BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:761888383ad6357404c9731d9c215bcb DTSTAMP:20260624T151605Z SUMMARY:Resilient and Renewable Society (RRS) Summit DESCRIPTION:Registration page\n\n\nDate: 16-17th September 2026 \n\n\nT ime: 09.00 to 17.00 \n\n\nLocation:\n \n\n\n\n\nDay 1 – 16th September \, Plenary session\, Royal Society\, SW1Y 5AG \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2 – 17t h September\, Extreme events exercise and workshops\, EEE Building\, Imp erial College London\, SW7 2AZ\n \n\n\n\nThe Resilient\, Renewable Societ y (RRS) Summit is a two-day conference that brings together leaders from academia\, NGOs\, government\, policy\, and the private sector to learn f rom recent crises\, stress-test future scenarios\, and shape resilience st rategies together. Across three thematic sessions\, the global summit expl ores resilience in natural disasters\, energy system disruption\, and emer ging threats\, with particular attention to whole-of-society approaches\, critical infrastructure\, Low- or Middle-Income Country (LMIC) perspective s\, and the links between resilience\, security\, and public trust. \n\n\ n \n\n\nFrom catastrophic floods and blackouts to cyber attacks and “ unthinkable” crises\, today’s risks are interconnected and fast-moving . RRS Summit on 16-17th September 2026 in London\, is a global\, cross-s ector conference designed for hands-on collaboration. It will bring togeth er global and local voices to turn those challenges into shared solutions.  Delivered by Imperial College London’s Centre for Active Resilience an d Security (CARS)\, EIS Council and the leading partner organisations in t he resilience arena\, the Summit brings together years of experience in ad dressing some of the most complex challenges facing society today. \n\n\n  \n\n\nDAY 1 at Royal Society: What are the painful societal resilience l essons we’ve learned? What do they tell us about our future\, and what can we do about it?\n \n\n\nSession One – Natural Disaster Preparedn ess – will explore how societies can strengthen preparedness for clima te-related and other natural hazards before disruption occurs. It focuses on the relationships between risk governance\, local adaptive capacity \, critical infrastructure\, community resilience\, and public prepa redness.  \n\n\n \n\n\nSession Two – Human Miscalculations and Ene rgy Systems Resilience – will explore how human error\, governance fa ilures\, planning assumptions\, and system complexity can amplify disrupti on across energy systems\, public services\, and communities. It will exam ine resilience not only as a technical problem\, but also as a question of leadership\, coordination\, finance\, public trust\, the design of public services\, and place-based approaches.  \n\n\n \n\n\nSession Three  – Manmade Hazards\, Emerging Threats\, and Geopolitical Risk – will co nsider how emerging threats challenge societal and infrastructure resilie nce. It explores how resilience frameworks must adapt to a threat environm ent shaped by digital dependence\, strategic competition\, and increasingl y interconnected systems.  \n\n\n \n\n\nSession Four – Pulling the T hreads Together – will draw together the major themes of the day to r eflect on what resilience should mean in practice for societies undergoing environmental\, technological\, and geopolitical change. \nDAY 2 at Impe rial College: From Challenge to Implementation: Workshops\, Simulation\, a nd Summit Action\nParallel Workshops\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nWorkshop Track 1 Nat ural Disaster Preparedness  \n\n\nWorkshop Track 2 Energy Systems Resili ence   \n\n\nWorkshop Track 3 Emerging Threats / Cyber / Geopolitical R isk \n \n\n\nSimulation Exercise: Stress-Testing Resilience \n \n\n\nT he simulation tests how well the lessons from Day 1 and the ideas generate d in the workshops hold up under time pressure\, uncertainty\, and interde pendent system stress. It encourages participants to think across sectoral silos and examine decision-making\, communications\, coordination\, and e scalation pathways.  \n \n\n\nImplementing the Vision: Implementing Gro up reporting back from the workshops and simulation exercises\nSynthesis f rom Workshop Facilitators and simulation findings on emergency communicati ons\, resilience and redundancy\, and capabilities.\nConfirmed speakers in clude:\n\nProfessor Emma Howard Boyd\, Former Chair of the Environment Age ncy and Chair of the National Heat Risk Commission\nProfessor Rosehanna Ch owdhury\, CEO of the UK Resilience Academy\nRick Cudworth\, Board and Exec utive Director of Resilience First\nProfessor Caroline Field\, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Centre for Whole of Society Resilience\nHelen Goul den OBE\, Innovation & Partnerships Lead at Lloyds Banking Group\nHannah G urga\, Director General of the ABI\nLord Toby Harris\, Chair\, National Pr eparedness Commission\nMatt Killick\, Chief Operating Officer\, St John Am bulance\nProfessor Jerry John Kponyo\, Director / Office of Grants and Research\, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology\nAmb. Dr Ho ffman Ronen\, President of EIS Council\nProfessor Bryan Wells\, Chair of t he Board of Directors of the von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics\nProfe ssor Joseph Awetori Yaro\, Provost of the College of Humanities and Profes sor of Human Geography\, University of Ghana \nProfessor Małgorzata Zacha ra-Szymańska\, Jagiellonian University \n\nSpaces are limited and early registration is advised.  You can register for your free place by follow ing the link below. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming you to the event! \n\n\n \n\n\nWarm regards\, \n\n\nImperial College Centre for Active Resilience and Security (CARS) / EIS Council  \nRegistratio n page\n\n\n  URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/209098/resilient-and-renewable-societ y-rrs-summit/ DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260917T170000 LOCATION:Day 1 – Royal Society\, Day 2 - Imperial College London\, Carlto n House Terrace\, London\, SW1Y 5AG\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260916T090000 TZNAME:BST TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR