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.
Accepted papers will be published with open-access license in the conference proceedings. The full accepted papers will be indexed with Scopus, EI, and ISI Web of Science. We will pursue the publication of selected extended works in special issues of top international peer-reviewed journals.
Download the call for abstracts and papers here!
The portal for submissions is open! Visit the submission page for instructions!
Please send your session(s) proposals by filling the form at the following link!
Submission for ESREL 2027 Session Proposals – fill out form
Important dates
Abstract submission – November 30th, 2026
Proposals for sessions – November 15th, 2026
Full-paper submission – February 28th 2027
Final-paper submission – March 31st 2027
Early-bird registration – March 31th 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