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Join the LIVE discussion from the Energy Security Hub 2026

How can Europe mobilize technology, strengthen competitiveness, and forge global alliances to build a resilient energy and industrial future? Join our online strategic exchange at the Energy Security Hub 2026.


About: The Energy Security Hub 2026

Powering Society. Securing Energy

Energy has become the defining question of Europe’s security, prosperity, and global influence. As an official partner of the Munich Security Conference, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt convenes leaders from policy, business, science, and civil society to address this challenge head-on.


KEY TOPICS 2026

  • Mobilizing Technology: Implementing and securing a robust European energy system
  • Strengthening Competitiveness: Building policy and financial frameworks to advance Europe’s industrial leadership
  • Creating Alliances: Forging global strategies to secure energy and democracy


Check our program here.

The Speakers

Katherina REICHE
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany

Dan JØRGENSEN
European Commissioner for Energy and Housing

Joe KAESER
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Siemens Energy AG; Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Daimler Truck Holding AG

Wolfgang ISCHINGER
Chairman, Munich Security Conference

Fiona MURRAY
Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management & Vice Chair, NATO Innovation Fund

Yair REEM
Partner, Extantia Capital

Siby DIABIRA
Senior Manager, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Europe, International Finance Corporation

Maria LEPTIN
President, European Research Council (ERC)

Carlos PASCUAL
Senior Vice President for Geopolitics and International Affairs, S&P Global Commodity Insights; former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Ukraine

Jonathan BARTH
Executive Chair, Geostrategic Europe Taskforce; Senior Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute

Olivia LAZARD
Planetary Fellow, Berggruen Institute; Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Nils GIESE
CEO Germany, Edelman

Sigmar GABRIEL
Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke, Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chancellor of Germany

Harald VON HEYDEN
Global Head of Energy and Infrastructure, Norges Bank Investment Management

Julia PRESCOT
Co-Founder, Meridiam; Deputy Chair, National Infrastructure Commission, United Kingdom

Marie JARONI
CEO, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe

Carsten KNOBEL
CEO, Henkel

Christian BRUCH
CEO, Siemens Energy

Ann METTLER
Board Member, European Innovation Council

Heike FREUND
Chief Operating Officer, Marvel Fusion

Michael BRIGL
Head of Central Europe, Boston Consulting Group

Charles MEYERS
Executive Chairman, Equinix

Birgitte RINGSTAD VARTDAL
CEO and President, Statkraft

Reinhard HÜTTL
Managing Partner and Scientific Director, Eco-Environment Innovation (EEI); former Chairman of the Board, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Dubravka ŠUICA
Commissioner for the Mediterranean, European Commission

Narendra TANEJA
President, World Energy Policy Summit

Michelle ROZO
Vice Chair, National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB); Vice President of Technical Capabilities, In-Q-Tel

Tore O. SANDVIK
Minister of Defence, Norway

Stephen DUNBAR-JOHNSON
President, The New York Times International

Arancha GONZÁLEZ LAYA
Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain

Dmitri ALPEROVITCH
Co-Founder and Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator

Andreas SCHIERENBECK
CEO, Hitachi Energy

Wolfgang FINK
CEO, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE

Andrew PERRY
Director, Energy Transition & Environment, Faculty AI

Bogdan-Gruia IVAN
Minister of Energy, Romania; former Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization

Jessika ROSWALL
EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Jason BORDOFF
Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University; Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council (U.S.)

Claudia PLATTNER
President, German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

Parag KHANNA
Founder and CEO of AlphaGeo

Meredith WHITTAKER
President, Signal Foundation

Part of the Munich Security Conference 2026

The 62st Munich Security Conference (MSC) will take place from February 13 to 15, 2026, at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. As the leading forum for international security policy, the MSC 2026 will once again enable high-level debates on the key foreign and security policy challenges of our time.

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