How War is Scrambling the Global Race on Energy and Critical Materials
For years, the global energy system has operated on assumptions of stable supply chains, reliable transit routes, and durable partnerships. Those assumptions are being scrambled up in real time. The Strait of Hormuz. Fuel reserves that weren't built for this moment. The cracks aren't coming. They're here.
The materials powering semiconductors, defense systems, and the next economy are sourced from a handful of countries, many of them unstable, adversarial, or both. A minerals bottleneck doesn't just disrupt energy markets; it strangles innovation, weakens defense readiness, and hands leverage to the countries that got there first.
The decisions made in the next window will determine who leads and who scrambles.
Join Widehall as we convene energy thought leaders, and supply chain experts for discussion on navigating the realities of needed infrastructure commodities, supply chains and energy in a restless world.
Speakers include:
Dr. Ana Unruh Cohen, Staff Director, Committee on Natural Resources
Mahnaz Khan, Vice President of Policy for Critical Supply Chains, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Petr Pudil, Chairman of the Board, Draslovka; Vice Chairman of the Board, GLOBSEC
Frank Fannon, Managing Director, Fannon Global Advisors, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Orion Critical Minerals Consortium; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources
Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Senior Fellow, Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Jasper Jung, Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives for Global Public Policy, General Motors
Steve Clemons, Editor at Large, The National Interest
Additional speakers to be announced.