The Annual Energy Summit was a conference held by the top leaders of GDI, as well as experts in the fields of science, economics, and military to consult within deciding policy. Because of its importance, news agencies sent reporters to follow up on the event. The 2047 Summit was used by the Brotherhood of Nod as a way of eliminating GDI's top leaders by destroying the space station with a Nuclear Missile that was used somwhere in Egypt.