2nd Risk Summit

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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Day one: Wednesday 8 December 2010

Time	Session
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
14:00-16:30	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
19:15-22:00	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 two: Thursday 9 December 2010

Time	Session
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
14:00-15:15	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

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

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