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About the Strategic Conference

In a world where rising demand coincides with geopolitical volatility, capital discipline, technology disruption and growing pressure on infrastructure, the need to examine and discuss the strategic choices that will determine how energy systems perform under stress and how they evolve to meet future needs has never been more critical.

The ADIPEC Strategic Conference responds to this need by focusing on the system-level priorities shaping energy security, economic resilience and long-term growth and competitiveness.

A selection of 2026 ministers and global voices

Securing resilient energy systems across 11 strategic programmes

Energy Security
Energy Security
& Resilience

Explored how governments and industry were strengthening energy security, protecting critical infrastructure and building resilience against disruption in a more volatile operating environment.

Policy Regulation
Policy, Regulation
& Governance

Examined how policy, regulation and governance frameworks could strengthen investment confidence, reduce risk and accelerate delivery across increasingly complex energy markets.

Finance Investment
Finance
& Investment

Examined how investors and developers were mobilising capital, managing risk and financing the infrastructure needed to support long-term energy growth.

AI Technology (2)
AI, Digital
& Technology

Highlighted how AI, digital technologies and applied intelligence were improving operational performance, strengthening resilience and creating competitive advantage across the energy system.

Upstream (1)
Upstream

Explored how upstream leaders were deploying capital, strengthening portfolios and improving execution to sustain supply and competitiveness in a more complex operating environment.

Natural Gas LNG (2)
Natural Gas & LNG

Examined how gas and LNG were reshaping energy security, trade relationships and industrial competitiveness in an increasingly fragmented global market.

Downstream Chemical (2)
Downstream, Chemicals & Industrial Value Chains

Highlighted how refiners, chemical producers and industrial leaders were strengthening margins, securing feedstocks and improving competitiveness across increasingly integrated value chains.

Grids Infrastucture
Grids, Infrastructure & Industrial Execution

Examined why the ability to build, connect and protect infrastructure was becoming as strategically important as the energy it carried.

Clean Power
Clean Power, Molecules & Carbon Management

Explored how clean power, cleaner molecules and carbon management solutions were advancing from ambition to execution through commercially viable projects and infrastructure.

Maritime (2)
Maritime & Logistics

Highlighted how shipping, ports and logistics networks were strengthening trade resilience, safeguarding supply chains and supporting secure global energy flows.

Workforce (3)
Workforce & Skills
Explored how talent, skills and leadership were becoming critical determinants of project delivery, industrial competitiveness and long-term energy growth.
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Join the world’s largest and most influential platform for energy leadership, innovation and investment, and connect with the decision-makers shaping energy security, unlocking opportunity and delivering the systems needed for long-term growth.

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Spanning over 380 sessions, the ADIPEC Conferences will provide an inclusive stage for more than 1,800 speakers to address the most urgent global energy challenges.

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