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.”

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.  

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 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.

22 November 2024

EIES brings 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.

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.

19 February 2024

The discussion focused on actionable strategies that would diversify access to critical minerals, as part of SAFE’s Mineral Investment Network for Vital Energy Security and Transition (MINVEST) partnership with the U.S. Department of State.

14 December 2023

On 14 December, the European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES) was launched, with a panel of leading voices including European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, as well as Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi, former Hungarian Ambassador to the United Sates, and Andris Piebalgs, Former EU Energy Commissioner, both members of EIES’s Energy Leadership Security Council.