Welcome to Pier One Sydney Harbour for Konnect APAC 2026! Register and collect your conference pass, plan your sessions and enjoy breakfast while connecting with fellow attendees before the day begins.

Discover what’s ahead over the next two days as we come together to share ideas, learn from each other and explore the future of risk and resilience.

High-performing organisations no longer treat risk and resilience as defensive disciplines. They are building stronger bridges between risk intelligence, operational decision-making and business performance — and the gap between those that have made this shift and those that haven’t is widening fast.

Jim Wetekamp, CEO of Riskonnect, will break down what it takes to embed risk intelligence into the operational DNA of an organisation. He will examine the shift from reactive data analysis to AI-guided foresight, what that means for competitive position, and how to connect risk investments with the outcomes leadership understands: measurable return.

Organisations that scale predictive intelligence beyond early adoption are seeing meaningful first-year ROI. Not just protection. Performance. You’ll walk away with a clear framework for turning risk into a performance driver — intelligence-first, outcomes-focused, and built for what's next.

When a cyberattack hits or a key supplier goes dark, slow decisions amplify the damage. Effective risk intelligence only matters when leaders can understand and act on it at speed.

Kathryn Carlson, Chief Product Officer at Riskonnect, will demonstrate how consolidating fragmented risk data into cohesive intelligence transforms organisational decision-making. Her framework rests on three principles: clarity, which focuses attention on what matters most; trust, built through transparent recommendations; and speed, which narrows the time between detection and resolution. Together, these principles close the gap between information and action.

Supply chain cyber incidents are accelerating, and attack response windows are shrinking. You’ll discover practical strategies for converting threats into measurable performance gains and leave with a blueprint for building a risk intelligence foundation that empowers your teams to act decisively when the stakes are highest — at the speed that winning demands.

Get exclusive insights into the future of Riskonnect's GSP (Camms) and GRC solutions. This session will cover the roadmap, including new features, enhancements, product vision, and what's to come. Take advantage of this opportunity to connect directly with our product team and contribute ideas and suggestions to shape the future of GRC.

Get exclusive insights into the future of Riskonnect's Project (PPM) and Active Risk Manager (ARM) solutions. This session will cover the roadmap, including new features, enhancements, product vision, and what is to come. Take advantage of this opportunity to connect directly with our product team and contribute ideas and suggestions to shape the future of Project Risk.

Get exclusive insight into the future of Riskonnect's Business Continuity & Resilience solution. This session will explain our vision, investment strategy, and top features. Take advantage of this opportunity to engage directly with our product team and contribute your ideas and suggestions to shape the future of continuity and resilience solutions.

Enjoy a break and connect with your peers. Continue the conversation with fellow risk professionals, share insights from the day’s sessions, and stop by Solution Central to discover the latest solutions from Riskonnect.

Join Saul Midler, Senior Manager Business Resilience at AGL, as he shares insights into AGL’s approach to business resilience. Drawing on more than 30 years’ experience, Saul will discuss practical considerations and lessons for organisations looking to strengthen preparedness, support effective responses to disruption and build resilience.

Hear directly from a Riskonnect customer about their experience using the platform, the challenges they’ve navigated and the lessons learned along the way. Customer and session details to be announced.

Join Susan Blackbourn as she shares insights into Mercy Health’s established risk program in the aged care sector and its experience with the GSP (Camms) solution. The session will explore how the platform supports the organisation’s approach to risk, compliance and incident management, how its use has evolved over time, and feedback from users and auditors, offering practical insights for organisations strengthening their own risk programs.

How do you manage immediate risks in a high-risk environment while making decisions and investments that prepare your organisation for the future? Join Sherie Walczak, Group Risk and Assurance Manager at Flinders Port Holdings, as she explores finding this balance in the maritime industry, from aligning risk appetite with operational realities to addressing safety and environmental risks. Sherie will discuss using global trends and data to anticipate emerging challenges, and how balancing today’s priorities with tomorrow’s opportunities can support digital transformation, organisational strategy and long-term value.

Hear from our partners at Law Compliance as they share their perspective on the evolving regulatory landscape, the challenges facing organisations and what risk and compliance teams should be preparing for.

Hear directly from a Riskonnect customer about their experience using the platform, the challenges they’ve navigated and the lessons learned along the way. Customer and session details to be announced.

