Forum Day – presented by Stephan Lendi

Forum Day – presented by Stephan Lendi

WED 19 NOV 2025

11:45

Arrival/lunch

13:15

Welcome by SIRM
– by Sabrina Hartusch (President)

13:25

Welcome by FERMA
– by Philippe Cotelle (President-elect)

13:35

Risks from climate extremes 
– by Prof. Sonia Seneviratne (ETH Zurich)

14:15

Federal natural hazards platforms
– by Markus Aebischer (MeteoSwiss)

14:40

Blatten case study/are Swiss mountains inhabitable in the future?
– by Prof. Dr. Daniel Farinotti (ETH Zurich)

15:10

Coffee break / networking

r15:50

Earthquake risk/financing in Switzerland
– by Bruno Spicher (Risk Agent LLC) and
Dr. Eduard Held (SIA)

16:30

SIRM Aspire Risk Talk
– with Denis Waerseggers (Holcim)

16:40

Driving climate resilience and decarbonization
– by Dr. Maryam Golnaraghi (GVA Association)

17:10

Unlocking investment for climate resilience
– by Michael Mullan (OECD)

17:45

Wrap-up by SIRM
– by Jurrit Herber (Board Member)

Take a break/dress up for dinner and our party

Take a break/dress up for dinner and our party

18:00 – 19:30

19:30

Seated dinner
– please dress according to our theme

22:00-02:00

Four-elements-themed afterparty
– see you on the dance floor

Workshop Day – for SIRM Members only

Workshop Day – for SIRM Members only

THU 21 NOV 2025

08:00

Arrival / coffee

08:30

SIRM news/outlook
– by SIRM Board & Stephan Lendi

09:00

Current insights on extreme weather and loss prevention
– with BHSI, HDI, Sompo, Zurich

10:00

Coffee break / networking

10:30

Breakout sessions and roundtables

A: Protecting assets/engineering infrastructure for extreme weather
– with FM, Gallagher, McGill and Partner; hosted by Monica Arcos

B: Financial resilience/risk transfer,
data, parametric, captives and insurability
– with AON, Swiss Re CorSo, WTW; hosted by Barbara Speth

C: Human readiness/culture, crisis and internal communication
– with AXA, International SOS, Kessler; hosted by Kristin Sperling

12:30

Transfer: from forum to practice
– by SIRM Board & Stephan Lendi

12:45

Closing remarks
– by SIRM Board & Stephan Lendi

13:00

Networking lunch until 14:00

*All speeches are in English; no translation services provided.