2nd Risk Summit (2010)

8 Dec 2010

08:30 -22:00

9 Dec 2010

08:30 -16:30

Times are shown in local time.

Open to: Specialists and business managers, including threat specialists, academics, policy-makers, practitioners and advisors

Cambridge Judge Business School

Trumpington St

Cambridge

CB2 1AG

United Kingdom

The Human Dimension of Risk: Perception, Behaviour & Decision Making in Risk Management

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues.

In the second annual meeting of the Centre for Risk Studies, last year’s themes of societal resilience and the failure of complex systems will be further developed through a deeper examination of human society as a complex system.

Human dimensions of risk transcend many boundaries, emanating from risk perception, understanding patterns of behaviour and into the processes of decision-making and policy development.

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Programme

Day 1

Wednesday 8 December 2010

08:30 – 09:00

Risk Summit Registration & Coffee

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome and Introduction

Professor Geoff Meeks, Acting Director of Cambridge Judge Business School

09:15 – 13:00

Plenary Session 1: Perception

Chaired by: Michelle Tuveson, Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies

09:15-10:00- The Brain and Its Business Model – Professor Ed Bullmore, Cambridge Department of Psychiatry & Director, Behavioural & Clinical Neuroscience Institute

10:00-10:30 – Uncertainty and Doubt in Conversation and How They Are Managed – Dr David Good, King’s College Cambridge

10:30-11:00 – Visualisation of Sentiment Indicators Used in Market Trading – Mark Gilbert, London Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

11:00-11:30 – Coffee & Tea

11:30-12:00 – Systemic Risk Poll and Discussion – Dr Ben Hardy, Research Associate, Neuroscience, Endocrinology & Finance

12:00-12:50 – Panel Discussion: Cultures in Crisis: Challenges of Managing Perception and Governance – Moderated by Andrew Freeman, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Financial Services

  • Dr Kanwardeep Ahluwalia, Managing Director, Risk Management, Swiss Re Group
  • Robert Hayes, Senior Fellow, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments
  • Harlan Loeb, Executive Vice President and US Director of Issues & Crisis, Edelman
  • Professor Tso-Chien Pan, Dean, College of Engineering & Director, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

12:50-13:00 – Plenary Session 1 Summary: Perception and Beyond – Dr Paul Kaplan, Quantitative Research Director, Morningstar Europe, Ltd.

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:45

Plenary Session 2: Behaviour

Chaired by: Professor Daniel Ralph, Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies

14:00-14:45 – Insights from the Asian Micro-Insurance Markets: How the Last Mile Can Be Connected – Professor Haresh Shah, Chairman of Advisory Board, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & Emeritus Professor of Stanford University

14:45-15:15 – Learning from Primates: Group Behaviour and Cooperation – Dr Leslie Knapp, Reader, Cambridge Department of Anthropology

15:15-15:45 – Bubbles, Manias and Market Failures: From Tulips to Subprime – Dr D’Maris Coffman, Director, Winton Centre for Financial History

15:45-16:15 – Coffee & Tea

16:15-16:45 – Taking Control of Organisational Risk Culture – Cindy Levy, Director, UK Financial Services and Risk Management Practices, McKinsey & Company

16:45 – 17:30

Open Forum Discussion and Summary

Chaired by: Professor Frank Kelly, Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge & Master, Christ’s College

17:30-19:00

Drinks Reception: Cambridge Judge Business School Common Room

19:00 – 22:00

Meeting dinner

University of Cambridge – Peterhouse Dining Hall

Peterhouse Dinner Welcome – Professor Peter Landshoff, Christ’s College Fellow, University of Cambridge DAMTP

Resilient Societies: A Brit’s Perspective on the Irrepressible Optimism and Dynamism of California – Keynote Speaker: Professor Gerard Evan, Head of University of Cambridge Department of Biochemistry

