Accelerate 2026 – the Climate Transition Risk Forum

23 November 2026 | 09.00 - 17.30 | London

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From resilience to competitive advantage in a changing world

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Join 100+ senior insurance and corporate risk leaders for a curated forum on resilience, insurability and innovation in an evolving risk landscape.

Hosted by Better Insurance Network in London, this event facilitates practical, commercially-focused discussion under Chatham House Rules to help corporates and insurers safeguard long-term profitability.

Core discussion themes

  • Foundations for the future: Incentivising resilience and climate adaptation
  • Resilient by Design: Managing climate and transition risk across complex supply chains
  • Enabling innovation: De-risking decarbonisation and the energy transition
  • Risk rewired: The intersection of cyber risk, data centre expansion and sustainability in the AI revolution.
  • Climate scenario analysis and risk quantification
  • Insurance and ART innovation opportunities

Who should attend?

Accelerate connects stakeholders across the risk and insurance
and ecosystem, including:

  • Corporate risk managers
  • Corporate sustainability leaders
  • Underwriters
  • Brokers
  • Reinsurers & reinsurance brokers
  • Climate, resilience and transition-risk specialists
  • Alternative risk transfer innovators
  • Insurance sustainability leaders

Speakers

  • Louise Harry

    Louise Harry

    Director, Sustainability, Siemens

  • Ilkay Kurt-Bobac

    Ilkay Kurt-Bobac

    Global Environmental Sustainability Manager, Hitachi Energy

  • Sarune Ringelyte

    Sarune Ringelyte

    Director, Strategy & Governance, Savills Earth

  • Sam McHillary

    Sam McHillary

    Senior manager, ESG strategy, Halfords

Agenda

  • 09.00 - 13.00 Plenary sessions (inc. networking break) Panel discussions and firesides featuring market-leading experts
  • 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
  • 14.00 - 16.30 Workshops (inc. networking break) Action-oriented, practitioner-led sessions driving practical outcomes
  • 16.30 - 17.30 Networking drinks reception