EVENTS
Resilience of UK National Infrastructure
- January 28, 2026 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- The Royal Society and online
Recent events have shown the damage that can be done when there is a lack of resilience in national infrastructure. From a fire at a substation closing Heathrow, to flooding affecting the electricity grid and IT and telecoms issues (accidental or cybercrime) leading to shutdowns. This is not just a UK problem, as we saw when much of Spain and Portugal lost power for a short period in 2025. What are the key threats to our national infrastructure? And how can technology help us understand those threats better, and protect us against them?
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The Rt Hon the Lord Willetts FRS Chair, The Foundation for Science and Technology [Chair] |
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Dan Jarvis MP Minister of State [TBC], Cabinet Office |
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Natalie Black Group Director, Ofcom |
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Professor Peter Bonfield Vice-Chancellor, University of Westminster, and Chair of the FloodReady review |
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Blythe Crawford Director of Grail, Tiberius Aerospace, and adviser to the Alan Turing Institute |
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Joanna Cavan Managing Director, UK Telecoms Lab, National Physical Laboratory |