| Global and trans-boundary risks | Christopher Bunting, IRGC, Chair |
| Plenary (8:30-10:00 am): Global risks: priorities, interdependencies, and integrated mitigation approaches |
- Howard Kunreuther, Wharton School - Alex Wittenberg, Oliver Wyman Group, Marsh & McLennan Companies International |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions (10:30 am - 12:00 pm) | |
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| International disasters and critical infrastructure | Joost Santos and Kenneth Crowther, University
of Virginia, Co-chairs - Slava Timashev, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Global climate change | Ortwin Renn, University of Stuttgart, Chair - Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM - TBA |
| Harmonized decision support | Igor Linkov, US Army Corps, Chair - Richard Wilson, Harvard University - Jose Palma, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Todd Bridges, US Army Corps (invited) |
| Chemical, biological, and radiological hazards | John Ahearne, Sigma Xi, Chair |
| Plenary (8:30-10:00 am): Security, governance, and the management of emerging threats |
- David Franz, Midwest Research Institute; National Agricultural Biosecurity Center,
Kansas State University; and Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness, University
of Alabama - Vicki Colvin, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions (10:30 am - 12:00 pm) | |
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| Assuring the use of good science in risk-based public policy | Warner North, Northworks, Chair - John Ahearne, Sigma Xi - Rick Belzer, Regulatory Checkbook - Ortwin Renn, University of Stuttgart - Hungfu Huang, Risk Analysis Council of China Association for Disaster Prevention, Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs & Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University |
| Global climate change | Ortwin Renn, University of Stuttgart, Chair - Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM - Lutz Wicke, Institute for Environmental Management and Professor for Environmental Management and Economic Policy at the ESCP-EAP European School of Management, Berlin |
| Information management (e.g., REACH, HPV, biomonitoring) | Richard Phillips, ExxonMobil, Chair - Jay West, American Chemistry Council - Jim Bus, Dow Chemical Company |
| Emerging sources of risk (e.g. nano-scale materials) | Jo Anne Shatkin, CLF Ventures, Chair
- Andrew Maynard, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Project on Emerging Nanotechnology - Terry McIntyre, Environment Canada - Atsuo Kishimoto, Japanese Research Center for Chemical Risk Management - Olivier Salvi, European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Managemen |
| Risk and sustainable development | Jonathan Wiener, Duke University; and President, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) |
| Plenary (8:30-10:00 am):Health and Sustainable Development |
- Gerry Eijkemans, PanAmerican Health Organization-Mexico - Hermann Stamm, European Commission, Joint Research Centre |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions (10:30 am - 12:00 pm) | |
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| Public health priorities: infectious disease & safe drinking water | Garrick Louis, University of Virginia, Chair - B.P. Agrawal, Sustainable Innovations - Raul V. Destura, University of the Philippines |
| Sustainable energy | Sally Kane, SMKane Associates, Chair - Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM - Tariq Banuri, Stockholm Environment Institute-US Center - Roger Kasperson, Clark University - Christopher Bunting, IRGC - Christian Kirchsteiger, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport |
| Risks to biodiversity & human health from invasive species | Charlie Menzie, Exponent, Chair - Jay West, American Chemistry Council - Porfirio Alvarez Torres, Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) - Patricia Koleff, Mexican National Commission for Biodiversity (CONABIO) - Representative from US Dept of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) (TBD) |