Archer® Summit 2026 Brings the World's Risk and Compliance Leaders to Orlando

Archer's flagship event returns September 14 to 17 with 40+ sessions, an invitation-only Executive Track, and live demonstrations of Archer's latest innovations

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Archer Summit 2026, the industry's premier governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) conference, will bring more than 1,000 risk and compliance leaders to the Orlando World Center Marriott from September 14 to 17. Archer^® today announced the full agenda, featured speakers, and an invitation-only Executive Track for the flagship annual event.

Archer Summit 2026 is built for the entire GRC community. The program meets customers where they are now and where they are headed, spanning customer-presented case studies, hands-on technical labs, product innovation sessions, industry user groups, an invitation-only Executive Track and live demonstrations of Archer innovation.

Closing the Governance Gap, Together

The pace of change has outrun the old playbook. A new regulatory change lands somewhere in the world every six minutes, and agentic AI is moving faster than most teams can govern it. Checklists, controls, and periodic reviews still look rigorous, but they leave a widening governance gap that hides the risks that matter most. Archer Summit 2026 is where leaders confront that gap together, trading the best practices that close it and learning how peers are building a live system that updates continuously and catches what static controls miss.

Learn From the Best. Prepare for What's Next.

Real programs, real results, presented by the people who run them. This year's program features 40+ sessions, including more than 25 led by customers at organizations at the center of the global economy. Featured customer sessions include:

• Manulife. Keynote speaker Amir Ramezanpour, Global Vice President, Risk Technology and Intelligence, and Global Risk Transformation Office, on building risk technology for a live, continuously updating model of risk.
• Pfizer. How one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies moved from reactive compliance to a predictive, standardized, and resilient GRC operating model.
• Vanguard. How Vanguard institutionalized AI outputs and validation practices to build a comprehensive, consistent obligation inventory.
• NiSource. How NiSource modernized policy and control management across multiple regulators, strengthening alignment and building a scalable approach to regulatory change.

Additional sessions feature Mastercard, DTCC, SMBC Group, EY, Liberty Mutual, First National Bank of Omaha, and many more. Tracks include Powered by AI, Innovation Showcase, Learning Labs, Industry User Groups, and the Executive Track.

“For our customers, ‘almost right’ isn’t good enough,” said Kayvan Alikhani, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Archer. “Archer Summit brings leaders together to explore how AI is transforming risk and compliance from reactive and manual to proactive and intelligent, while connecting them with peers who understand their toughest challenges.”

Leveling Up Archer Summit 2026

Archer Summit 2026 gives attendees the first look at what customers describe as a different category of GRC software: AI that is designed for second-line risk and compliance workflows and proves who did what, why, and at what confidence.

• Expanded Executive Track. An invitation-only forum for senior compliance, risk and security leaders to connect with peers, debate emerging challenges, and engage directly with Archer leadership to help shape the company's strategy and roadmap.
• The Innovation Showcase (new this year). Live demonstrations and customer stories across compliance, AI risk management, audit, third-party risk and operational risk.
• Education That Advances Compliance Careers. In addition to practical insights and technical training, attendees can earn Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits by participating in eligible sessions led by industry experts, Archer specialists, and customer practitioners.

Registration is now open for Archer customers and partners. To explore the full agenda and featured speakers, visit www.thearchersummit.com.

About Archer

Archer powers how the world's leading enterprises govern risk, compliance, and regulatory change. More than 1,300 organizations run on Archer, including half the Fortune 500 and 37 of the top 50 global banks. A new regulatory change lands somewhere in the world every six minutes, and agentic AI is outpacing most teams' ability to govern it. Archer's purpose-built AI is grounded in the deepest regulatory data and domain expertise in GRC, so every result traces back to its source and every decision can be defended. Archer delivers solutions across the full range of GRC, including regulatory change management, AI risk management, regulatory intelligence, third-party risk, and IT and security risk. Learn more at www.archerirm.com.