The Resilience World Nexus Summit is a C-suite summit on resilience, risk and security, held at Church House Westminster on 6–7 October 2026 under the theme Engineering Resilience for Performance, Protection and Growth.

It brings together the people who carry organisational risk — chief resilience officers, chief security officers, general counsel, and heads of risk and continuity — from more than 100 organisations across corporate, government, academic and multilateral sectors. More than 100 speakers appear across 28 sessions and nine closed-door masterclasses, spanning three tracks: organisational resilience, resilient societies, and adaptation, governance and regulation.

The summit is guided by an Advisory Committee drawn from the resilience profession and supported by the Corporate Chief Resilience Officers Network convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Its academic network includes UCL, the University of Cambridge, EPFL and the University of Manchester. Swiss Re is Platinum Sponsor and McKinsey & Company is Knowledge Partner.

Alongside the main programme, nine closed-door masterclasses run across the two days in the Council Room — practitioner-led working sessions of 45 minutes each. These are held under closed-door conditions so participants can speak candidly, and are not open to press; briefings with facilitators can be arranged.

The Future Resilience Leaders Programme gives students and early-career professionals aged 18–34 full access to the summit, with mentoring and an innovation pitch.

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More than 100 speakers from organisations worth a combined $1.3 trillion will gather at the Resilience World Nexus Summit 2026, as new UK cyber and operational-resilience rules move from consultation to enforcement.

LONDON, 06 October 2026 — Chief resilience officers, chief security officers and general counsel from some of the world's largest companies are meeting at Church House Westminster on 6–7 October for the Resilience World Nexus Summit 2026, a two-day summit on how organisations turn disruption into commercial advantage.

The summit convenes more than 100 speakers across 28 sessions and eleven closed-door masterclasses. Participating organisations represent a combined market capitalisation of $1.3 trillion and more than 900,000 employees. Swiss Re is Platinum Sponsor and McKinsey & Company is Knowledge Partner; the summit is supported by the Corporate Chief Resilience Officers Network convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

The programme opens with a keynote from Sir Alan Duncan, former UK Minister and MP, followed by an address from Mathias Gaertner, General Counsel of ABB. Other speakers include Dr Abhilash Panda, Deputy Chief, Intergovernmental Processes, at UNDRR; Aleksander Petrov, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company; Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles, Crisis and Resilience Partner at PwC UK; Ryan McGranaghan, Senior Data Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Alexander Kamyshin, Advisor to the President of Ukraine; and Konstantinos Stergiopoulos, Chief Security Officer of Nestlé.

The summit arrives at a point of regulatory acceleration in the UK. The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, which extends duties to around 1,000 organisations including data centre operators and managed service providers, is at committee stage in the House of Lords. In March 2026 the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority published PS7/26, giving banks, insurers and designated investment firms until 18 March 2027 to comply with new operational incident and third-party reporting requirements.

"For years resilience was something you proved to an auditor once a year and then forgot about. Now it is something you prove to your investors, your insurers and your regulator, continuously. The organisations that work that out early stop treating resilience as a cost line and start treating it as a reason customers and capital choose them."

- Cedrick Moriggi, Chairman, RWN Summit Advisory Committee

The two-day programme runs across three tracks: Organisational Resilience: Threats and Opportunities; Resilient Living, Building Resilient Societies; and Adaptation, Governance and Regulatory Challenges. Sessions cover the future of cyber threats from quantum computing and voice-cloning fraud, societal resilience before and after conflict, the return on investment of resilience spending, and the widening skills gap in the profession.

"What is missing in this field is not analysis — it is a room where the people who actually carry the risk can compare notes honestly. That is why nine of our sessions are closed-door. The candid conversation is the product."

- Richard FitzHugh, Programme Director, RWN Summit 2026, and Co-chair, UNDRR Corporate Chief Resilience Officers Network

The summit also runs the Future Resilience Leaders Programme, giving students and early-career professionals aged 18–34 full access alongside mentoring and an innovation pitch. RWN Summit 2026 is guided by a 28-member Advisory Committee and works with ten universities including UCL, the University of Cambridge, EPFL and the University of Manchester.

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SPEAKER	ROLE	BEST FOR
Cedrick Moriggi	Chief Resilience Officer, Group Resilience; Advisory Committee Chairman	The summit itself, the rise of the CRO role
Richard FitzHugh	Programme Director; Co-chair, UNDRR CCRO Network	Programme, UNDRR angle, closed-door format
Dr Abhilash Panda	Deputy Chief, Intergovernmental Processes, UNDRR	Sendai Framework, systemic risk, multilateral angle
Raj Samani	SVP & Chief Scientist, Rapid7	Cyber, quantum, ransomware
Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles	Crisis and Resilience Partner, PwC UK	UK corporate practice, crisis management
Ryan McGranaghan	Senior Data Scientist, NASA JPL	Space weather, data science, infrastructure
Orysia Lutsevych	Head, Ukraine Forum, Chatham House	Ukraine, societal resilience
Prof. Rosehanna Chowdhury	CEO, UK Resilience Academy	Skills, the profession, UK capability
Paul Bates	Co-Founder & Chairman, Fathom	Flood risk, climate modelling, insurance
Julius Cavendish	Executive Director, Herminius	Geopolitical risk intelligence
Mark Wolsey	CEO and Founder, Convergent Risk	Corporate security at scale

 

Three tracks: Organisational Resilience: Threats and Opportunities • Resilient Living, Building Resilient Societies • Adaptation, Governance and Regulatory Challenges. Nine masterclasses run alongside in the Council Room and are closed-door.

TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER

TIME	SESSION	ROOM
08:45	Opening Remarks	Assembly Hall
08:55	Opening Keynote	Assembly Hall
09:05	Keynote Address	Assembly Hall
09:15	Opening Plenary: The Rise of Resilience	Assembly Hall
10:15	Artificial Intelligence: Friend, Foe, Frenemy or Something Else?	Assembly Hall
10:15	How Emerging Technology is Empowering Resilience?	Hoare Memorial Hall
10:15	Is ESG the Real Driver for Better Resilience?	Harvey Goodwin Suite
11:15	From Intelligence-led Horizon Scanning to Early Warnings for All: the Power of Foresight	Hoare Memorial Hall
11:15	How to Be Sure You Are Good Enough at Resilience?	Harvey Goodwin Suite
12:15	Keynote Speech: Navigating AI complexity - the risk view	Assembly Hall
13:30	Sustained Resilience for Inventing the Cities of the Future: A Perspective to Safeguard Urban Environments from Breakdowns	Hoare Memorial Hall
13:30	Business Resilience: Where Should it Sit in the Organisation for Maximum Impact?	Harvey Goodwin Suite
14:30	Geopolitics and You, Understanding the Big Impact Picture	Assembly Hall
14:30	Sendai Update: How Communities are Driving Resilience?	Hoare Memorial Hall
14:30	Climate Events: Leveraging Insights to Manage Future Risks	Harvey Goodwin Suite
15:30	Future Proofing your Organisation, the Next Generation of Risk & Resilience Tools	Assembly Hall
15:30	NextGen Cyberthreats: From Quantum Unlocking State Nexus and Vishing: Are We Ready?	Harvey Goodwin Suite
15:30	How Organisations can Work Together with Insurance to Improve Resilience and still Own the Risk?	Hoare Memorial Hall
16:30	Closing Plenary: Resilient Supplier Networks: Raising the Game	Assembly Hall

 

WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBE

TIME	SESSION	ROOM
09:00	Opening Keynote	Assembly Hall
09:15	Keynote Address	Assembly Hall
09:30	Opening Plenary: Geopolitical Review - Ensuring Readiness for Geopolitical Uncertainty Today and Tomorrow	Assembly Hall
10:30	Modelling Long-term Weather Trends: Practical Approaches to Preparing for Disasters	Assembly Hall
10:30	Practical Methodologies to Develop and Grow Public Sector Resilience	Hoare Memorial Hall
10:30	How to Attract Better Financing through Resilience?	Harvey Goodwin Suite
11:30	Future Resilience Leaders: Ideas Innovation and Contributions to Resilience	Harvey Goodwin Suite
11:30	People and Communities: Strengthening Societal Resilience as a Sum of the Resilience of Its People	Hoare Memorial Hall
12:15	Keynote Speech: The Great Sovereign Conundrum	Assembly Hall
13:30	Societal Resilience Before, During, and After Conflict	Hoare Memorial Hall
13:30	Meeting and Reporting Resilience Regulations: How to Supercharge Your Stakeholder Assurance?	Harvey Goodwin Suite
14:30	What does a Good Resilience Organisation Really Look Like, Balancing Skills and Functional Expertise	Assembly Hall
14:30	Vulnerable Frontiers: Innovative Ideas for Cost Effective Resilience in Challenging Environments	Hoare Memorial Hall
14:30	How do we Manage the Skills Gap in Business Resilience?	Harvey Goodwin Suite
15:30	Practical Methodologies for Identifying and Assuring Resilience of Critical Suppliers	Assembly Hall
16:30	Closing Plenary: Resilience Outlook: Threats of Tomorrow - Action Today	Assembly Hall
17:15	Closing Remarks	Assembly Hall

ABOUT RWN SUMMIT 2026

The Resilience World Nexus Summit (RWN Summit) is a C-suite summit on resilience, risk and security, held at Church House Westminster, London, on 6–7 October 2026 under the theme Engineering Resilience for Performance, Protection and Growth. It convenes more than 100 speakers across 28 sessions and nine closed-door masterclasses, drawn from over 100 organisations representing a combined market capitalisation of $1.3 trillion and more than 900,000 employees. The summit is guided by a 28-member Advisory Committee and supported by the UNDRR-convened Corporate Chief Resilience Officers Network, with academic partners including UCL, the University of Cambridge, EPFL and the University of Manchester. rwnsummit.com

ABOUT RWN SUMMIT 2026 — 50 WORDS

RWN Summit 2026 is a C-suite summit on resilience, risk and security at Church House Westminster, London, on 6–7 October 2026. It convenes 100+ speakers across 28 sessions and nine closed-door masterclasses, supported by the UNDRR-convened Corporate Chief Resilience Officers Network. rwnsummit.com

THE VENUE

Church House Westminster is a Grade II listed building in Deans Yard, a minute's walk from the Houses of Parliament. Completed in 1940, it was requisitioned on Winston Churchill's instruction to house both Houses of Parliament for much of the Second World War, and the venue records that the first meetings of the United Nations Preparatory Commission and Security Council were held in its Hoare Memorial Hall. RWN Summit 2026 uses the Assembly Hall, the Hoare Memorial Hall, the Harvey Goodwin Suite and the Council Room.

PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

Supported by	Corporate Chief Resilience Officers (CCRO) Network, convened by UNDRR
Founding sponsor	PwC
Platinum Sponsor	Swiss Re
Gold Sponsors	Herminius Holdings Limited • Hyatt International • Peacock Tariff Consulting
Knowledge Partner	McKinsey & Company
Security & Medical  Assistance Partner	International SOS
Silver Sponsors	Enteles Search • F24 • Group Resilience • HIGHGATE • International Crisis Management Group • Needhams 1834 • Restrata
Supporting Organisations	European Corporate Security Association • IARA • ICSI • ISMA • ISRM • Resilience Association •  Resilience First • SSCYC • The Clarity Factory • UK Resilience Academy • WOMENVAI
Industry Partners	Paris Resilience Summit 2026 • Risk-!n • WPC Energy
Thought Leadership Partner	Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights
Academic Partner	The London Interdisciplinary School
Podcast Partner	Realities Remixed by Capgemini
Community Resilience Partner	National Emergencies Trust
Media Partners	Crisis Response • Cyber Defense Magazine • GlobalRisk Community • HighwaysToday • Insurance Insider •  Petroleum Economist • SupplyChainBrain

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