Designing for Failure: Building Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty

IPFA is pleased to be supporting Control Risks’ event on Designing for Failure: Building Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty

Event details

Date: 8 September 2026
Venue: Control Risks Group, London, England

Join Control Risks and senior peers from across the BEI community for a practical discussion on building resilience by design.

For decades, buildings and infrastructure were designed around assumptions of stability, predictability and standalone performance. That world no longer exists. Geopolitical volatility, cyber-physical convergence, activism, climate impact and the rapid rise of AI-driven infrastructure are converging. The assets we design, fund, build and operate today must perform in a world defined by disruption, not stability. The question is no longer whether disruption will happen. It is whether the assets you design, fund, build or operate today can keep performing when it does.

Join Control Risks and senior peers from across development, design, engineering, investment and operations for a candid, practical evening covering the theme of designing for failure and how to build resilience by design.

You’ll leave with:

• A framework on how to rethink traditional assumptions about asset security and risk
• Cross-lifecycle thinking on the risks shaping assets over the next decade
• Practical thinking on moving beyond protection and redundancy to system-wide resilience
• Direct access to Control Risks specialists and your senior decision-maker peers in built environment and infrastructure

This event has been endorsed by IPFA, any enquiries should be directed to the organisers.