Infrastructure Resilience and Conflict

Building Adaptive Systems for Evolving Threat Landscapes
NATO SPS Advanced Research Workshop
Palanga, Lithuania – 19-22 July 2026

The current conflict in Ukraine has reiterated that civil unrest and violence have lasting and widespread consequences in social harmony, local economics, homeland security, and military preparedness. Resilience, defined as the ability of a system to recover from disruptions and adapt to evolving threats, remains a nascent field in the context of infrastructure management. This event will focus on how nations can build layered, adaptive infrastructure systems capable of resisting, absorbing, and recovering from disruptions caused by kinetic attacks, hybrid threats, cyber incursions, and cascading network failures.

The workshop will explore stress testing frameworks, real-time threat monitoring, and risk analytics tools that support mission continuity and coordinated civil-military responses. Participants will discuss best practices for integrating machine learning, digital twins, and system-of-systems modeling into NATO-aligned infrastructure decision-making. Case studies from Ukraine and the Baltic region will be used to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity.

The workshop will contribute to a collective volume on infrastructure resilience and conflict.

Expected Outputs

METHODOLOGY

A methodology for resilience-by-design planning

STRESS-TEST TOOLKIT

A toolkit for dual-use infrastructure stress testing

POLICY GUIDANCE

Policy guidance for NATO and Partner Nations

Travel and Hotel Information

Airport: Palanga International Airport

The airport is about a 10 minute drive from the hotel, and a taxi will cost about 15-20 Euros

Hotel

The host hotel is Gradiali, UAB “Sveikatos Uostas,” Vanagupės g. 15, LT-00171 Palanga, Lithuania

Please note the housing information is a two-step process. 

Step 1: Email the hotel

To secure your lodging at the conference hotel please email pardavimai@gradiali.com with the following information:

1. Arrival date and departure date
2. Names and surnames for the reservation
3. Number of guests in the reservation
4. Room type
5. Citizenship
6. Type of document proving citizenship
7. Dates of birth for all persons on the reservation

Step 2: Pay the hotel by bank transfer, noting reservation number

• The hotel will email you an invoice (in Euros) which you must pay in advance by bank transfer.  Pay either 50% or 100% of the reservation amount in advance.  If you pay 50%, the remaining balance must be paid no later than 5 days before arrival.
• Advance reservations must be paid by bank transfer to the account specified on the invoice no later than 3 days from receipt of the invoice.
• Please include the reservation number on the payment order.
• If the reserved services are not paid within the specified term, the reservation will be cancelled automatically.

Cancellation and Fee information

• If the reservation is cancelled more than 5 calendar days before the arrival date, 75% of the paid reservation fee will be refunded.
• If the reservation is cancelled less than 5 calendar days before the arrival date, the reservation fee in non-refundable.
• City Tax: A local fee introduced by Palanga City Municipality, mandatory for every person over 18 years old for each overnight stay.  The fee is calculated according to the number of nights spent at the hotel.  The fee is EUR 2 per person, per night; children under 18 years old are exempt from this fee.

For all inquiries, please reach out to the listed points of contact. Full programme details and registration instructions will be circulated to participants.

Dr. Joshua Trump
Elizaveta Pinigina
Maryana Wood

Administration and registration provided by the Society for Risk Analysis