed-door roundtable to gather leading stakeholders from the European critical raw material value chains and policymakers to discuss the way forward for implementing already taken measures and initiatives, and to expand strategic actions.
SAFE Summit
Washington, D.C.
27 - 28 April 2026
The 2026 SAFE Summit is a leading platform for the global community of energy, transportation, and supply chain leaders to confront challenges, unlock solutions, and forge connections with other professionals in the energy, minerals, manufacturing, and national security space. Participants pursue aggressive solutions to advance the security and prosperity of America and allied nations.
Roundtable: Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and the 1.5% commitment
Brussels
April 2026 - invitation only
EIES and NATO will co-host a roundtable on allocating and implementing the 2025 Hague Summit commitment to increase Allied defence-related spending by an additional 1.5% of GDP, with a focus on critical energy infrastructure protection. This event will convene NATO, the EU, energy producers and transport operators, and leaders and experts from the insurance and finance sectors for a discussion.
Roundtable: Offshore infrastructure investment in the energy defence nexus
London
April 2026 - invitation only
EIES and RUSI are co-hosting an expert roundtable on offshore wind in the North Sea. This closed-door roundtable will examine the evolving security risks associated with offshore wind in the North Sea and explore practical solutions to enable the secure deployment of renewable energy.
EIES Energy Security Summit
Warsaw
17 June 2026 - invitation only
EIES will host its annual Energy Security Summit in Warsaw in June. Poland is working on its largest-ever grid modernisation, connecting offshore wind, nuclear power, and clean sources nationwide. But as infrastructure expands, so do threats. With sabotage rising across NATO's east, how can Poland and its partners protect the energy networks vital to European security?
European Parliament Breakfast Briefing on Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure Security
04 February 2026, Brussels
EIES, MEP Pellerin-Carlin and MEP Wechsler co-hosted a breakfast briefing on Ukrainian energy infrastructure security in the European Parliament.
ESLC-E Annual Christmas Dinner
Brussels
11 December 2025
EIES will host its annual European Security Leadership-Europe Council Christmas Dinner, convening current and former industry, government, and military leaders committed to working across silos towards a safer and more autonomous Europe.
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Workshop: War-gaming Europe’s energy system: anticipating risks, building resilience
Brussels
19 November 2025
EIES and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) will host a Chatham House rules event, exploring escalation dynamics, inter-institutional and cross-border collaboration and communication, underscoring the imperative of secure energy infrastructure and supply chains.
Roundtable: Protecting Critical North Sea Infrastructure
Berlin
18 November 2025
The British Embassy, EIES and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) are co-hosting a closed-door event that will focus on the collective security of offshore critical national infrastructure and the protection of wind energy from hybrid threats, bringing together policymakers, industry representatives, civil society, and the military.
Roundtable: Developing the North Sea as a Strategic Energy Resource
Berlin
11 November 2025
The British Embassy, EIES and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) are co-hosting a closed-door roundtable. The UK and Germany are preparing for the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on 26 January 2026. This is a pivotal moment to strengthen the case for the accelerated deployment of wind power as a strategic technology and as a means of securing European energy security.
Coming soon.
Webinar: Dismantling the Petrostate: Moment of Truth for Russian Oil
Online
10 November 2025
Allies have so far failed to break Putin’s war machine. The EU recently agreed on a 19th round of sanctions and plans to ramp down Russian energy supplies further. Join EIES for a webinar to hear experts discuss the options available to EU and NATO allies and how different scenarios may play out.
Conference: Creating and Securing Growth - Germany and Europe as Industrial Hub: Strengthening Energy Security and Resilience
Berlin
05 November 2025
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation and EIES are co-hosting an expert conference. Leading voices from politics, business, and academia will discuss key questions about the future of Germany as an industrial hub, emphasising challenges and opportunities of raw materials policy, resilient supply chains, and secure energy infrastructures.
Coming soon.
Roundtable: Securing Europe’s Wind Competitiveness
Berlin
08 October 2025
This workshop, co-hosted by EIES and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), examined the challenges confronting Europe’s wind industry with a focus on Germany. It built on recent reports published by EIES and ECFR.
Roundtable: REpower Europe's Energy and Grid Security
Brussels
24 September 2025
EIES and Statnett SF hosted a Chatham House-rule workshop discussing securing energy infrastructure “by design” by anticipating and responding to hybrid threats and improving planning/permitting to accelerate and secure the development of new infrastructure.
EIES and Statnett were joined by decision-makers from the European Parliament, European Commission and NATO as well as industry leaders and civil society.
Roundtable: GLOBSEC Forum
Prague
13 June 2025
EIES and the GeoTech Centre co-hosted a roundtable - Circularity for Security: Defence Critical Material Recycling for Europe - at the GLOBSEC Forum.
Roundtable: Securing Europe’s Supply Chains for Critical Sectors
Budapest
19 - 20 May 2025
EIES held a roundtable - Securing Europe’s Supply Chains for Critical Sectors - at the BESTalks 2025 Budapest Conference discussing standards, traceability and transparency in critical minerals and strategic technologies.
BESTTalks 2025 is organised by the Equilibrium Institute, an independent Hungarian think tank.
Roundtable: Financing Critical Minerals Supply Chains
London
24 April 2025
EIES held a breakfast discussion, on the sidelines of the IEA Summit on the Future of Energy Security, at the Royal United Services Institute in London. The roundtable, chaired by Joan MacNaughton, CB, of EIES' leadership council, was attended by a range of investors, lenders, insurers, defence offtakers, miners and civil society, and will culminate in a paper due to be released in June.

