Energy Alliances 2026

The Stack That Defines the Century

AI, Nuclear, Space, and the Supply Chains 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, and the talent, 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.

Organizations Represented

150

Senior Leaders Across Energy, Defense, Capital & Policy

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

Dr. Melanie Windridge

Co-Founder, FusionX Group

Brian Berzin

CEO, Thea Energy

Brian Riordan

Co-Founder & COO, Avalanche Energy

Samuel Gibson

Founder & CEO, Hadron Energy

Mislav Tolusic

Managing Partner, Marlinspike

Carly Anderson

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Timescale Ventures

David Ellmann

Co-Founder & General Partner, UP.Abundance

Karina Cady

CEO, Nandina REM

Doron Tamir

Co-Founder & CEO, LAVA

Alina Shkolnikov

Chief Partnerships Officer, PollyLabs

Mark Donig

Head of U.S., Blue Laurel Advisors

Kate Geder

Senior Counsel, Bechtel Enterprises

Ya'ara Barnoon

Special Counsel, Pillsbury

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What to expect 2026

Nuclear

From demonstration to deployment

The compute reshaping every grid.

Space

The orbital layer of national security.

Supply
Chain

The materials securing all three.

Startup showcases woven between sessions. A closing reception for the partnerships, pilots, and MOUs that turn strategy into action.

Agenda

1:00-1:30 PM

Lunch & Networking

Arrival and lunch with networking opportunities.

1:30-1:50 PM

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 into industrial convergence, 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 coalition forming to secure it.

2:30-2:35 PM

Startup Pitch #1

2:35-3:15 PM

Panel 2: The Dual-Use Bridge. High-Energy Systems from Civilian Power to Allied Security. The lasers and microwaves powering fusion, semiconductors, and the next generation of energy are the same technologies defending allied skies.

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, former Senior Counselor to the White House National Energy Dominance Council, Energy Alliances 2026 will feature a leading voice on the geopolitics of the AI-industrial stack.

Built for the coalition that builds.

Energy Alliances 2026 convenes governments, industry, capital, and frontier startups from across the allied world, each contributing distinct strengths across AI, nuclear, space, cybersecurity, materials science, and supply chains. The convening is designed for senior leaders shaping the technologies and policies of the next century. Join the coalition.

Research and academia

Capital and investors

Frontier startups

Industry and corporate strategy

Government and policy