RSVP - Scenario game workshop

“Securing Europe’s energy transition:

a scenario game on battery storage and resilience”

EIES, Zurich Insurance and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) are pleased to invite you to a Chatham House Rule scenario game exercise on Europe’s energy battery storage.

Battery storage is becoming a core pillar of Europe’s energy security, integrating renewable energy, ensuring grid stability, and supporting industrial resilience as Europe decarbonises its economy. At the same time, battery storage technologies face disruptive risks, making it essential to identify resilience measures and embed them into policy and business choices from the outset. This is precisely what this workshop aims to address.

The scenario game will simulate a range of risks that could affect Europe’s energy system, including natural catastrophes, cyber‑attacks, geopolitical shocks, and technical incidents. Guided by a panel of experts, participants will explore the implications of these risks, including potential cascading impacts and escalation dynamics. Working in small breakout groups, they will discuss possible responses, identify opportunities for collaboration across institutions, the private sector and European countries, and test decision‑making under uncertainty and the need for trade‑offs.

The game will offer a taste of the challenges involved in navigating major risks to Europe’s existing and future energy infrastructure, with a focus on battery storage and in assessing their potential cascading impacts on decarbonisation, security, and competitiveness. It will also provide an opportunity to design and stress‑test solutions focused on risk prevention, adaptation, security‑building, and public‑private coordination. Ultimately, the exercise will underscore the importance of resilient, secure energy infrastructure for achieving Europe’s growth, security, and climate goals.

  • 📅 Date: Monday, 8 June 2026, 14:00-17:30

  • 📍 Location: Sofitel, Place Jourdan 1, 1040 Brussels

Preliminary Agenda

  • 14:00 – 14:30 ☕ Registrations and coffee

  • 14:30 – 14:45 ⏰ Welcome

    • Zurich Insurance

    • Petya Barzilska, Head of Policy & Research, EIES

  • 14:45 – 15:00 🗣️ Introduction to scenario game

    • Nathalie  Wlodarczyk, Managing Director, Gatehouse Partners

  • 15:00 – 15:55 ⚡Scenario game: round 1

  • 15:55 – 16:05 🔔 Break

  • 16:05 – 17:00 ⚡Scenario game: round 2

  • 17:00 – 17:10 🎤 Takeaways by Monika Zsigri, Head of Unit, Energy Security and Safety, European Commission (TBC)

  • 17:10 – 17:20 ✅ Takeaways by Tsvetelina Penkova, Member of the European Parliament (TBC)

  • From 17:20 🏁 Concluding remarks by Zurich and networking apéro

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