ESREL 2027

37th European Safety and Reliability Conference

6–10 June 2027, ETH-Zürich, Main Building

From shocks to transitions via resilient and sustainable future systems

Hosted by ETH Zürich and the Paul Scherrer institute, ESREL 2027 will bring together researchers, engineers, and industry leaders working across safety, reliability, risk, and resilience engineering and science  — from components to large-scale infrastructures and complex socio-technical systems.

Modern society increasingly depends on interconnected technical, social, and economic systems whose performance, safety, and sustainability are challenged by aging infrastructures, climate change, digitalization, cyber threats, autonomous technologies, and dynamic societal drivers. ESREL 2027 will  address these challenges, providing an interdisciplinary forum covering topics such as, but not limited to:

  • Safety and reliability engineering, maintenance planning and optimization, prognostics and health management
  • Resilient infrastructures, safety and resilience sciences, risk management and governance 
  • AI and data-driven risk analysis, cyber-physical systems
  • Energy transition risks, safety culture and organizational factors, human reliability, risk perception and communication.

Building on the established ESREL tradition, the conference will foster scientific excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration, and knowledge exchange across academia, industry, and public institutions — contributing to safer, more resilient, and more sustainable technological systems and societies.

The program will include keynote lectures by leading international experts, regular and special technical sessions on emerging and hot topics, panel discussions, as well as social and networking events.
The conference is organized under the auspices of the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA).

The conference will take place in the main building of ETH Zürich, a landmark institution renowned worldwide for its excellence in science and engineering, offering a prestigious and inspiring setting in the heart of the city. We warmly welcome you to Zurich and look forward to shaping the future of safety, reliability, and resilience together.

Important dates

  • Abstract submission – November 30th, 2026

  • Proposals for special sessions – November 30th, 2026

  • Full-paper submission – February 28th 2027

  • Final-paper submission – March 31st 2027

  • Early-bird registration – April 30th 2027

Organizers

General Chairs

Prof. G. Sansavini,
Reliability and Risk Engineering Lab, ETH Zürich

Prof. R. McKenna,
Chair of Energy Systems Analysis, ETH Zürich
Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, PSI

Prof. E. Zio,
Centre for Research on Risk and Crises (CRC), Mines Paris – PSL
Laboratory of Analysis of Systems for the Assessment of Reliability, Risk and Resilience, Politecnico Di Milano

Technical Programme Chairs

Dr. P. Burgherr,
Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, PSI

Prof. O. Fink,
Chair of Intelligent Maintenance and Operations Systems, EPFL

Dr. B. Gjorgiev,
Reliability and Risk Engineering Lab, ETH Zürich

Dr. L. Podofillini,
Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, PSI

Dr. M. Spada,
Institute for Sustainable Development, ZHAW