Resilience First is delighted to partner with The Resilience Shift to present this timely event on sharing resilience best practice in the utility sector. The Resilience Shift, will present their work on developing a holistic approach to improve the resilience of the urban water system – sharing best practice and lessons learned. Key sector leaders from the power and water industries will offer their thoughts and assessments. A speaker from Ofgem will offer a regulator’s view of resilience planning.
The event will begin with a general briefing and be followed by a senior business leaders’ dinner. The briefing will be open to members and associates.
Speakers:
Martin Shouler, The Resilience Shift / Arup
David Wright, Director Electricity and Group Electricity Chief Engineer, National Grid
Richard Aylard, External Affairs and Sustainability Director, Thames Water
Min Zhu, Deputy Director, Electricity Transmission, Systems & Networks, Ofgem
Dinner Guest Speaker:
Basil Scarsella, Chief Executive Officer, UK Power Networks
Hosted by The Resilience Shift at Arup.
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