2025 WIRED Grid Resilience Symposium

The 2025 WIRED Grid Resilience Symposium will take place on August 7–9, 2025, at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This event is organized by the U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid (WIRED Global Center) . It will convene experts and leaders from government, power utilities, industry, academia, and national laboratories to tackle the pressing challenges of grid resilience. Attendees will engage in cutting-edge research discussions, explore innovative solutions, and collaborate on forward-looking strategies to ensure a more reliable and climate-adaptive energy system for the future.

Key Topic

• Extreme Weather: The growing risks from wildfires, heatwaves, and cold snaps that threaten electricity systems.

Other topics of interest include:

• • Cyberattacks: Escalating threats of cyber intrusions targeting electricity systems.
  • Gas and Water Infrastructure Vulnerabilities: The interdependencies between electricity, gas, and water systems and their collective resilience.
  • Data Integrity and Availability: The security and accessibility of critical operational data for grid resilience research and development.
  • Large Electricity Loads: The increasing power demands from AI, cloud computing, and industrial expansion and the impact on grid resilience.
  • Supply Chain and Workforce Resilience: Vulnerabilities in the electricity sector’s supply chain and the growing challenges in maintaining a skilled workforce due to retirement trends and evolving industry demands.