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October 18 to October 21, 2026 | Québec City Convention Centre 

RIMS Canada Conference 2026

Join us to gain insights into the latest risk management trends.

In today’s rapidly evolving risk landscape, organizations face unprecedented challenges – from geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions to extreme weather, supply chain disruptions, cyber threats, AI-related risks, and social inflation. These interconnected pressures threaten resilience and financial stability, making it essential for companies to renew and strengthen their risk management strategies by proactively integrating risk considerations into strategic decision-making.

Marsh has spent 150+ years tackling massive challenges and learning what drives business forward. Every challenge adds to a perspective that stretches across borders, sectors, and possibilities. And now, in a world that is complex, unpredictable, and full of opportunity, Marsh is uniquely positioned to help you navigate challenges, realize your objectives, and be successful.

Join Marsh throughout the week as we explore these priority issues and the latest industry trends. Visit the Marsh Café, attend our hospitality events, and participate in  RIMS  Canada  2026 educational sessions  to engage with our specialists, network with industry peers, and discover how our data analytics, industry insights, and customized strategies can support your risk management, resilience, and business growth objectives. 

We look forward to seeing you at  the  RIMS  Canada Conference 2026.

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Registration is now open for the RIMS Canada Conference 2026! 

Dates: October 18 - 21, 2026   

Venue: Québec City Convention Centre   

Location: Québec City, Québec

*Please note that while badge access is not required for entry to the Marsh Café and other hospitality areas at the convention center, badges are necessary for all conference receptions, the exhibit hall, and session spaces. 

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Hear directly from our experts on the topics that matter most

Welcome Remarks & Keynote: Lieutenant General Darcy Molstad, Commander of Canadian Joint Forces Command

Time: 9:00 - 10:30 AM ET

Location: Centre des congrès de Québec : Hall 400A

Speakers: 

  • Lieutenant General Darcy Molstad, Commander of Canadian Joint Forces Command
  • Michael Lewis, President, Marsh Risk Canada

Session Description: Drawing on decades of leadership experience in complex and rapidly evolving environments, Lieutenant-General Darcy Molstad will share perspectives on leadership, resilience, preparedness, and decision-making in the face of uncertainty. An accomplished CF-18 pilot and senior Canadian Armed Forces leader, he has served in operational and executive roles across Canada and around the world and currently serves as the inaugural Commander of Canadian Joint Forces Command. Moderated by Michael Lewis, President, Marsh Risk Canada.

 

Wired for Impact: The Case for Neuroinclusive Workplaces

Time: 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM ET

Location: Centre des congrès de Québec : DEI Studio, Booth# 127

Speakers: 

  • Steve Gallant, Adjuster, Crawford & Co. Canada Inc.
  • Kevin Hendershot, Commercial Leader, Marsh People & Investments, Canada

Session Description: The professionals navigating neurodivergence bring strengths to the workplace that your organization may be leveraging without knowing it. Study the competitive advantages they offer: pattern recognition, sustained focus, big-picture thinking, creativity, eye for detail and, of course, the resilience that comes from overcoming challenges. Recognize the broad range of neurodiversity categories and the distinct strengths each brings to the workplace. Identify practical strategies for attracting, retaining and accommodating neurodivergent professionals. Based on real workplace experiences, develop actionable ideas for building genuine belonging and a culture where visible and invisible differences are met with acceptance and curiosity.

 

Under Fire:  Protecting Directors and Officers During Shareholder Activism 

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET  

Location: Centre des congrès de Québec : 302AB

Speakers: 

  • Paul Emerson, SVP, Head of Third Party Claims Canada, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company
  • Michael Hunziker, FINPRO National Claims Leader, Marsh Risk, Canada
  • Sharon McCarthy, Global Leader Insurance and Risk Management, CAE, Inc.

Session Description: Explore how shareholder activism is reshaping the Canadian corporate governance landscape with increased frequency and sophistication. Investigate how these campaigns target board composition, executive compensation, environmental, social and governance strategy and mergers and acquisitions decisions. With legal, risk management and insurance professionals, consider how your organization can assess, structure and respond to activism-related risks before, during and after a campaign.

Nation Building: Partnering with Indigenous Nations to Transform Project Risk, Value, and Delivery 

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET  

Location: Centre des congrès de Québec : 302AB

Speakers: 

  • Sarika Sachdev, Director of Risk Management, Hudbay Minerals Inc.
  • Paolo DeRosa, SVP, Senior Client Executive, Mining and Natural Resources, Marsh Risk Canada
  • Stephen Scott, Managing Director, Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)

Session Description: Indigenous nations are rights holders whose early, genuine partnership materially changes project risk and value. This panel—featuring leaders from mining, infrastructure, and the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s Indigenous Infrastructure initiative—will show how equity participation, impact and benefit agreements, jobs/training, and co governance accelerate approvals, lower financing costs, and strengthen social license. Panelists will share brief case examples of where early engagement sped delivery and where poor engagement created delays, cost overruns, or legal exposure. The session will close with clear, practical steps for embedding Indigenous partnership strategies into project governance, contracts, financing and risk management. 