Day 2

Thursday 9 December 2010

08:30 – 09:00

Coffee & Meeting Registration

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome and Introduction

Dr Andrew Coburn, Senior Vice President, RMS

09:15 – 13:00

Plenary Session 3: Decision-Making

Chaired by: Dr Jonathan Grant, President, RAND Europe

09:15-10:00 – Knightian Uncertainty and Innovation: A Philosophical Look at the Recent Financial Crisis – Richard Bronk, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics

10:00-10:30 – Culture and Link to Operational Performance – Andrew Freeman, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Financial Services

10:30-11:00 – Managing Risk Strategy in Banking – Balancing the Human with the Financial – Alan Smith, Global Head of Risk Strategy, HSBC

11:00-11:30 – Coffee & Tea

11:30-12:00 – Hedging Uncertainty as a Venture Capitalist – Dr William Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus

12:00-13:00 – Panel Discussion #2: Decision Making: Before and After a Crisis – Moderated by Dr Jonathan Grant, President, RAND Europe

  • Dr John Coates, Senior Research Fellow, Cambridge Judge Business School
  • Professor Charlie Kennel, UCSD Sustainability Solutions Centre
  • Dr Peter Nakada, Managing Director, RMS
  • Dr Peter Stern, Senior Editor, SCIENCE

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:45

Plenary Session 4: Policy Setting and Adoption

Chaired by: Dr Andrew Coburn, Senior Vice President, RMS

14:00-14:45 – Libel Laws and the Influences on Free Communication – Dr Simon Singh, TV Director, Author, and Science Journalist

14:45-15:15 – Views into the Creative Industries – Dr Anna Dempster, Senior Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute of Art & Birkbeck College

15:15-15:45 – Nuclear Renaissance – The Proliferation Challenge – Dr William Nuttall, Senior Lecturer, Cambridge Judge Business School

15:45 – 16:15

Open Forum Discussion and Contemplation: Capturing Collective Thoughts

Chaired by: Dr Andrew Coburn, Senior Vice President, RMS

16:15 – 16:30

Meeting Summary

Dr Jonathan Grant, President, RAND Europe

Speakers

  • Michelle Tuveson, Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Professor Daniel Ralph, Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Professor Geoff Meeks, Acting Director of Cambridge Judge Business School
  • Professor Ed Bullmore, Cambridge Department of Psychiatry & Director, Behavioural & Clinical Neuroscience Institute
  • Dr David Good, King’s College Cambridge
  • Mark Gilbert, London Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
  • Dr Ben Hardy, Research Associate, Neuroscience, Endocrinology & Finance
  • Andrew Freeman, Executive Director, Deloitte Centre for Financial Services
  • Dr Kanwardeep Ahluwalia, Managing Director, Risk Management, Swiss Re Group
  • Robert Hayes, Senior Fellow, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments
  • Dr Andrew Coburn, Senior Vice President, RMS
  • Harlan Loeb, Executive Vice President and US Director of Issues & Crisis, Edelman
  • Professor Tso-Chien Pan, Dean, College of Engineering & Director, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Professor Haresh Shah, Chairman of Advisory Board, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & Emeritus Professor of Stanford University
  • Dr Leslie Knapp, Reader, Cambridge Department of Anthropology
  • Dr D’Maris Coffman, Director, Winton Centre for Financial History
  • Cindy Levy, Director, UK Financial Services and Risk Management Practices, McKinsey & Company
  • Richard Bronk, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics
  • Alan Smith, Global Head of Risk Strategy, HSBC
  • Dr William Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus
  • Dr Jonathan Grant, President, RAND Europe
  • Dr John Coates, Senior Research Fellow, Cambridge Judge Business School
  • Professor Charles Kennel, UCSD Sustainability Solutions Centre
  • Dr Peter Nakada, Managing Director, RMS
  • Dr Peter Stern, Senior Editor, SCIENCE
  • Dr Simon Singh, TV Director, Author, and Science Journalist
  • Dr Anna Dempster, Senior Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute of Art & Birkbeck College
  • Dr William Nuttall, Senior Lecturer, Cambridge Judge Business School

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