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Future of Defense: The Resource Battlefield

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
5:30pm - 7:30pm

Dirty Habit
555 8th St NW

Washington, DC 20004

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Controlling raw resources, boosting domestic manufacturing capabilities, and advancing technologies like AI and autonomous weapons have become key strategies for national security. Understanding that these capabilities will shape battlefield outcomes for years to come, militaries feel immense pressure to find innovative ways to succeed at these complex tasks. 


Join Axios for an event in Washington, D.C., looking at how mounting competition to lead in resource acquisition, defense production and technological innovation are shaping current and future defense strategies on the global stage. We’ll look at how governments, the defense tech industry and service members are thinking about these shifts, and what the impacts will be both on and off the battlefield.

Axios Future of Defense reporter Colin Demarest will host one-on-one conversations with:

Kathleen L. Barrón

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Constellation

*View From the Top segment moderated by Jon Otto

Jason Bordoff

Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs

Jeremy Harrell

CEO, ClearPath

 Heather Reams

President, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

The Honorable Brian Babin

Representative, Texas' 36th Congressional District
Chairman, House Science, Space, & Technology Committee

 

The Honorable Zoe Lofgren

Representative, California's 18th Congressional District
Ranking Member, House Science, Space, & Technology Committee

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The Honorable Brian Babin

Representative, Texas' 36th Congressional District
Chairman, House Science, Space, & Technology Committee

 

The Honorable Zoe Lofgren

Representative, California's 18th Congressional District
Ranking Member, House Science, Space, & Technology Committee

The Honorable Madeleine Dean

Representative, Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District
Member, House Appropriations and Foreign Affairs Committees

The Honorable Pat Fallon

Representative, Texas' 4th Congressional District
Chairman, Military Personnel Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee
Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Committee on Oversight and Government Accountability

The Honorable Mike Rounds

Senator, South Dakota
Member, Senate Appropriations, Armed Services, Intelligence, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Indian Affairs Committees

Ken Merriam

Managing Director, Supply Chain & Operations, Data and AI, Accenture

View From the Top moderated by Axios' Jon Otto

Additional speakers to be announced.

Dirty Habit
555 8th St NW

Washington, DC 20004

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The health and safety of our event attendees is our top priority. We will be implementing policies and procedures based on the latest guidance from federal, state, and local health officials on preventing the transmission of COVID-19, and admission to the event is subject to those guidelines.

 

We will require all attendees to provide valid proof of vaccination and follow all other safety protocols as directed. You will be asked to provide your proof of vaccination at the door. Any attendee unable to provide proof of vaccination will not be allowed to enter the event.

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