Canada’s Data Centre Moment: The Evolution of Digital Sovereignty in Canada 

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET 

Location: Centre des congrès de Québec : 306A

Speakers: 

  • Nancy Angenita Johnson, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, TransAlta
  • Falak Kothari, Industry Leader, Manufacturing, Marsh Risk, Canada
  • Joanne Silberberg, Energy & Power Infrastructure Leader, Marsh Risk, US & Canada

Session Description: Join specialists across technology, energy, cyber and construction for a roundtable discussion on the new frontier of risk shaping Canada’s digital infrastructure ecosystem. Start with a look at the potential of the country’s ample power, lower cooling costs and competitive insurance markets. Examine the unique environment for owners and contractors that is generated when these advantages meet rising demand for digital infrastructure and a national push for sovereign artificial intelligence capacity. Consider the rapidly evolving and augmented risks for organizations that build, invest or seek to expand their operational capacity. Get best practices for navigating the digital infrastructure and data centre value chain—from securing and deploying capital to construction and project lifecycle to operations and adaptation in the enterprise. 

Managing the unmanageable: Turning geopolitical uncertainty into competitive advantage  

Time: 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM ET  

Location: Thought Leader Stage-Centre des congrès de Québec

Speakers: 

  • Christopher Coppock, Head of Geopolitical & Economic Risk Analysis, Credit Specialties, Marsh Risk, UK

Session Description: In our era of structural geopolitical uncertainty, many organizations have yet to develop capabilities to address the profound risks and opportunities that this moment presents. This session will challenge attendees to do more by demonstrating that geopolitical risk is both manageable despite its inherent uncertainty and can be a source of strategic advantage. Come hear about tangible costs that were incurred by undervaluing geopolitical risk in the first half of the 2020s. Come learn about two methods for integrating geopolitical perspective into organizational structures, enabling better communication and decision-making. Finally, engage with two case studies - on managing a short-term geopolitical disruption and assessing a long-term strategic shift - to gain perspective on how organizations can consciously address both types of challenge. By the end of the session, you will be able to approach geopolitics not as an unmanageable structural risk to be dealt with reactively, but rather as a source of change and disruption out of which numerous opportunities can arise. 

How AI Rewrites Reality Inside an Organization: An Interactive Cyber Crisis Simulation  

Time: 1:30 - 2:30 PM ET

Location: Centre des congrès de Québec : 306A

Speakers: 

  • Julien Ducloy, National Lead, Cyber Risk Consulting, Marsh Risk, Canada
  • Vanessa Petrillo, Director, Corporate Risk, KingSett Capital
  • Marcus Troiano, Google Cloud Security, Canada Lead, Cyber Strategy and Transformation Services, Mandiant
  • Phil Umrysh, CISO - Global Cybersecurity Leader, Intact

Session Description: As artificial intelligence (AI) proliferates, cyber risk is heightened with an intense challenge: the erosion of trust. Through a simulation, follow an organization compromised through subtle, AI-enabled techniques that bypass traditional controls. Inspect the context-aware social engineering, peer-level deepfakes and autonomous lateral movement. Trace a routine access request as it evolves into cross-domain infiltration and data manipulation in operational systems and public messaging. Study the decision points that surface tradeoffs around timing, trust and consequences. Discover how losses can stem from decision distortion and process disruption, not just data breaches and system outages. Get a clearer view of emerging exposure drivers, growing control gaps and actionable cues for managing them as you factor into your approach this paradigm shift: AI as a new workforce. 

Climate Volatility and  Financial Resilience for Public Entities: Using Parametric and Alternative Risk to Close the Protection Gap

Time: 9:45 - 10:45 AM ET  

Location: Centre des congrès de Québec : 301AB

Speakers: 

  • Mitchell McEwen, Director Sustainability, Climate Resilience & Community Impact, Wawanesa
  • Syzan Talo, Managing Director, Global Public Sector Practice, Marsh Reinsurance, Canada
  • Gwen Tassone, Public Sector Leader, Marsh Risk, Canada

Session Description: Public sector organizations across health care, education and government face a growing disconnect: Climate-related risks are intensifying, while traditional insurance solutions become more restrictive, expensive and dilatory. Consider how you can close that protection gap by integrating parametric insurance and alternative risk strategies into your organization’s broader risk financing. Explore real world public sector scenarios—extreme weather, infrastructure strain and service disruption—that illustrate both the opportunities and pitfalls of this approach.

