Resilience World Nexus Summit: Where business leaders prepare for what’s next

Resilience was once viewed as a back-office function: a checklist owned by risk teams and revisited after the fact. On October 6-7, 2026, at Church House Westminster in London, UK, the Resilience World Nexus (RWN) Summit will bring together C-suite leaders, resilience professionals and policymakers to explore how resilience is becoming more closely integrated with organisational strategy.

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Held under the theme Engineering Resilience for Performance, Protection, and Growth, the Summit is built around the premise that, in a world shaped by conflict and disruption, resilience is increasingly being viewed as a strategic capability rather than solely a compliance requirement.

The programme is structured around three tracks, each examining resilience from a different perspective. The first, Organisational Resilience: Threats and Opportunities, explores emerging risks across geopolitics, climate, supply chains and technology. Sessions will examine topics including disaster modelling, the role of artificial intelligence (AI), next-generation cyber threats and addressing skills gaps within resilience teams.

The second track, Resilient Living, Building Resilient Societies, considers how organisations can contribute to stronger communities, from frontier towns to rapidly growing cities, by addressing the challenges of conflict, climate change and rapid societal change. Sessions will explore resilience within the context of the Sendai Framework, developments in early warning systems and approaches to financing public-sector resilience.

The third track, Adaptation, Governance and Regulatory Challenges, focuses on how organisations are integrating adaptation planning into governance and reporting. Topics include the relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and organisational resilience, regulatory reporting, and approaches to valuing resilience.

Alongside the conference programme, a series of masterclasses will provide more in-depth discussions on subjects including supply chain resilience, the opportunities and limitations of AI, resilience reporting and responding to extortion. These sessions are intended to provide practical discussion beyond the traditional panel format.

The Summit is organised around the idea that resilience should be designed into organisations rather than addressed only in response to disruption. Within this approach, engineering resilience refers to building the capacity to absorb and adapt to geopolitical, climatic and technological shocks before they escalate into major organisational challenges.

More than 80 speakers from 69 organisations are expected to participate, representing organisations with a combined market capitalisation of US$1.3 trillion and more than 900,000 employees. Confirmed speakers include Sir Alan Duncan, former UK Minister and MP; Mathias Gaertner, General Counsel at ABB; Cedrick Moriggi, Chief Resilience Officer at Group Resilience, who chairs the Summit; Dr Abhilash Panda of Undrr; Alexander Kamyshin, Adviser to the President of Ukraine; and representatives from the UK Cabinet Office and the Greater London Authority.

“This is the kind of event the resilience community has needed for years – focused, strategic and genuinely useful,” said Konstantinos Stergiopoulos, Chief Security Officer at Nestlé, in his endorsement of the Summit. Raj Samani, SVP and Chief Scientist at Rapid7, offered a similarly practical endorsement. According to him, the organisers understand what C-suite executives actually value, offering: “practical frameworks for business continuity, peer insights, and strategies you can implement Monday morning.”

Beyond the conference itself, RWN also plans to run a programme for future resilience leaders, connecting students and early-career professionals with practitioners working in risk, resilience and sustainability.

The Summit aims to provide a forum for discussion, collaboration and professional development across the resilience sector, reflecting the growing prominence of resilience within organisational strategy and governance.

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