Tim Kirstein Tim Kirstein

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.

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Tim Kirstein Tim Kirstein

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.

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Tim Kirstein Tim Kirstein

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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.

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Tim Kirstein Tim Kirstein

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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. 

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

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. 

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

Workshop: Managing Chinese Clean Tech Investments in Europe

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

Webinar: Revolutionary Change - Or Extinction? A Discussion on Europe's Auto & Battery Industry

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.

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

Dinner: Raw Material Supply & Recycling for National and Economic Security

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.  

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Ronan Gallocker Ronan Gallocker

ESLC-Europe Annual Christmas Dinner

London

16 December 2024

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

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