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April 1 – 2, 2025
Welcome Reception March 31
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
3rd Floor Ballroom
2025
SAFE Summit
The 2025 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.
In the context of 2025’s sweeping transitions of power, historic global investments, and strategic realignment among American and allied nations, the 2025 SAFE Summit will bring together the investors, policymakers, business executives, and national security leaders who are collaborating to define the future of energy security.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
2025 Speaker Highlights
Charles Cherington
Managing Partner,
Ara Partners
ADM Michelle J. Howard (Ret.)
Former Commander, US Naval Forces Europe, US Naval Forces Africa, and Allied Joint Force Command Naples
David Klanecky
CEO & President,
Cirba Solutions
José Muñoz
President & CEO,
Hyundai Motor Company
Aamir Paul
President, North America Operations, Schneider Electric
Ayo Sopitan
CEO, Metalex Commodities
2025
SAFE THEMES
SAFE Summit programming and themes will cover the interrelated concepts addressed by the scope of SAFE’s current centers and policy initiatives. Visit secureenergy.org and electrificationcoalition.org to learn more.
2025
SAFE SUMMIT THEMES
- Mineral Security for National Security: Ending Dependencies to Strengthen the Nation
- China, Security, and the Connected Car Challenge
- Building Resilient Supply Chains: Leadership In Critical Minerals And Global Security
- Unlocking Nuclear: Can we Crack the Code?
- Trade Policy in Trump 2.0: Transformation through Transaction
- De-Risking Investments in High-Integrity Mineral Supplies
- The Metals Pricing Problem: Limiting Market Expansion
- EU Industrial Strategy: Breaking the Paralysis
- Green Metals and Recycling: America’s Future in Advanced Steel and Aluminum
- North American Opportunity Zones: From Minerals to Manufacturing
- Powering National Defense: The Strategic Role of Energy Transmission
- Unlocking Energy Dominance: Integrating National Interests into Energy Planning
- Transmission, Storage & Grid Security: Powering the Future of Resilient Energy Systems
- Permission to Build: Bipartisan Leadership on Permitting Reform
- Driving Disruption: Policy Agnosticism for Transportation Breakthroughs
- Transatlantic Synergy: Energy Security and Economic Resilience
- Unlocking the Future: The Power of Mobility Data in Shaping Tomorrow’s Transportation
INITIATIVES
2025 SAFE Policy Initiatives
SAFE Summit programming and themes will cover the interrelated concepts addressed by the scope of SAFE’s current centers and policy initiatives. Visit secureenergy.org.
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SAFE unites prominent military and business leaders to develop and advocate for policies that improve America’s energy security by significantly curtailing our dependence on oil and promoting responsible use of our domestic energy resources. SAFE relies on the knowledge and experience of four-star retired military officers, Fortune 500 CEOs, and its expert staff to produce high-quality, fact based analysis and policy recommendations for lawmakers, regulatory agencies, and the public.
Armed with a deep understanding of the issues, SAFE leads the conversation on energy and transportation policy with the goal of bolstering America’s economic and national security. Agile and multidisciplinary, SAFE maintains a strategic ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving energy and transportation landscape with real-time, up-to-date analysis and recommendations.
Learn more about SAFE at secureenergy.org.
SAFE unites prominent military and business leaders to develop and advocate for policies that improve America’s energy security by significantly curtailing our dependence on oil and promoting responsible use of our domestic energy resources. SAFE relies on the knowledge and experience of four-star retired military officers, Fortune 500 CEOs, and its expert staff to produce high-quality, fact based analysis and policy recommendations for lawmakers, regulatory agencies, and the public.
Armed with a deep understanding of the issues, SAFE leads the conversation on energy and transportation policy with the goal of bolstering America’s economic and national security. Agile and multidisciplinary, SAFE maintains a strategic ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving energy and transportation landscape with real-time, up-to-date analysis and recommendations.
Learn more about SAFE at secureenergy.org.
The Electrification Coalition develops and implements a broad set of strategies to
facilitate widespread adoption of electric vehicles. These strategies include policy development, advocacy campaigns, consumer education, fleet electrification, cultivation of bipartisan support, community electrification planning, EV supply chain development, and coalition building.
We’re working to electrify the way we move through projects and programs like the American Cities Climate Challenge, State EV Policy Accelerator, Electrification Coalition Business Council, Freight Electrification Project, and Climate Mayors EV Purchasing Collaborative.
Learn more about the Electrification Coalition at electrificationcoalition.org.
