FME NTRANS Resilience Workshop 2026
6 November 2026 | Trondheim, Norway
(Exact hours to be confirmed)

What needs to keep working when the power system is under pressure?

The answer depends on who you ask.

For a household, a short power outage may be an inconvenience. For industry, transport, telecommunications or other critical services, the consequences can look very different. Grid operators, energy companies, businesses, public authorities and end users may also have different ideas about what resilience means and which demands should be prioritised during shortages or power outages.

On 6 November, FME NTRANS will bring together around 40–50 participants in Trondheim to explore these questions, using Trøndelag as a case study.

The workshop will bring perspectives from across the energy system and society into the same room. Together, we will examine how different actors understand resilience, what they consider critical electricity demand, and how factors such as the duration of an outage, season and temperature affect those priorities.

The aim is not simply to arrive at one universal definition. We want to understand where perspectives differ, where they overlap, and what those differences mean for planning and decision-making.

The workshop will contribute to:

• a clearer picture of how different stakeholders define resilience, what they consider critical electricity demand, and when those demands become critical
• a mapping of where perspectives align and where they diverge across sectors
• a basis for further research and more concrete approaches to resilience planning

The detailed programme will be developed further in dialogue with participants. We therefore also welcome suggestions about questions, challenges and perspectives that should be addressed during the workshop.

The workshop is organised by FME NTRANS – Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies.

Interested in participating?

Register your interest and tell us which questions you think the workshop should address.

Places are limited. Registering your interest means you would like to take part; participation will be confirmed separately.

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