2026 Agenda

This full-day, interactive masterclass is designed for asset owners, operators, risk and resilience leads, and digital/analytics professionals who need to understand how to gather, validate, and structure climate and operational data, and translate it into credible scenarios for actionable decision-making. 

Through speed presentations from domain experts, hands-on exercises and exposure to real-world case studies, participants will learn how to identify high-quality data sources, assess data reliability, construct robust climate and operational scenarios, and link insights to operational, investment, and asset lifecycle decisions. 

Participants are invited to bring in a sample of their own data with which to apply the concepts and techniques presented (through the CSIRO Foresight Platform). 

With this event, we encourage two-way learning. 

Learning outcomes: 

• How to identify and collect the right climate and operational datasets for your assets
• What are the critical assumptions about assets required for physical climate risk assessments
• How to select credible climate and operational scenarios relevant to asset risk, performance, and investment planning
• Translate scenario outputs into operational triggers through hazard impacts for CAPEX/OPEX prioritisation, and lifecycle strategies
• Things to consider when selecting and evaluating tools for asset management and assessment under physical climate risk
• Apply scenario frameworks to improve decision-making under uncertainty across operations and capital planning
• Recognise common pitfalls in physical climate risk assessments and develop confidence around applying climate risk to your assets  

• Why traditional risk quantification and ‘expected value’ thinking often fail in climate-stressed infrastructure
• How probabilistic models can be translated into actionable governance and contingency strategies
• Common pitfalls for asset owners and practical ways to avoid them, from optimism bias to uncorrelated assumptions 

• Where governance structures and risk processes break down 
• Why resilience must be framed as a financial and balance sheet issue, not a sustainability narrative, to compete for investment 
• How risk leaders can shift from reporting exposure to telling decision-relevant stories that drive action across boards, executives and frontline teams  

• Defining clear ownership and accountability for climate and operational resilience initiatives 
• Setting measurable metrics and KPIs to track progress and outcomes across the organisation
• Establishing realistic timelines and milestones to implement strategies and monitor result

• Translating climate scenarios into actionable operational thresholds
• Leveraging early warning systems to improve response speed
• Establishing clear accountability for rapid decision-making 

• Identifying the assets that most influence resilience and performance
• Converting sensor and maintenance data into frontline decision support
• Using real-time insights to optimise investment and reduce avoidable risk 

• Updating maintenance strategies to reflect emerging climate realities
• Using dynamic criticality to prioritise investment and reduce lifecycle risk
• Strengthening asset reliability and financial performance through adaptation 

• Integrating climate risk considerations into asset design, procurement, and maintenance planning 
• Aligning lifecycle strategies with operational resilience, regulatory expectations, and sustainability goals 
• Using structured processes and evidence-based frameworks to ensure assets remain resilient over time  

• Evaluating trade-offs to improve financial performance
• Integrating climate risk into asset management and valuation
• Demonstrating ROI from resilience investments 

• Cutting to what matters: what to do when exposure assessments all disagree 
• Connecting asset headroom to adaptation planning 
• Embedding climate risk into capital planning and decision-making
• Integrating climate, carbon and nature  

• Practical frameworks to guide decisions on upgrading, replacing, or retiring assets facing climate and operational risks 
• How to integrate insights from financial analysis (OPEX/CAPEX, ROI) into defensible operational decisions 
• Real-world examples of tough decisions: trade-offs, stakeholder alignment, and prioritisation under uncertainty

• When to use CAPEX vs insurance vs blended finance: practical decision rules for CFOs and asset owners
• How parametric products, resilience bonds, and contingent capital structures reduce volatility and improve bankability
• What lenders and insurers actually need to see to price resilience and lower cost of capital  

• Converting climate risk insights into projects that attract internal and external capital 
• What makes a risk “decision-relevant” for boards, investors, lenders and insurers 
• Structuring business cases that stack up across resilience, returns and risk transfer 
• Navigating challenges from uncertain or incomplete data when presenting risks to investors, including implications for unlisted or remote assets.  

• How digital twins and spatial intelligence are helping asset owners understand climate exposure across complex infrastructure networks 
• Integrating geospatial data, asset models and climate projections to support more informed capital planning 
• Turning climate risk insights into practical investment decisions that strengthen long-term asset resilience  

• Examining how single-point asset failures trigger cascading operational and financial impacts across sectors 
• Practical approaches to modelling interdependencies and systemic exposure.
• Governance and capital prioritisation decisions when resilience must be coordinated across organisations 

• Identifying where assumptions, processes, or systems didn’t perform as expected, and analysing key takeaways for future planning 
• Highlighting lessons learned from sector-wide incidents, anonymised case studies, or forensic reviews 
• Translating insights into actionable improvements in governance, operations, and resilience planning  

• Developing training, skills, and cross-functional coordination to strengthen operational resilience 
• Ensuring teams can respond effectively to climate signals and disruptions across assets and systems 
• Embedding organisational processes and culture to prevent workforce constraints from limiting resilience  

• Key regulatory expectations for managing climate-related risks and reporting across sectors 
• Understanding emerging liability risks linked to operational failures, non-compliance, and climate-related disclosures 
• Strategies for asset owners to mitigate regulatory and liability exposure while maintaining operational resilience 
• Discussing data quality, assurance, and reporting implications for climate-related disclosures across assets. 

• Emerging regulatory changes and compliance expectations that may affect asset owners and operators 
• Market trends and investor expectations influencing climate resilience and operational strategies 
• Key climate risks and signals organisations should monitor to stay ahead of disruption