4th Risk Summit (2013)

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17 Jun 2013

13:00 -22:00

18 Jun 2013

08:30 -18:30

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

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Cambridge Judge Business School

Trumpington St

Cambridge

CB2 1AG

United Kingdom

Risk & Strategy: Returns versus Resilience

In June 2013 the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies brought together leaders and decision makers from business, government, intergovernmental organisations, academia and NGOs to explore the inter-linkages between risk and strategy.

Risk is usually perceived as the threat of loss, with predominantly negative connotations.

This meeting challenged these perceptions and promote debate about opportunities inherent in a risky environment.

Keynote speakers

Risk Summit

  • Woody Powell, Professor of Sociology, Organizational Behavior, Management Science & Engineering, and Communication (by courtesy), Stanford University
  • Gillian Tett, Markets and Finance Commentator & Assistant Editor, Financial Times

Risk Summit Dinner 

  • David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge

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Programme

Day 1

Monday 17 June 2013

16:30 – 17:00

Risk Summit Registration

17:00 – 18:30

Risk Summit Welcome

Michelle Tuveson, Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies

Session and Keynote Speaker Introduction

William Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus

Risk Summit Keynote: Risk and Resilience through a Network Lens

Speaker: Woody Powell, Professor of Sociology, Organizational Behavior, Management Science & Engineering, and Communication (by courtesy), Stanford University

Risk Summit Day 1 Panel: Seeking Value Creation in Risk: Innovation, Creativity, and Making the Right Bets

Moderated by: Chair: David Champion, Senior Editor, Harvard Business Review

  • Mark Davies, Head of Group Risk, Rio Tinto
  • Christoph Loch, Director, University of Cambridge Judge Business School & Professor of Management Studies
  • Woody Powell, Professor of Sociology, Organizational Behavior, Management Science and Engineering, and Communication (by courtesy), Stanford University
  • Alan Smith, Global Head of Risk Strategy and Chief of Staff, Global Risk, HSBC

18:30 – 19:30

Drinks Reception at Cambridge Judge Business School

19:30 – 22:00

Risk Summit Dinner at Christ’s College

Dinner Speaker: David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge

Speakers

  • Gary Bowman, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Fabio Caccioli, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Tiago Cavalcanti, Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge Department of Economics
  • David Champion, Senior Editor, Harvard Business Review
  • Dr Andrew Coburn, Director of the External Advisory Board, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies and Senior Vice President, RMS
  • D’Maris Coffman, College Lecturer, Newnham College and Director, Centre for Financial History
  • Mark Davies, Head of Group Risk, Rio Tinto
  • William Dick, Consultant, World Bank and Consultant & UN World Food Programme
  • Gerard Evan, Head of Department and Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
  • J. Doyne Farmer, Professor of Mathematics and Co-Director of Complexity Economics, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
  • Andrew Freeman, Risk Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies & Managing Director, Cambridge Research Associates Ltd
  • Louise Gutteridge, Events and Operations Manager, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Sven Heiligtag, Principal, McKinsey & Company
  • Ashley Hirst, Head of Science, Global Distribution and EMEA at AIG
  • Roman Hohl, CEO Asia Risk Centre and Deputy Director, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
  • Michael G Jacobides, Sir Donald Gordon Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Strategy & Entrepreneurship Department, London Business School
  • William H Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus
  • Christoph Loch, Director, University of Cambridge Judge Business School & Professor of Management Studies
  • Michael Maran, Chief Science Officer, Catlin Group
  • Andrew Palmer, Finance Editor, The Economist
  • Tso-Chien Pan, Professor and Executive Director, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
  • Will Pearson, Director, Eurasia Group’s Global Energy and Natural Resources
  • Martin Pergler, Senior Expert, McKinsey & Co
  • Walter W Powell, Professor of Education and Sociology, Organizational Behavior, Management Science and Engineering, and Communication, and Co-Director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
  • Louise Pryor, Researcher, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Daniel Ralph, Academic Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge Judge Business School & Professor of Operations Research
  • Simon Ruffle, Director of Technology Research, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Michael H Salama, Vice President, Corporate Tax & Lead Tax Counsel, The Walt Disney Company
  • Sam L Savage, Consulting Professor, Stanford University and Executive Director, ProbabilityManagement.org
  • Charles Scawthorn, Principal, SPA Risk LLC and former Professor of Kyoto University
  • Haresh Shah, Chairman of ARC, Advisory Board, ICRM & Emeritus Professor, Stanford University
  • Alan Smith, Global Head of Risk Strategy and Chief of Staff, Global Risk, HSBC
  • David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge
  • Gillian Tett, Markets and Finance Commentator & Assistant Editor, Financial Times
  • Michelle Tuveson, Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
  • Peter Ulrich, Senior Vice President, RMS
  • Geir Westgaard, Head of Political Risk and Head of Security Threat Assessment Centre, Statoil
  • Gordon Woo, Catastrophist, RMS

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