Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · Hosted at Pillsbury
CONVENING IN
124 DAYS
The stack that defines the century
AI, nuclear, space, directed energy, and the critical materials beneath them are no longer separate industries. They are one interconnected stack — and the nations that build it together will define the industrial and security order of the century. No country builds it alone. Energy Alliances 2026 convenes the coalition that can.
Looking back at Energy Alliances 2025
A changing world order: energy tech for defense, deployment, and the MENA opportunity.
In its inaugural edition, Energy Alliances convened policymakers, fusion pioneers, defense leaders, and capital allocators to map the energy stack underwriting the next era of American and allied competitiveness. The 2026 edition builds on that foundation — broadening the lens to the full AI-industrial stack and the coalitions that will deliver it.
77
Organizations Represented
150
Senior Leaders Across Energy, Defense, Capital & Policy
20
Speakers Defining the Field
Richard Goldberg
Former Senior Counselor, WH National Energy Dominance Council; Senior Advisor, FDD
Oded Gour-Lavie
CEO & Co-Founder, nT-Tao
Brendan Owens
Chief Sustainability Officer, HKS; Former Asst. Secretary of Defense for Energy
Dr. Gideon Friedmann
CTO, NetZero Technology Ventures; Former Chief Scientist, Israel Ministry of Energy
Abigail (Kukura) Remler
Director, Future Technology Platforms, Special Competitive Studies Project
Keynote: Mobilizing the Allied Stack-The New Geometry of Power
The convergence of minerals, nuclear, AI, and space is producing a new allied industrial architecture. The technologies are no longer separable — and neither are the countries that will build and deploy them. The keynote frames the central question of the summit: what does it take to mobilize the allied bloc as a single industrial system, and which coalitions, instruments, and decisions will determine who leads the next century.
1:50-2:30 PM
Panel 1 — Securing the Foundation
Critical Minerals & the New Resource of Statecraft
The supply chain everything depends on — and the allied response to a chokepoint concentrated in adversarial hands.
2:30-2:35 PM
Startup Pitch #1
2:35-3:15 PM
Panel 2: The Dual-Use Bridge.
Directed Energy & Nuclear from Defense to Civilian Power
The lasers and microwaves that defend allied skies are the same technologies powering fusion, semiconductors, and the next generation of civilian energy.
3:15-3:20 PM
Startup Pitch #2
3:20-3:35 PM
Coffee Break
3:35-4:15 PM
Panel 3 The Space Sandbox.
What Powers the Space Economy?
4:15-4:20 PM
Startup Pitch #3
4:20-4:30 PM
Closing Remarks and Call to Action
4:30 PM
Cocktail Reception & Fireside Chat
AI and the Allied Stack
2026 Keynote
Keynote speaker to be announced
Following last year's executive keynote by Richard Goldberg, Energy Alliances 2026 will feature a leading voice on the geopolitics of the AI-industrial stack.
Energy Alliances 2026 convenes governments, industry, and frontier startups from across the allied world — each contributing distinct strengths across AI, directed energy, cybersecurity, materials science, space, and minerals. The convening is designed for senior leaders shaping the technologies and policies of the next century.
Research and academia
Capital and investors
Frontier startups
Industry and corporate strategy
Government and policy
Hosted by
Strategic advisory at the intersection of energy, technology, and geopolitics.
Global law firm advising the world's most innovative energy and technology companies.
Reserve your seat
Energy Alliances 2026 is a curated half-day convening hosted at Pillsbury. Registration is open via Luma.