Come listen to our speakers

Michael Lewis

President, Marsh Risk Canada

Christopher Coppock

Head of Geopolitical and Economic Risk Analysis, Credit Specialties Marsh Risk

Paolo DeRosa

SVP, Senior Client Executive, Mining and Natural Resources, Marsh Risk Canada

Julien Ducloy

Julien Ducloy

Cyber Consulting Lead, Marsh Risk Canada

Kevin Hendershot

Commercial Leader, Marsh People and Investments, Canada

Michael Hunziker

SVP, FINPRO National Claims Leader, Canada

Falak Kothari

Falak Kothari

Manufacturing Industry Leader, Canada, Marsh Risk

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Joanne Silberberg

Managing Director, Energy & Power Leader

Syzan Talo

Syzan Talo

Managing Director, Global Public Sector Practice, Marsh Reinsurance, Canada

Gwen Tassone

Public Sector Leader, Marsh Risk, Canada

Gain industry insights from our subject matter experts

Join us to learn more about your industry’s specific risk trends and connect with peers. Refreshments will be provided at all sessions, and no conference badge is required for these sessions which will be held in our dedicated meeting space, the Marsh Café in the Québec City Convention Centre.

Engineering Value into Energy Deals

Time: 10:30 - 11:30 AM ET

Location: Marsh Café, 309 AB, Centre des congrès de Québec

Session Description: Capital projects in energy and power can take years to build but operate for decades, carrying irreducible uncertainty around schedule, cost, constructability, and start-up performance. Too often, this uncertainty is managed separately from insurance and financial risk strategy, and the result is missed value.

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Turning Tax Risk into Transactional Advantage

Time: 1 - 2 PM ET

Location: Marsh Café, 309 AB, Centre des congrès de Québec

Session Description: When a tax issue creates a major business decision or emerges late in a deal, it can quickly escalate, slowing approvals, tightening negotiation dynamics, and reducing transaction certainty at the moment momentum matters most.

See how tax risk can shift from a deal-breaker to a strategic advantage.

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Captives: The Key to Unlocking Options

Time: 9:30 - 10:30 AM ET

Location: Marsh Café, 309 AB, Centre des congrès de Québec

Session Description: In recent years, captive insurance has emerged as a compelling self-financing option, helping organizations protect their balance sheets, maintain flexibility in program design, and achieve potential savings.

For Canadian companies, the momentum behind captive adoption has been significant: in the first half of 2026, Alberta licensed six new captives, bringing the province's total to 45 since licensing was introduced in July 2022.

Learn what this growing momentum could mean for your organization.

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The Art of Setting Limits and Sub-Limits for Construction Projects and Complex Property Placement

Time: 12:30 - 1:15 PM ET

Location: Marsh Café, 309 AB, Centre des congrès de Québec

Session Description: Setting policy limits can seem like a mysterious and dark art — especially for large construction projects where risks are high and varied. But it doesn't have to be.

Explore one of the more nuanced aspects of risk management: setting policy limits and sub-limits.

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Marsh Café  

Step into the Marsh Café, your hub for connection and collaboration. Meet one-on-one with our experts, explore cutting-edge products and solutions, and network with industry peers. 

Location: Urban Space (Level 3), Québec City Convention Centre 

Marsh Café Hours: 

  • Monday, October 19: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm ET 
  • Tuesday, October 20: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm ET 

 

Marsh  Booth 

Visit our booth and step into the driver’s seat of our official Formula 1® simulator. Feel the excitement and precision of driving an F1 car, perfect for racing fans and enthusiasts alike. 

As Official Risk Partner, Official Insurance Brokering Partner, and Official Reinsurance Partner of Formula 1®, we’re bringing the energy of the track to Québec City. Prizes for the fastest race times! 

Location: The Marsh Booth, #221, is located inside the exhibit hall at the Québec City Convention Centre, (Level 4). 

Marsh Booth hours: 

  • Monday, October 19: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm  ET  
  • Tuesday, October 20:  9:00 am – 3:00 pm ET 

Join our specialists for a 15-minute demo of our latest digital solutions: Risk Companion and Risk Passport. Click here to book a demo .

On-site demo hours:

Monday, October 19: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm ET
Tuesday, October 20: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm ET

  • Risk Companion — a connected digital platform that turns Marsh’s unmatched data, advanced analytics, and 150 years of expertise into actionable insight clients can use to make better decisions — across the risk lifecycle.
  • Risk Passport — a low-cost digital membership giving clients continuous risk insights, advisory support, and a strong peer community, designed for Corporate clients.