The European Resilience Agenda
Event summary
Convening senior voices to discuss how security, climate, and competitiveness go together to strengthen European resilience. Co-hosted by Systemiq, the University of Oxford, Clingendael Institute, the Systems Transformations Hub (STH) and Cleantech for Europe.
The discussion will be anchored by contributions from:
Kadri Simson | Former European Commissioner for Energy
Markku Markkula | Vice President, European Committee of the Regions
Janez Potočnik | Former European Commissioner for the Environment and for Science and Research; Partner, Systemiq; Co-founder, STH
Speakers include:
Jonathan Barth | Chair, Geostrategic Europe Taskforce; Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute
Timothy Clack | Associate Professor, University of Oxford; Director, Climate Change and (In)Security Project
Hannes de Reu | Major; Climate Change and Policy Advisor, Belgian Ministry of Defence
Greg de Temmerman | Director, Deeptech and Spin-Off Excellence, Techleap
Joseph Dellatte | Head of Energy and Climate Studies; Resident Fellow, Institut Montaigne
Sandrine Dixson-Declève | Executive Chair, Earth4All; Global Ambassador, Club of Rome; Co-founder, STH
Phil Doyle | Managing Director, SDCL
Rebecca Harding | CEO, Centre for Economic Security
Katarina Kertysova | Research Associate, CCIP (tbc)
Paul Shearing | Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of Oxford; Director, the ZERO Institute
Louise van Schaik | Head EU & Global Affairs and Planetary Security Initiative, Clingendael Institute
Victor van Hoorn | Executive Director, Cleantech for Europe
Fonger Ypma | CEO and Founder, Arctic Reflections
Peter Hulshof | Partner, Systemiq
About the European Resilience Agenda
The European Resilience Agenda aims to amplify strategic approaches to help Europe respond to converging security, climate, and competitiveness challenges. Not as separate missions, but as one dynamically linked resilience agenda. This event will bring conversations between leading voices to discuss real-world solutions, barriers and policy for resilience across critical domains and value chains.
Why this matters now
Europe’s ability to withstand shocks, deter hostile pressure, and stay economically competitive will depend on how well we align capabilities, technology, value chains and finance across these priorities.
Agenda and key discussions (preliminary)
Welcome, the Resilience Agenda, and opening keynote(s)
Expert panel: Energy security
How to power industry, households and militaries securely and affordably? What is the role for cleantech innovation and infrastructure investment? What is the role of energy flexibility? Where do civilian and military objectives coincide or diverge? What are Europe’s new dependency risks?
Expert panel: Economic security and competitiveness
How do we understand current supply chain vulnerabilities and build the right mix of policy instruments for industrial policy? What is the role of “made in/with Europe” and local content requirements, the EU single market, diversification, and strategic reserves?
Expert panel: Arctic security
What are the stakes? What are the strategic resources and minerals, infrastructure priorities, emerging shipping lanes and climate instability risks? What can Europe do to reinforce resilience and security in the region?
Fireside chat: Local resilience
How do we make resilience work on the ground? What is the role of local leadership? How can European and national policy better support communities? What solutions exist, and what do they need to scale?
Closing keynote and remarks
Reception
Co-hosts and accompanying publications
The European Resilience Agenda is co-hosted by Systemiq, the University of Oxford, Clingendael Institute, the Systems Transformations Hub and Cleantech for Europe. The event marks the launch of two publications: a research paper on the Resilience Nexus and a white paper setting out an emerging European Resilience Agenda.
Any questions please contact: [email protected]