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.
Day one: Wednesday 8 December 2010
Time |
Session |
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08:30-09:00 |
Risk Summit Registration & Coffee |
09:00-09:15 |
Welcome and Introduction |
09:15-13:00 |
Plenary Session 1: Perception |
09:15-10:00 |
The Brain and Its Business Model |
10:00-10:30 |
Uncertainty and Doubt in Conversation and How They Are Managed |
10:30-11:00 |
Visualisation of Sentiment Indicators Used in Market Trading |
11:00-11:30 |
Coffee & Tea |
11:30-12:00 |
Systemic Risk Poll and Discussion |
12:00-12:50 |
Panel Discussion: Cultures in Crisis: Challenges of Managing Perception and Governance
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12:50-13:00 |
Plenary Session 1 Summary: Perception and Beyond |
13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-16:30 |
Plenary Session 2: Behaviour |
14:00-14:45 |
Insights from the Asian Micro-Insurance Markets: How the Last Mile Can Be Connected |
14:45-15:15 |
Learning from Primates: Group Behaviour and Cooperation |
15:15-15:45 |
Bubbles, Manias and Market Failures: From Tulips to Subprime |
15:45-16:15 |
Coffee & Tea |
16:15-16:45 |
Taking Control of Organisational Risk Culture |
16:45-17:30 |
Open Forum Discussion and Summary |
17:30-19:00 |
Drinks Reception: Cambridge Judge Business School Common Room |
19:15-22:00 |
Meeting Dinner Peterhouse Dinner Welcome Resilient Societies: A Brit’s Perspective on the Irrepressible Optimism and Dynamism of California |
Day two: Thursday 9 December 2010
Time |
Session |
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08:30-09:00 |
Coffee & Meeting Registration |
09:00-09:15 |
Welcome and Introduction |
09:15-13:00 |
Plenary Session 3: Decision-Making |
09:15-10:00 |
Knightian Uncertainty and Innovation: A Philosophical Look at the Recent Financial Crisis |
10:00-10:30 |
Culture and Link to Operational Performance |
10:30-11:00 |
Managing Risk Strategy in Banking – Balancing the Human with the Financial |
11:00-11:30 |
Coffee & Tea |
11:30-12:00 |
Hedging Uncertainty as a Venture Capitalist |
12:00-13:00 |
Panel Discussion #2: Decision Making: Before and After a Crisis
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-15:15 |
Plenary Session 4: Policy Setting and Adoption |
14:00-14:45 |
Libel Laws and the Influences on Free Communication |
14:45-15:15 |
Views into the Creative Industries |
15:15-15:45 |
Nuclear Renaissance – The Proliferation Challenge |
15:45-16:15 |
Open Forum Discussion and Contemplation: Capturing Collective Thoughts |
16:15-16:30 |
Meeting Summary |
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
Organising Committee Chair
Michelle Tuveson, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies |
Organising Committee
Philippa Bradshaw, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies |
Andrew Coburn, RMS |
Anna Dempster, Sotheby’s Institute of Art & Birkbeck College |
Andrew Freeman, Deloitte Centre for Financial Services |
Daniel Ralph, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies |
Ruth Whaley, Regulatory Fundamentals Consulting, LLC |