Enjoy lunch and connect with your peers. Continue the conversation with fellow risk professionals, share insights from the day’s sessions, and stop by Solution Central to discover the latest solutions from Riskonnect.

Nicole Turnbull, CEO of the Psychosocial Safety & Leadership Institute, will unpack what mature psychosocial risk management looks like, where organisations commonly get it wrong, and how to build systems that are practical, proportionate, and defensible.

Project risk management has never been more sophisticated. Yet making risk visible to PMOs and business leaders, and escalating it effectively, remains challenging.

In this session, we will explore when project risk becomes a strategic priority and how to recognise the signals early. We will examine the structural barriers most PMOs face, including the framing, language and relationship challenges that make upward communication difficult, regardless of how good the underlying analysis is.

We will also look at practical ways to translate delivery risk into business consequences, connecting project data to the outcomes that resonate with senior stakeholders. Drawing on patterns from PMOs that are finding success, we will explore what is working in practice to bridge the gap between delivery reality and strategic decision-making.

Get exclusive insights into the future of Riskonnect’s RMIS and Health & Safety solutions. This session will explain our vision, investment strategy, and top features. Take advantage of this opportunity to contribute your ideas and suggestions directly to shape the future of insurable risk management.

What risks are organisations across APAC most concerned about? How are risk and resilience programs evolving? And where are organisations focusing their efforts in 2026?

Join Brad Smith as he explores findings from The State of Risk and Resilience in APAC 2026 report, examining how priorities are shifting year on year. The session will explore the growing importance of third-party risk as organisations increasingly rely on external providers, and why regulatory compliance remains a major challenge while manual processes are still widespread.

We will also examine gaps in business continuity and operational resilience preparedness, alongside the barriers to building stronger, more connected risk and resilience programs.

Hear directly from a Riskonnect Project Risk customer about their experience using the platform, the challenges they’ve navigated and the lessons learned along the way. Customer and session details to be announced.

Join Melissa Stoffels from Wesfarmers for a fireside chat with Matthew Meldrum, Senior Sales Engineer at Riskonnect. Explore Wesfarmers’ journey with Riskonnect, including how it uses technology to support insurance market renewals, renewal data collection and asset management. Hear Melissa’s perspectives on improving processes, bringing information together and supporting a more informed approach to managing insurable risk across a complex organisation.

Hear from Riskonnect customers as they share their experiences of building risk and resilience maturity across their organisations. This panel will explore how teams are engaging stakeholders, breaking down silos and embedding risk and resilience into everyday decision-making, with practical insights into the challenges, progress and lessons learned along the way.

Additional panellists to be announced.

Hear from Riskonnect customers as they share their approaches to managing project risk. This panel will explore how organisations identify and assess risks, improve visibility across projects and support informed decisions, with practical perspectives on strengthening confidence in project delivery.

Panellists to be announced.

Hear from Riskonnect customers as they share their approaches to managing insurable risk. This panel will explore how organisations improve visibility of exposures, use data to support insurance decisions and manage claims, with practical perspectives on strengthening collaboration across risk and insurance teams.

Additional panellists to be announced.

Enjoy a break and connect with your peers. Continue the conversation with fellow risk professionals, share insights from the day’s sessions, and stop by Solution Central to discover the latest solutions from Riskonnect.

Learn how to work effectively with Riskonnect Customer Success and make use of the support available to your organisation. The session will cover how customers can engage with Customer Success, how to access the right support when needed and the training and resources available through Riskonnect Academy.

Australian military trailblazer and former United Nations peacekeeper Matina Jewell brings a remarkable perspective on risk, resilience and leadership from her 15-year military career, including service in Syria and Lebanon. Hear how she cheated death, took command and showed extraordinary courage while leading teams under fire during the Lebanon War and operations across the globe.

Through stories and footage captured on the frontline, Matina takes audiences on a rollercoaster journey through some of the toughest environments on earth. Her experiences reveal the importance of courageous decision-making, dutiful leadership and a clear sense of purpose when navigating risk and seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Matina shares the lessons she took from each challenge, offering insights into resilience that resonate both personally and professionally. At the heart of her story is the need for courageous leaders at every level, with the vision to guide their teams through uncertainty and change

Join us for drinks, canapés and relaxed networking as the sun sets over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Unwind and connect with fellow attendees, speakers and the Riskonnect team, with plenty of opportunity to continue conversations and make new connections against a spectacular harbour backdrop.