Resilience and the interdependencies between critical infrastructure
As the incidence of extreme weather events increases, utilities and other providers of critical national infrastructure need to plan, invest and respond in new ways. Yet at the same time, increasing digital complexities and converging dependence on power are making it harder to confidently invest for future resilience. This session will explore the risks to critical national infrastructure posed by today’s changing world, and explore how utilities are responding. We will cover topic including:
- Understanding interdependencies and systems thinking
- How digital twins and digital innovation can help overcome complexity
- Challenges arising from growing digital complexity
- Planning for emergency scenarios – including extreme weather
- Building sustainable and resilient communities
- Water resource and energy supply planning for a resilient future
Chair: Jane Gray, Content director, Utility Week
Panel:
Cathryn Ross, Director of strategy and external affairs, Thames Water
Mark Enzer OBE, Deputy chair, digital twin hub – connected places catapult and strategic advisor, Mott MacDonald
James Heath, Chief executive, National Infrastructure Commission
Molly Strauss, Head of infrastructure, GLA
Professor Roger Kemp, Lancaster University (author Storm Desmond Resilience Failure Report)
