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10/22/2026

We’re proud to have contributed to a new paper on Israel’s preparedness for electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats, published by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University.

Our own Dr. Ehud Ganani is among the paper’s contributors, alongside Dr. LTC (Res.) Uri Ben Yaakov, PhD and experts in national security, disaster preparedness and infrastructure protection.

The paper examines what happens when electricity, communications and other essential systems are disrupted together, and what Israel can do to strengthen its preparedness.

For EIS Council, this work addresses our central responsibility: preparing for disruptions that cross organizational and national boundaries.

10/19/2026

An emergency plan may cover the first 72 hours. What helps people keep going when it lasts for months?

At the Resilient Renewable Society Summit, Professor Małgorzata Zachara-Szymańska spoke about resilience as the ability to operate under constant pressure and learn from other people.

For infrastructure operators, public authorities and community leaders, that raises a practical question: how often do we learn from people outside our own organization?

How did a neighbouring utility keep operating with fewer staff? How did a local business keep deliveries moving when its usual routes were blocked? Their experience could expose gaps in our own plans before we have to rely on them.

10/15/2026

Water, electricity and telecommunications providers plan their systems carefully. But how often do those plans involve the communities they serve?

At our recent Resilient Renewable Society Summit, Michael Bryson, Senior Vice President of Operations at PJM Interconnection, highlighted an opportunity for infrastructure-led organizations:

Work directly with local communities on practical, incremental improvements to resilience.

That means getting specific and asking tough questions. What does the community need to keep functioning during a disruption? Where can utilities and local leaders make progress together today?

Those conversations deserve a place in planning, before an emergency forces everyone into the same room.

Watch Michael’s perspective and write below: which conversation is overdue in your community?

127 earthquakes recorded worldwide today by USGS.*Most were small. But Panama is still dealing with the consequences of ...
10/12/2026

127 earthquakes recorded worldwide today by USGS.*

Most were small. But Panama is still dealing with the consequences of Friday’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake: nearly 900 homes damaged, at least 27 people injured and more than 200 aftershocks.

Damaged bridges now need urgent repairs to help relief reach affected communities.

Earthquake risk also exists in places many people rarely associate with it.

The New Madrid seismic zone spans parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. Its 1811–1812 earthquakes destroyed settlements and temporarily forced part of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

Today, a major earthquake there would threaten infrastructure serving people far beyond the region.

Japan’s 2011 disaster showed how failures can compound. At Fukushima Daiichi, the earthquake cut off grid power. The tsunami then disabled emergency power and critical cooling systems.

A hospital may have backup generators, but how does fuel reach it if bridges are damaged? How do crews restore electricity when communications are down?

These are the connections we need to understand before a disaster hits. They shape EIS Council’s work on resilience and the scenarios explored through the Ginom platform.

Tell us, does your organisation’s emergency plan account for earthquakes?

Claude’s outage lasted roughly an hour. Could your team make its next urgent decision without it?On September 29, Anthro...
10/07/2026

Claude’s outage lasted roughly an hour. Could your team make its next urgent decision without it?

On September 29, Anthropic confirmed a disruption across Claude’s apps, Claude Code, Cowork and API. Users faced problems signing in, starting conversations and uploading files. Some messages sent during the incident may not have been saved.

Now consider that interruption during an unfolding crisis, when teams need to assess information, coordinate across sectors and decide what gets priority.

Could they access the information elsewhere?

Who would assess the options?

What could continue while the service recovered?

Those questions belong in our everyday preparedness planning.

Join Ginom’s live masterclass, “Can We Still Decide?”, with Avner Hilu,Lihi Rotem Ganani, and Yosi Shneck, to discuss crisis decision-making when AI fails.

October 14, 2026 | 11:00 AM EST

11 months without power.Devestating Hurricane Maria showed what happens when an outage outlasts the recovery plan.Here a...
09/30/2026

11 months without power.

Devestating Hurricane Maria showed what happens when an outage outlasts the recovery plan.

Here are three lessons worth carrying forward from the longest blackout in U.S. history that are relevant for every sector.

09/23/2026

At the Resilient Renewable Society Summit, we asked Professor Rosehanna Chowdhury, CEO of the UK Resilience Academy: “When your kids ask what you do at work, how do you explain it?”

“I teach adults how to deal with difficult moments.”
In this clip, she explains why curiosity, kindness and empathy matter when things go wrong.

Thank you, Professor Chowdhury, for chairing our panel on Human Miscalculations and Energy Systems Resilience and guiding such a thoughtful discussion.

That’s a wrap on the 2026 Resilient Renewable Society Summit!Day 1 examined lessons from crises society has already live...
09/17/2026

That’s a wrap on the 2026 Resilient Renewable Society Summit!

Day 1 examined lessons from crises society has already lived through. Day 2 asked participants to turn those lessons into decisions, partnerships and practical next steps.

Today’s workshops and Ginom simulation fed into one final conversation: where are the biggest barriers to delivery, what can move forward now, and how do we keep the work going after the summit?

Dr Ji-Eun Byun, Lihi Rotem Ganani and Amb. Ronen Hoffman PhD brought two packed and insightful days to a close.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, took part in the conversation, and contributed; to our sponsors PJM Interconnection and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC); and to our partners at the Centre for Active Resilience and Security and the Department of Imperial Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London

We leave London with new connections, insights, and more motivation to continue working together.

Up next at RRS: what happens when disruption reaches a supplier you did not even know you relied on?Bob Kolasky, Senior ...
09/17/2026

Up next at RRS: what happens when disruption reaches a supplier you did not even know you relied on?

Bob Kolasky, Senior Vice President for Critical Infrastructure at Exiger, will open this afternoon’s simulation with a look at AI, supply chains and the hidden dependencies behind critical functions.

Then Dr Ehud Ganani, Avner Hilu and Lihi Rotem Ganani of Ginom will put the ideas from Day 1 and this morning’s workshops under pressure.

Participants will make decisions under uncertainty and see how each choice affects complex, interconnected systems.

Time to test the plans.

Day 2, here we go.Yesterday, the RRS Summit focused on what past crises have taught us. Today at Imperial College London...
09/17/2026

Day 2, here we go.

Yesterday, the RRS Summit focused on what past crises have taught us. Today at Imperial College London, we ask what can we do with those lessons.

After opening reflections from Professor Washington Yotto Ochieng, CBE, EBS, CEng, FREng, FCGI Ochieng and Amb. Dr רונן הופמן - Ronen Hoffman PhD, Jim Robb, President and CEO of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), will set the scene for a day focused on implementation.

Participants will move into workshops on natural hazard preparedness, financing resilient energy systems, and resilience to cyber and AI-related threats.

This afternoon, those ideas will be tested in a live Ginom simulation before we finish by identifying what can move forward through working groups and partnerships.

Stay tuned!

With thanks to our sponsors, PJM Interconnection and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).

In collaboration with the Centre for Active Resilience and Security and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London

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