1. To analyse the evolving energy risk environment and the influences upon it.
2. To highlight strategic implications for policymakers and investors.
3. To propose integrated risk management solutions which seek to reduce the overall risk context.

Strategic energy risks are increasingly dynamic, arising from a complex interaction between (geo)political decisions, investor markets and energy markets. The Westminster Energy Forum's primary aim is to add value for the cross-sectoral organizations involved in these areas by acting as a network 'secretariat', and by developing a high level and forward-thinking events programme that aims to deliver:

Better clarity concerning the UK's strategic energy risk environment, and of the trade-offs between various energy policy and investment options

Fundamental objectives of the Forum are therefore to:

1. Analyse the evolving energy risk environment (esp. wrt security) and the influences upon it
2. Highlight strategic implications for policymakers and investors via high level, informed debate
3. Propose integrated risk management solutions which seek to reduce the magnitude and volatility of the overall risk landscape, both within the UK & abroad

The Forum provides a non-partisan context and network in which the corporate sector and the financial community can come together with policymakers and other stakeholder groups to evaluate and discuss strategic energy policy & risk issues, and thereby help to clarify what options are commercially practicable and deliverable. The Forum is particularly concerned with exploring those risk issues which are growing in significance for UK energy policymakers and for private sector actors. The Forum is unique in the entirely forward-looking nature of risk-oriented debate that it conducts, notably with a targeted and managed constituency that covers all disciplines with an interest in, and influence on, the value chain.

The Westminster Energy Forum leads the debate on many aspects of the UK's energy future in the context of international energy affairs and trends. The conference programme attracts high level participation from over two hundred organizations across the range of public, private and NGO sectors, including regular involvement from several UK Government Departments, Foreign Embassies, the IEA, the European Commission and the UN.