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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Washington DC

01-02 April 2025

SAFE Summit 2025 built on the success of both SAFE Summit 2023 and SAFE Summit 2024, growing its audience and prestige.

EIES Executive Director Alberic Mongrenier hosted a panel during the Summit, Transatlantic Storms and Synergy: Energy Security and Economic Resilience.

Brussels

20 March 2025

EIES and T&E organised a workshop with senior policymakers, industry representatives, clean tech manufacturing, and security experts to discuss how the EU can set an effective framework to manage risk and require technology and skills transfer from Chinese clean tech investment.

27 February 2025

For decades, Europe led the global automotive industry, shaping the future of transportation. However, Europe has fallen behind in the race for emerging automotive technologies, particularly batteries. This webinar explored learnings from Dunne Insights’ report for EIES’ “Europe’s Auto & Battery Industry: Revolutionary Change – Or Extinction.”

Munich

14 February 2025

On Friday, 14 February, SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, the European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES) and its Energy Security Leadership Council held an exclusive event on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Plowshares into Swords: Rethinking Raw Material Supply & Recycling for National and Economic Security.  

London

16 December 2024

EIES convened its Energy Security Leadership Council - Europe for its first in-person gathering in London on December 12th 2024.

22 November 2024

EIES brought together experts in an off-the-record setting to discuss mutual areas of interest including: future U.S. energy, climate, and related trade policies and their implications for Europe and European energy security.

Brussels

22 November 2024

EIES hosted an Allied Energy Infrastructure Security Roundtable with NATO’s ASG for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe and the Director General of DG ENER at the European Commission, Ditte Juul Jorgensen, with industry experts spanning energy producers, TSOs, cyber, and technology.

03 July 2024

EIES convened a high-level event, "Implementing a Whole-System European Energy and Supply Chain Security Strategy" on July 3rd, 2024. The gathering featured a keynote speech by Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Introductory remarks by Albéric Mongrenier, Executive Director, European Initiative for Energy Security and two panels: Building Diverse and Secure Global Supply Chains  and Securing European and Allied Energy Infrastructure.