ResChain: Help us Shape a Resilient Energy Supply Chain

As global energy demand continues to surge, 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. They fail to reflect the diverse concerns, priorities, and interdependencies of the many stakeholders involved in the energy ecosystem. This results in fragmented and misaligned mitigation efforts across the supply chain. Part of our session is to explore these tensions and frictions and better identify core risks and threats in the energy ecosystem, considering diverse views from our participants.

By engaging in this initiative, you will gain the following:

• Understand how threat events and incidents in your area could directly impact your operations.
• Identify your organisation’s critical dependencies on local infrastructure and utilities.
• Better understand the threat and risk landscape from different stakeholders' perspectives.
• Network with academia, industry and government on the challenges and opportunities of proactive risk assessment and defence in the energy sector.

Data privacy note

Our research involves anonymous surveys that will be conducted in-person during the impact workshop. No one will be able to link your survey response back to you. Your response to the survey will not be linked to your computer, email address, or other electronic identifiers. Please do not include your name, organisation name, company address, product details, and other information that could identify you in your survey response. You can skip questions that you do not want to answer. Information collected for this study will be analysed, and a summary of results will be published and possibly presented at scientific meetings.

Acknowledgement of funding

The research team from Bournemouth University, Loughborough University, University of Warwick, University of Derby and University of Aberdeen is receiving funding from the Security, Privacy, Identity, Trust, Engagement NetworkPlus (SPRITE+) to organise the impact workshop and conduct the study.