Different actors may understand resilience very differently. The workshop will explore these differences rather than assume that there is one definition that works for everyone.

Through short presentations, group discussions and scenario-based exercises, we will examine questions such as:

• How do different actors define resilience, and where do their perspectives overlap or differ?

• Which electricity demands become critical, for whom, and after how long?

• How do priorities change depending on the type, duration and scale of a disruption?

• How might factors such as season and temperature affect what is considered critical?

• How do disruptions affect critical infrastructure, industry, public services and households differently?

• What role should regional actors play within national resilience frameworks?

• How should competing priorities such as energy security, sustainability, public acceptance and fairness be handled?

The aim is not necessarily to arrive at one universal definition of resilience. Instead, we want to understand where perspectives align, where they diverge, and what those differences mean for planning and decision-making.

The workshop will contribute to:

• a clearer picture of how different stakeholders understand resilience and critical electricity demand

• a mapping of similarities, differences and potential conflicts between sectors and actors

• a better understanding of how critical demand changes across different disruption scenarios

• a basis for further research and more concrete approaches to regional resilience planning

The programme is preliminary and will be further refined as speakers and participants are confirmed.

Introduction and context

Introduction to the workshop, the Trøndelag case and the relationship between regional and national resilience.

We will also introduce some of the tensions that may shape resilience planning, including energy security, sustainability, public acceptance and fairness.

Stakeholder perspectives on resilience

Short presentations from different parts of the energy system and society will provide contrasting perspectives on what resilience means in practice.

The presentations will be followed by a discussion of where these perspectives overlap, where they differ, and where competing priorities may emerge.

Session 1: Defining resilience

Participants will work in groups to discuss what resilience means in their own context.

We will then bring the perspectives together in plenary and map definitions across a spectrum, looking for common ground as well as important differences.

Break

Session 2: Critical demand and scenario assessment

Participants will work with different disruption scenarios, such as shorter power outages, prolonged disruptions and extreme weather events.

The groups will explore:

• which consumers and services have critical electricity demand

• what types of electricity use are critical

• how flexible different demands may be

• how long different services or activities can tolerate an interruption

• how priorities change between different scenarios

The results will be discussed in plenary, including how they could contribute to a regional framework for resilience planning.

Conclusions and next steps

We will summarise the main findings from the day and discuss how they can be used in further research and resilience planning.

Possible follow-up work includes a workshop report, further stakeholder analysis, policy-oriented work and additional data collection.

The workshop is intended for people who work with, depend on or make decisions about energy systems and critical societal functions.

Relevant participants may include representatives from:

• grid operators and energy companies

• industry and other large electricity users

• municipalities, county authorities and national public authorities

• emergency preparedness, security and civil protection

• transport and telecommunications

• other critical infrastructure and public services

• politics and public administration

• consumer and civil society organisations

• research and academia

You do not need to be an energy-system specialist to participate. One of the purposes of the workshop is precisely to bring different perspectives into the same discussion.