Non‑financial Risk Management Summit

Non-financial Risk Management Summit is a focused annual event on the rapidly expanding discipline of non-financial risk management in financial institutions, gathering risk leadership for content oriented around operational, cyber, conduct, third-party, ESG and emerging AI-driven risk categories. It sits alongside Banking Summit, EWPN Annual Conference and INFINTECH as calendar anchors for the same audiences.

What happens

The programme combines plenary sessions on the major shifts in non-financial risk with parallel tracks on operational resilience, cybersecurity risk, third-party and outsourcing risk, conduct and culture risk, ESG and climate risk, AI risk management, and the regulatory expectations shaping each category. Case-study sessions feature risk leaders presenting concrete implementation experience. The exhibition floor combines risk management technology vendors, governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platforms, third-party risk management tools and emerging AI-risk specialists. Workshops on specific frameworks and methodologies extend the programme.

Who attends

The audience is concentrated in non-financial risk leadership: chief risk officers and senior operational risk leadership from banks, insurers and asset managers, chief information security officers responsible for cyber risk, senior compliance and conduct risk leadership, ESG risk specialists, third-party risk and outsourcing management leadership, and a meaningful internal audit contingent. The geography varies by edition but typically reflects strong CEE and Western European banking risk attendance.

Dominant themes

The non-financial risk agenda emphasises the rapidly evolving regulatory and operational landscape: the practical implementation of DORA across operational and ICT risk management, the European Banking Authority's expanding guidelines on operational risk and conduct, third-party risk management under regulatory scrutiny of outsourcing arrangements, the emerging discipline of AI risk management under the EU AI Act, climate and ESG risk integration into broader risk frameworks, cyber risk under evolving threat landscapes, and the operating realities of running risk technology stacks at scale. The intersection of risk technology, data quality and the role of AI in risk-management operations receives substantial coverage.

Planning to attend

Venue selection varies by edition. The audience is unusually specialised and the conference is more focused than general banking events; risk practitioners find the depth of content substantially better than what they encounter at broader conferences. The conference language is English. International visitors should plan around the specific city logistics for the year being attended. Most after-hours value comes from structured executive receptions and small-group dinners.

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