GRIDS, INFRASTRUCTURE & INDUSTRIAL EXECUTION

This programme addresses the physical delivery side of the energy system: the grids, pipelines, terminals, storage, supply chains and project delivery models that determine whether energy reaches market reliably and at scale. In an environment where rising demand is colliding with geopolitical disruption and strained delivery capacity, the ability to build, connect and protect infrastructure has become as strategically important as the energy it carries.

Senior leaders from utilities, grid operators, infrastructure developers, EPC contractors, midstream operators, port and terminal operators, technology providers and investors involved in the planning, financing, construction or operation of energy infrastructure. The programme is designed for decision-makers responsible for capital allocation, project delivery and operational resilience across both conventional and emerging energy systems.

Global energy demand is rising at a pace that existing infrastructure was not designed to handle, and recent geopolitical disruption has exposed how quickly systems optimised for efficiency can be overwhelmed. Grids are congested, midstream capacity is falling behind production, equipment lead times have stretched from months to years, and critical energy facilities have come under direct pressure. At the same time, new sources of demand, particularly data centres and industrial electrification, are placing additional strain on networks already operating at capacity.

Sessions span energy resilience and supply diversity, power demand growth, midstream and grid infrastructure, energy storage, demand-side flexibility, offshore infrastructure repurposing, EPC and project delivery models, critical minerals and supply chain strategy, and the protection of critical energy assets, including cybersecurity.

The events of 2026 have demonstrated that infrastructure resilience is not a future consideration but an immediate operational reality. Energy systems that had invested in diversified supply routes, storage capacity and resilient infrastructure absorbed the disruption; those that had not were exposed. At the same time, structural demand growth shows no sign of slowing, and the ability to deliver new capacity is constrained by equipment shortages, workforce gaps and permitting timelines that have not kept pace. The window between what the energy system needs and what it can currently deliver is widening, and the decisions being taken now on grid investment, project delivery models, supply chain strategy and infrastructure protection will determine whether that gap closes or continues to gro