Konnect Riskonnect Conference 2026, DENVER

October 7–9, 2026 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, Colorado

Konnect 2026 is Riskonnect’s annual North American customer and risk management conference, bringing together Riskonnect customers, prospective customers, partners, executives, risk leaders, managers, and technology users from across industries. The three-day event combines keynotes, educational sessions, product-focused learning, expert engagement, and peer networking in a collaborative environment designed for organizations seeking to strengthen their approaches to risk, resilience, compliance, and related business challenges.

With more than 50 training and educational sessions planned, attendees can deepen their professional knowledge, learn how other organizations are addressing practical risk challenges, and explore ways to gain greater value from their existing Riskonnect technology investments. The event also provides opportunities to meet directly with Riskonnect specialists, understand available and emerging capabilities, exchange implementation and operational practices with peers, and connect with the broader Riskonnect partner community. These interactions can help organizations improve internal skills, evaluate where technology can support evolving requirements, and identify opportunities to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and return on investment.

Conference registration includes access to the sessions, keynotes, Konnection Hub, networking events, and scheduled meals and refreshments. Recorded sessions are expected to remain available to registered attendees for 90 days following the event, extending the learning opportunity beyond the conference itself.

GRC 20/20 Keynote & Presenter . . .

If you ask my family what I do for a living, they might say that I “travel the world talking about risk.” And honestly, that wouldn’t be far from the truth. But the more formal introduction is that I am an analyst, researcher, storyteller, and, as the industry likes to remind me, the Father of GRC. More than 23 years ago, while at Forrester Research, I coined the acronym GRC and articulated it as a way to integrate governance, risk management, and compliance capabilities in strategy, process, and technology.

Today, through GRC 20/20 Research, I spend my days studying how organizations around the world navigate complexity and uncertainty. My job is to observe patterns, identify challenges, understand how strategy, process, and technology intersect, and help organizations evolve to be more effective, efficient, resilient, and agile. Along the way, I also founded GRC Report, a global news and insights platform focused entirely on governance, risk management, compliance, and business integrity news and insights around the world. It has become a place where practitioners, executives, policymakers, and technologists can see the GRC landscape through a global lens.

I also host two podcasts — Risk Is Our Business Podcast and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy Podcast — because I believe conversation is one of the most powerful tools we have for changing how people think about risk and integrity. These podcasts allow me to explore big ideas with remarkable minds from around the world, and they keep me grounded in the reality that risk is not merely a function — it is the fabric of every decision and every ambition. In many ways, I am an explorer of uncertainty. As an industry analyst, I map and monitor the ever-expanding GRC galaxy — now tracking over 1,500 solutions and the professional services orbiting them. The universe of GRC is vast, dynamic, and constantly in motion, and I am endlessly fascinated by how organizations chart their course through it.

Conference Host . . .

Riskonnect is the leading integrated risk management software solution provider. Our technology empowers organizations with the ability to anticipate, manage, and respond in real-time to strategic and operational risks across the extended enterprise. We have more than 2,000 risk professionals in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and serve over 2,500 customers across six continents.