Sustainability & Trust: How is the energy sector addressing renewable energy and cyber resilience together?

Connected economy, energy network availability and the internet are the three most critical infrastructures. The fourth Industrial revolution is bringing more and more digital businesses into the game, which raises questions on their cyber resilience and digital readiness. Sustainable development goals are opening up the energy market to new market players/providers, with green energy, helping countries to reach their CO2 emission goal.

A transition to a more inclusive, sustainable, affordable, and secure global energy system that addresses global challenges while creating value is needed. This must be done without upsetting the balance of the “energy triangle”: security and access; environmental sustainability; and economic development and growth. At the same time, new challenges emerge in power systems across the globe and require dedicated attention from the industry and policy makers regardless of how advanced a system is in its energy transition. Two challenges are particularly relevant:

• the energy transition impact of decentralization, renewables and fossil phase-out on short term stability and long-term system adequacy,
• trends in cyber threats and attacks

Expected speakers:
Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Roberto Bocca, Head of Shaping the Future of Energy & Materials, Head of Partner Engagement Europe & N. America, Member of the Exec. Committee, World Economic Forum
Andre Kudelski, Chairman & CEO Kudelski Group / Chairman Innosuisse
M Benoît Revaz, Director, Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug, Power Systems Laboratory, ETH Zürich
Mr. Claudio Facchin, CEO, ABB Power Grids 

Moderator:
Georges De Moura, Head of Industry Solutions, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum

Contact person:
Christophe Nicolas, kudelski_AM20_cyberenergy@nagra.com