11 March 2026
The Royal Horseguards Hotel & One Whitehall PlaceLondon, UK11 March 2026
The Royal Horseguards Hotel & One Whitehall Place,
London, UK
The Royal Horseguards Hotel & One Whitehall Place,
London, UK
Crisis Minds
Optimise your crisis management strategies for effective preparation, mitigation, response to and recovery from crises.
Leading cross-industry crisis management conference designed exclusively by and for the in-house community.
Free places available for in-house professionals
This conference is free for in-house professionals to attend.
Service-providers to the in-house community: partner with us to attend the event and boost your profile to an audience of senior in-house practitioners.
Hear senior in-house specialists and expert advisors sharing real-world insights, including:
Learn from senior practitioners and expert advisors on the hottest topics in crisis management, including:
Horizon Scanning: The Crisis Outlook for 2026
- Where are the emerging and developing risks for 2026?
- Increasing focus on societal preparedness, NATO Article 3
- The role of societal preparedness for crisis; importance of whole-of-society approach
- How to carry out meaningful and translatable horizon scanning in a rapidly changing risk and crisis landscape
- The importance of institutional memory; how to learn from the past, and avoid repeating mistakes; how much knowledge are we retaining?
- How are insurers’ risk tolerances and policies evolving? Are more key risks becoming uninsurable? How should businesses respond?
Responding to Geopolitical Tensions, Crises, and their Impact on Business
- Updates on key geopolitical developments impacting businesses globally
- Israel-Gaza/Iran/Syria; China/Taiwan
- Impact of US-China relations, and tariffs, on trade and supply chains
- How should geopolitical tensions be considered within crisis management programmes? What should we be preparing for?
- What are the ‘triggers’ for when to start planning a proactive response, and developing a playbook for a particular situation?
- Practical approaches to geopolitical crises; best practice approaches to operational continuity, business interruption; proactive safeguarding
- How to prepare for physical threats to people and premises
Preparing for and Mitigating the Impact of Cyber Attacks
- Overview of current cyber security trends, and evolving risk exposure
- Lessons learned from recent high-profile cyber attacks, and their impacts on businesses; business interruption, reputation, share price
- How is AI being employed in cyber attacks?
- Case studies: how companies have approached cyber incidents, and communications in a cyber crisis
- Use of insurance; are companies currently under-insured against cyber-related risks and business interruption? Where are claims coming from? What is insurance capacity like today?
- What else needs to be done, beyond insurance? How can companies be more resilient?
- What are the required tools and capabilities in today’s cyber landscape?
Evolving regulatory developments and their impact on businesses
- Latest regulatory developments and their impact on businesses; how are companies adapting?
- The UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
- The UK's Critical Third Parties (CTP) regime
- How businesses are demonstrating their resilience and ability to respond to crises; how resiliency should be planned, tested, verified, and evidenced
- Increasing ties between crisis management, risk management, and regulatory compliance
- To what extent are regulatory changes potentially driving poor crisis management response, by driving companies to focus on reporting rather than response
The Information Maze: Navigating Information, Misinformation and Disinformation in a Crisis
- Navigating today’s over-abundance of information, misinformation and disinformation
- Tackling the use of bots and AI to spread disinformation and drive crises
- Interpreting mainstream and social media during a crisis; media framing, opinions intertwined with facts
- Practical strategies to mitigate the impact of misinformation and disinformation
- How to process and validate information to find actionable insights during a crisis
- Use of AI to monitor, clean, and process data from multiple sources
- Use of AI to monitor, clean, and process data from multiple sources
- How to process and validate information to find actionable insights during a crisis
Navigating 3rd & 4th Party Risks and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
- The rise of risks and crises across 3rd, 4th and nth parties in your supply chain
- How to gain visibility over your extended supply chain ecosystem; supply chain network mapping
- How to assess 3rd party risk; understanding your dependencies on 3rd parties
- Preparing for and mitigating the impact of crises along your supply chain
- Importance of change management; developing a robust change management procedure when procuring and onboarding a new 3rd party
- How companies can meaningfully engage with key suppliers/third parties; how are businesses bringing suppliers in to exercising/testing in a meaningful way
Who will you meet at Crisis Minds?
Connect with and learn from 170+ senior in-house crisis management leaders across a range of industries:
Roles
C-Suite, Senior Leaders in Crisis Management, Risk Management & Business Continuity, Communications & Reputation Management, Legal & Regulatory Compliance, Security & Cyber Resilience
Industries
Aviation, Construction, Consumer Goods, Energy, Financial Services, Media, Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, Publishing, Travel, Telecommunications and more
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Crisis Minds is designed by and for in-house crisis management practictioners, with the in-house community making up the vast majority of the attending audience.
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