DoD Energy & Power Summit

The Department of Defense is the single largest energy consumer in the United States and consumes approximately 76% of total federal energy consumption. This stems from the deployment of high advanced technological systems that require reliable and secure power to maintain mission readiness. There remains the critical need to fuel facilities, installations, platforms, weapon systems, equipment, and operations abroad and domestically. The DoD faces a great deal of challenges to achieve these objectives in an ever-changing threat landscape of advanced adversaries, natural disasters, aging infrastructure, and cyber-attacks. This year’s summit will bring together energy and power leaders in the federal government and defense to address how they are adapting to these challenges and promoting energy security.

This year’s iteration will explore the importance of unleashing American energy potential to power the Department of the Defense. Leaders from across academia, industry, and government will bring unique perspectives on the advancement of energy and power technology and policy. Speakers will address the recent advancements in subjects like flexible nuclear energy, beamed energy, and joint perspectives on energy and power policy. These perspectives will give attendees a deeper understanding of how experts are powering our military in the modern era. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with senior leaders from the energy and power community, hearing firsthand and engaging about the technologies, strategies, and policies relevant to the Department of Defense’s energy and power needs.

The 2025 DoD Energy and Power Summit promises to foster an open and honest dialogue centered around energy resilience, security, and efficiency for defense applications.  DSI’s team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Summits’ content and focus areas, and we assemble the most respected minds in energy and power across military, academia, and industry. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.

Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the Energy & Power communities.

Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.

Influence: Help foster ideas. Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.

DSI’s Summit directly supports DoD & Federal Government priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their organization’s overall mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.

DSI’s Summit will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.

The Summit is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal Government employees and is considered an educational and training forum.

*Summit is closed to press/no recordings*