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Yallamundi Rooms, Sydney Opera House
03 September 2026
From “Uncertainty to Confidence” Building reliable, proactive risk & compliance in a volatile world
Join senior insurance, legal and risk leaders for a day focused on one thing:
How to run a reliable business in an unpredictable world.
War, cyber threats, inflation and regulation are reshaping the industry in real time.
This summit cuts through theory to what actually works — where risk is breaking, what regulators expect, and how leading firms are building confidence through better decisions.
Not compliance as obligation. Confidence as capability.
What You’ll Learn
Real voices. Practical insights. Confidence in action.
At the Risk and Compliance Summit 2026, you will hear directly from professionals dealing with risk, compliance and claims on a daily basis — not only solutions that work in theory, but what makes a true impact in a practical way.
From CPS 230 to AI and privacy reforms, we will focus on where things break down, what regulators expect, and how leading organisations are building confidence through better decisions.
Practical, honest and immediately applicable.
Watch the Highlights
See Last Year’s Summit in Action
Watch highlights from last year’s Risk and Compliance Summit and get a feel for the conversations, insights and connections from the event.
Where Risk & Compliance Leaders Meet
Key Moments from the Risk & Compliance Summit
The Future of Compliance Is Already Here
Why attend?
BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO RUN THE BUSINESS
Hear from people doing the work
Not the usual speakers. Real practitioners sharing what’s actually happening — and what’s working.
Understand what’s changing — and why it matters
Regulation, cyber, AI — cut through the noise and see what’s coming next.
Move beyond box-ticking
Practical approaches to risk and compliance that support decisions, not slow them down.
Connect with the right people
Senior leaders across insurance, risk and legal — the ones shaping how the industry operates.
The Agenda
03 September 2026
ACT I
Uncertainty Is the New Baseline
08:30 Registration Opens
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
Arrive early for coffee, name tags, and informal networking with peers.
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country
MC: Andrew Silcox, CEO, Insurance News
09:10 – 09:25 Keynote: From Uncertainty to Confidence
The firms that win the next decade won’t have the thickest manuals — they’ll have turned risk into a decision-making edge. Ends with a live poll: what’s keeping you up at night? We’ll ask again at 4:15pm.
Speaker: Tetiana George, CEO, Curium, Co-Chair Insurtech Australia
09:25 – 09:55 Keynote: The Lucky Country’s Blind Spot (working title)
The world’s 14th-largest economy, ranked 107th of 128 for economic complexity. The biggest risks on your register aren’t in your register at all.
Speaker: Andrew Horton, Former COO, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), MD, The Horton Group
09:55 – 10:25 Keynote: Turning the Tide: From Vulnerability to World Leader
In February 2022, analysts gave Ukraine days. They were wrong. What happens when an entire nation’s risk framework is stress-tested in real time.
Speaker: H.E. Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand
10:25 – 10:35 Held Open Slot — Session TBC
Held in reserve; rolls into morning tea if unused.
10:35 – 10:55 Morning Tea & Networking
ACT II
From Theory to the Front Line
10:55 – 11:35 Panel: Building a Resilient Brokerage in the 21st Century
Leaders who run broking businesses day to day on what resilience actually costs, what paid off, and what they’d fix first. No theory.
Moderator: TBD
Panellists: Allana Dynon, Head of Risk & Compliance – Network Insurance House, Debbi Thorne, General Manager – BMIA Broker Network, Mitchell Lipscombe, Chief Operating Officer – BAC Insurance Brokers
11:35 – 11:50 Keynote: No Policy Covers This
We spend our careers assessing risk on paper. Our speaker met one in person. A true story from the wild about the moment preparation runs out and instinct takes over. What happened? Come find out.
Speaker: Matthew Morgan, CEO, Argyle Insurance
11:50 – 12:20 Interactive: Is This a Breach? IBCCC gives real examples
You’ve argued about it in the office — now settle it in public. Real scenarios, live votes, and the people who make these calls reveal the answers. Top scorer collects a prize at drinks.
Moderator: TBD
Presenters: Daniela Kirchlinde and Carli Kidd
12:20 – 01:15 Lunch & Networking
ACT III
Where Confidence Is Tested
01:15 – 01:55 Panel: Claims: Where Confidence Is Tested
Every promise gets cashed in a claim. Why good processes still produce bad outcomes — and what separates the insurers people recommend from the ones they report.
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: Drew Shnehage, CEO and Co-Founder Clarion Claims, Suneet
01:55 – 02:30 Panel: Whose Neck Is on the Line?
It used to be the company that got fined. Increasingly, it’s you. Boards, responsible managers, and what “reasonable steps” means when it’s your name on the register.
Moderator: Malcolm Wood, Partner, Clyde & Co
02:30 – 03:05 Panel: Your Vendor, Your Problem
You can outsource the work — not the risk. CPS 230 in practice, and how to find your single points of failure before an outage finds them for you.
Moderator: Yvonne Lam, Partner, Clyde & Co
Panelists: TBD
03:05 – 03:30 Afternoon Tea
ACT IV
Confidence in Practice
03:30 – 04:15 Panel: The Buck Stops Here
“Everyone else gets to escalate. The people on this stage are where escalation ends. C-suite leaders on the calls only they could make, the ones they got wrong, and what a business that holds its nerve really looks like from the top table.”
Moderator: Katrina Shanks (CEO, ANZIIF)
Panelists: TBD
04:15 – 04:30 Live poll: The Confidence Check
Same question as this morning, same room, seven sessions later. Did the day move the needle? Plus the Is This a Breach? champion is crowned.
04:30 Onwards Networking Drinks
Wind down with a glass in hand — continue the conversation and build new connections.
Meet, Connect & Build lasting relationships
Hear from the Voices Shaping the Future of Compliance
Mitchell Lipscombe
Chief Operating Officer – BAC Insurance Brokers
Allana Dynon
Head of Risk & Compliance – Network Insurance House
Debbi Thorne
General Manager – BMIA Broker Network
Dipali Dongre
Regulatory and Compliance Manager – Lloyd’s
Daniela Kirchlinde
Senior Manager Code Compliance, at Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee
Carli Kidd
Senior Compliance Analyst, at Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee
Matthew Morgan
CEO of Argyle Insurance.
Sarah Geistendor
Head of Risk, Regulatory and Compliance – MIPS (Medical Indemnity Protection Society).
Drew Schnehage
CEO & Co-founder of Clarion Claims
His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko
Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia & New Zealand
