The annual convening cycle of the Centre for Economic Security
The Future of
Security.
A three-year programme through which CES convenes the ecosystems, tests the framework, and moves the Preparedness Economy forward — with published outcomes at each step.
Introduction
Not a conference. A programme.
The Future of Security is CES's annual convening cycle. Each year brings together senior figures across government, financial institutions, industry, academia and civil society around a set of shared strategic questions — and each year produces published outcomes that shape what happens next.
The process is deliberately iterative. Foundations laid in one year become the input for the next. Outputs from convenings flow into the ecosystem architecture set out in the Bush House Agreement. Delivery accelerates as trust between the ecosystems deepens, and as the framework moves from principle to instrument.
From framework to delivery.
The 2027 Future of Security process moves the focus from framework to operation. Emphasis shifts to who does what within each of the six ecosystems — with governments, financial institutions and industry participating as accountable delivery partners rather than as observers.
Dates, venue and full programme to be announced in early 2027.
- British Investment Compact — from principle to first pilots
- ASTA operating model — the intelligence architecture
- DSR Bank & Sovereign Resilience Fund pipeline
- Productive Security Capability Coordinators — regional pilots
- Public Information Institute — founding partners
- Economic COBRA — CES's own operating model
The framework is agreed.
The 2026 Future of Security Conference took place at Bush House, King's College London, on 29–30 June, co-convened by the King's College London Economic Competition and Conflict Research Group (ECCRG) and CES. Its outcome — the Bush House Agreement — establishes ten Draft Articles of Productive Security and the six ecosystems through which they will be delivered.
The Agreement is now open for public consultation and endorsement. It is the foundation on which the 2027 cycle will build.
- Draft Articles of Productive Security (the ten Articles)
- The six-ecosystem delivery architecture
- CES named as the Operational Delivery Ecosystem (Economic COBRA)
- Endorsement mechanism — now open
- Working paper series — commissioned
The inaugural Future of Security.
The inaugural convening set the intellectual and practical foundations for what would become the Bush House Agreement. Outputs — the Sovereign Resilience Fund, Security & Resilience Technologies Ltd, the CES Manifesto papers, and a £68m pipeline of productive-security investment — moved the conversation from principle to instrument.
These outputs remain in active development as part of the wider ecosystem, and are preserved in the 2025 archive.
- Sovereign Resilience Fund (SRF) — established
- Security & Resilience Technologies Ltd — spun out
- CES Manifesto: The Preparedness Economy
- CES Manifesto: Economic Warfare in the 21st Century
- CES Manifesto: The Machinery of Economic Warfare
- £68m investment pipeline for productive-security ventures
Support the process
Sponsors, delivery partners & working members.
The Future of Security programme depends on sustained partnership from those committed to the Preparedness Economy. Sponsors and delivery partners shape the programme and gain first access to the outputs.
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