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For the ninth time, SWISS GRC DAY 2026 will serve as a meeting place for professionals and executives from the business, legal, and technology sectors. The conference will focus on current and future developments in governance, risk, and compliance—topics that are more critical than ever in light of rapid technological, regulatory, and geopolitical changes.
Lucerne, April 29, 2026 – Geopolitical fault lines, technological disruption and a tightening regulatory landscape are reshaping the global risk profile from the ground up. At the ninth SWISS GRC DAY on 20 May 2026 in Zurich, the community will discuss what this means for governance, risk and compliance — in the year that host Swiss GRC AG marks its tenth anniversary.
The world has grown harder to read. Supply chains react more sharply to political shocks; technological shifts — above all the deployment of artificial intelligence — are opening new dependencies and attack surfaces; and a thickening regulatory landscape, from the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) to its Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2), is raising the bar for companies year after year. Conventional, often retrospective risk models are reaching their limits precisely where risks now emerge — in networked, cascading patterns with high impact depth.
This is where SWISS GRC DAY 2026 comes in. Under the motto “Risk Management in an Uncertain World,” the conference’s ninth edition convenes speakers from business, academia and practice on 20 May 2026 at the Radisson Blu Zurich Airport.
Six perspectives on a shifting risk landscape
Opening the program is Prof. Dr. Werner Gleißner, board member of FutureValue Group AG and professor of risk management at TU Dresden, with the keynote “How Risky Is the World?” — locating the global trend lines in context and drawing out their implications for practice.
Florian Worm, Head of Enterprise Risk Management at HARTMANN GRUPPE, then makes the case for rigorous quantification as the foundation for better decisions — an argument bound to spark debate in a field where risk assessments still often rest on qualitative judgment.
Alexandra Burns, Partner and Head of Risk & Regulatory Consulting at PwC, takes on the new generation of systemic risk types under the pointed heading “Black Swans, Gray Rhinos and Green Dragons.”
Prof.Dr. Stefan Hunziker, Head of the Competence Center Risk & Compliance Management at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and Dr. Alexander Hilsbos, Head of Risk Management at the Insel Gruppe, face off in the “Science vs. Practice” debate, putting the often-invoked bridge between research and application to a genuine test.
Michael Niedermann, Head of Consulting at Swiss GRC, closes with the cultural dimension and the question of whether the human factor is risk management’s weakest link or its greatest lever.
A moment of reflection, also on our own journey
The 2026 edition also marks a significant anniversary. Founded ten years ago by Besfort Kuqi and Reto Zbinden, Swiss GRC AG has established an international presence and now serves more than 250 clients across multiple industries. At the same time, SWISS GRC DAY has evolved into a key fixture for the community, attracting around 300 participants each year from leading and innovative companies across the DACH region.
Participation is free of charge, with limited capacity. The full programme, speakers, and registration details are available at www.swissgrc.com/swissgrcday.
