Midwest Summit: Energy - November 2025

Description

Midwest Energy Summit

Powering Progress: Innovation, Policy and the Future of Energy

The choices we make today around energy affect every business, every community and every family across the Midwest. Growing demand, rapid innovation and shifting policy are reshaping how we work, how we live and how we plan for the future.  

The Midwest Energy Summit brings together the people who are leading this transformation, and the people it impacts most: you. This is where business leaders, policymakers and innovators converge to tackle the big questions: 

• How does energy innovation create new opportunities for your company and your workforce? 
• What policies and investments will shape the economic future of our region? 
• How do we balance growth, security and sustainability in a rapidly changing landscape? 

Through keynote insights, expert panels and TedX-style talks, you’ll gain practical knowledge about the trends shaping energy, like grid modernization, advanced technologies and workforce demands. More importantly, you’ll leave with connections and strategies you can apply immediately in your organization and community. 

Discover the role energy plays in driving innovation, fueling economic growth and securing the future of the Midwest. By attending, you’ll see the bigger picture, understand the local impact and walk away ready to lead where it matters most. 

Introduction

Shannon Full, President and CEO, FMWF Chamber

Panel: Energy as the Engine of Innovation

Keynote: Policy and National Security

Innovative Insights

Nuclear Energy as the Future

Innovative Insights

Energy Growth and the Impact on Workforce

Innovative Insights

Climate Resistance and Extreme Weather

Closing 

Shannon Full, President and CEO, FMWF Chamber