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NZ Risk & Resilience Summit 2026

Global perspectives – synchronisation with global movements, trends, and best practices.

New Zealand Risk & Resilience Summit – 22-23 July 2026 | Te Papa, Wellington

The last decade has rewritten the rules of stability. From global shifts to local shocks, the message is clear: Risk management, resilience, and connectedness are no longer just “nice-to-haves” – they are the bedrock of operational effectiveness for business, government, and our communities.

This is a global intelligence gathering designed specifically for the New Zealand context. We are bringing together the brightest minds from across the country and the globe to synchronise with international movements, trends, and best practices.

We’re busy curating the agenda and locking in speakers, so watch this space for more! However, we are excited to announce that Super Sale Ticket Registration is open for the New Zealand Risk & Resilience Summit.

New Zealand Risk & Resilience Summit 2026

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Introducing Grant Purdy Keynote Speaker

While he has had many titles over the last 40+ years, they all seems to come down to assisting decision makers to have effective and efficient conversations about whether the decisions they are making, and have made previously, are providing sufficient certainty that intended outcomes will be achieved.

Through most of Grant’s career this has been labelled risk management. However, despite his best efforts, this is still widely perceived as being concerned avoiding failures rather than achieving successful outcomes.

Grant chaired the Standards Australia and Standards NZ committee on risk management for 10 years and helped write four national and one international standard on risk management.

He has worked in over 25 countries and in numerous types of industry and organisation and has over 100 articles and papers published. He’s spoken, probably too often, and written quite a few books and handbooks, always with others.  Nowadays, he mentors, trains, supports and generally helps organisations and the people who lead them make more-soundly based decisions – so their organisation can realise its purpose.

Grant has started five companies, held executive positions in four multi-national companies, sat on several boards and committees and now works only in the not-for- profit sector, on a pro bono basis. He sits on the boards of three charities and
advises several others.

International keynote address: Making even better decisions – the role risk management plays in decision-making

  • Governance, decision-making and risk management – how they fit together
  • Exploring the two, quite divergent streams of thinking: How these came about and which creates most value
  • Examining the major fallacies about risks and their management
  • Should we rather talk about uncertainty – or even, obtaining sufficient certainty?
  • Responding to disruptions – making better decisions under pressure
  • Identifying the skills risk management professionals need, so they are valued more
  • Exploring how societies like RiskNZ can help improve the skills and standing of RM professionals

Grant Purdy, Director and author, Sufficient Certainty

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