Energy Supply Chains: Risks & Vulnerabilities Identification Workshop

The aim of this workshop is to discuss and identify risks and vulnerabilities in the energy supply chain.

As global energy demand continues to surge and is projected to rise significantly by 2027, the energy supply chain faces increasing exposure to complex, cascading, and systemic threats. Timely identification and understanding of these threats are critical to preventing disruption and reducing long-term damage.

However, current risk assessment approaches often fall short to capture the diverse concerns, priorities, and interdependencies of the stakeholders involved in the energy ecosystem. This results in fragmented and misaligned mitigation efforts across the energy supply chain. The ResChain project aims to explore these tensions and frictions and better identify core risks and threats in the energy ecosystem, considering diverse views from the energy sector’s stakeholders.

As part of the ResChain project which is being funded by SPRITE+, the Universities of Bournemouth, Warwick, Loughborough, Derby and Aberdeen are organising a workshop in London to bring stakeholders in the energy sector together, and discuss and identify risks and vulnerabilities in the energy supply chain. During this workshop, the energy sector's stakeholders perceptions of risks, interests and concerns, and tensions that will expose critical vulnerabilities in the energy supply chain will be collected. This workshop will be held at Loughborough University's London campus, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3BS, Seminar Room LDN018. Registration is free of charge. Please complete a short registration form here so that the project team can plan the logistics for the day. We will send an email to confirm your attendance. An outline of the agenda is given below:

• 9AM to 9.30AM: Registration.
• 9.30AM to 9.45AM: Welcome and objectives of this workshop (Dr. Sallal, Bournemouth University).
• 9.45AM to 11.15AM: Session 1 - Stakeholder perspectives (Dr. Sallal and Dr. Chuah, Bournemouth University and Aberdeen University).
• 11.15AM to 11.30AM: Coffee break.
• 11.30AM to 1PM: Session 2 - Interests and concerns mapping (Dr. Sallal and Dr. Chuah, Bournemouth University and Aberdeen University).
• 1PM to 2PM: Lunch and networking.
• 2PM to 3.45PM: Session 3 - Scenario challenge (Dr. Hamza, Derby University).
• 3.45PM to 4PM: Coffee break.
• 4PM to 5PM: Session 4 - From tensions to vulnerabilities (Dr. Epiphaniou, Warwick University).
• 5PM to 5.30PM: Next steps (Dr. Epiphaniou and Dr. Sallal, Warwick University and Bournemouth University).