SAS-191 Research Technical Course on

Nordic Pine 2024: Hybrid Threats to Renewable Energy Systems

To be held in Washington, DC, United States

19 September 2024

This Research Technical Course (RTC) is open to citizens from NATO nations, Australia and Japan. 

Deadline to Register: 31 August 2024

 Scientific Objectives:

The overall objective for the course is to organize one multi-day course at three different sites transferring practical knowledge and recent field developments through on-site instructor training or lectures to military decision makers. Renewable energy systems are becoming a growing part of the energy mix in more and more countries around the world. Traditional energy systems based on fossil and nuclear sources are based in mature and well analysed systems of governmental control, security analysis and experience and is well protected against adversaries. Another objective is to further cooperation between primarily Finland and Sweden but also other Nordic/Baltic NATO-countries (Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). The training objectives are to exercise hybrid incidents towards renewable energy systems within the areas of Cyber / Supply chain / Malign influence.

Scientific Topics to be Discussed:

Cyber Threats – Cyber Security
• Cyberattack towards SCADA-systems
• Malware in ERP-systems
• Insiders
• Combinations of natural disaster and hacker attacks
• Combined cyber-attacks and physical/kinetic sabotage

Supply Chain Risks
• Sabotage/disruptive attacks on fuel supply, supply routes, critical infrastructure, telecommunications
• IoT aspects/impact to power consumption/distribution in relation to grid balancing. What does internet connected devices (such as EV chargers etc.) mean to the stability of the grid?
• Command, control and communication, interdependencies in the energy system as a whole (central, regional, local) or between different sources of energy
• Perturbations causing delays or disruptions in the transport system leading to lack of critical goods and material
• Lack of fuel, gas, crude oil, forest
• Supply of critical material, components, equipment, chemicals, vehicles etc.

Malign Influence
• Misinformation, influence operations and deception
• False information causing social unrest
• Malign influence operations with purpose of smearing and degrading a certain renewable energy source e.g., maritime wind power

Registration:

Deadline to register is 31 August 2024.

The General Information Package (GIP) will be visible and ready to download on this event page after your registration has been validated by the Lecture Series and Technical Courses Department.

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Event programme to follow soon!

SAS-191 Research Technical Course on

Nordic Pine 2024: Hybrid Threats to Renewable Energy Systems

To be held in Jönköping, Sweden

24-26 September 2024

This Research Technical Course (RTC) is open to citizens from NATO nations, Australia and Japan. 

Deadline to Register: 31 August 2024

 Scientific Objectives:

The overall objective for the course is to organize one multi-day course at three different sites transferring practical knowledge and recent field developments through on-site instructor training or lectures to military decision makers. Renewable energy systems are becoming a growing part of the energy mix in more and more countries around the world. Traditional energy systems based on fossil and nuclear sources are based in mature and well analysed systems of governmental control, security analysis and experience and is well protected against adversaries. Another objective is to further cooperation between primarily Finland and Sweden but also other Nordic/Baltic NATO-countries (Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). The training objectives are to exercise hybrid incidents towards renewable energy systems within the areas of Cyber / Supply chain / Malign influence.

Scientific Topics to be Discussed:

Cyber Threats – Cyber Security
• Cyberattack towards SCADA-systems
• Malware in ERP-systems
• Insiders
• Combinations of natural disaster and hacker attacks
• Combined cyber-attacks and physical/kinetic sabotage

Supply Chain Risks
• Sabotage/disruptive attacks on fuel supply, supply routes, critical infrastructure, telecommunications
• IoT aspects/impact to power consumption/distribution in relation to grid balancing. What does internet connected devices (such as EV chargers etc.) mean to the stability of the grid?
• Command, control and communication, interdependencies in the energy system as a whole (central, regional, local) or between different sources of energy
• Perturbations causing delays or disruptions in the transport system leading to lack of critical goods and material
• Lack of fuel, gas, crude oil, forest
• Supply of critical material, components, equipment, chemicals, vehicles etc.

Malign Influence
• Misinformation, influence operations and deception
• False information causing social unrest
• Malign influence operations with purpose of smearing and degrading a certain renewable energy source e.g., maritime wind power

Registration:

Deadline to register is 31 August 2024.

The General Information Package (GIP) will be visible and ready to download on this event page after your registration has been validated by the Lecture Series and Technical Courses Department.

If you have questions concerning booking, please contact the Lecture Series and Technical Courses Department at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Event programme to follow soon!

The NATO STO Collaboration Support Office and the Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Panel will hold a Research Specialists' Meeting on "Water sampling, monitoring and control/remediation for live-fire military ranges". The in-person meeting will be held in Koblenz, Germany from 14 - 16 October 2024. 

The meeting is open to citizens from NATO Nations, Enhanced Opportunity Partner (EOP) Nations and Partnership for Peace (PfP) Nations. Please note that this is an in-person only event (hybrid/virtual attendance is not possible).

This registration is for individuals who are attending the AVT-394 Research Specialists' Meeting held in conjunction with the 54^th AVT Panel Business Meeting.   

The registration deadline is 06 September 2024.

Objectives:

This meeting aims to promote the exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge among an audience of specialists and invited speakers on military live-fire range sustainability. It will bring together experts in the field of water sampling and monitoring strategies as well as specialists with experience in remediation or control techniques. 

The primary objective of the RSM will be to exchange information and discuss current practices and research on the topics of water sampling, monitoring and remediation techniques concerning munition’s constituents. Additionally, cold region challenges and climate resiliency, in the context of range contamination, will be discussed.

The relevant scientific topics addressed in this Research Specialists’ Meeting are located in the following research domains:

• Water sampling and monitoring techniques
• Surface water treatment and management
• Groundwater and active source zone remediation and management
• Hydraulic control measures to avoid off-site migration of contaminants
• Emerging munitions constituents as contaminants in water
• Cold region challenges and climate resiliency for range contamination

For more details about the event, please consult the meeting announcement.

 *The general information package (GIP) specifying the logistics, accommodation, travel, etc. will be visible and ready for download on this website after your registration has been validated by the AVT Panel Office. After validation, return to this page, log on with your credentials and download the GIP from the grey box below the Google Maps image.