Risk Management and Decision Processes Center - The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Past Conferences/Roundtables

2008

Risk Regulation Seminar Series: The Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center in conjunction with the Fels Institute of Government, Penn Program on Regulation; and Program on Law, the Environment and the Economy, with support from the Office of the Provost, host an interdisciplinary seminar on risk regulation.

Evolved Altruism, Strong Reciprocity, and Perception of Risk
Troy Tucker, RAMAS Software
March 25, 2008

Decision and Risk Analysis to Counter Terrorism
Detlof von Winterfeldt
Director, CREATE
February 26, 2008

Hurricane Risk Perceptions
David Kelly
Associate Professor of
Economics and Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Miami
January 28, 2008

2007

"Risk Management Principles for Nanotechnology"
Gary Marchant
Professor of Law, Executive Director, and Faculty Fellow Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology
Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law & Ethics
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

"Risk Regulation in 3-D: How to See (and Balance) Benefits and Costs as They Truly Are"
Adam Finkel
Fellow and Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation;
Lecturer of Public and International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University;
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ School of Public Health

Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes"
Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Data on losses from natural disasters and other extreme events suggest we are now in a new era of catastrophes. Hurricane Katrina alone caused $65 billion in insured losses (including for floods), the most costly disaster the insurance industry has ever had; All 20 of the most costly events to the insurance industry since 1970 occurred after 1987 with half of them occurring since 2001. This talk describes a major research project currently being undertaken by the Wharton Risk Center in conjunction with Georgia State University and the Insurance Information Institute on the role of the private and public sectors in mitigating and financing recovery from natural disasters in the United States.

We will address the following question: What is the best way for the nation to prepare and recover from large-scale disasters? Alternative disaster insurance and mitigation programs will be evaluated with a focus on how the current programs, where insurance is highly regulated, compare with a private market solution where insurers are free to set risk-based rates. The talk will propose a set of new programs for mitigating and insuring risks that include long-term insurance and mitigation loans, comprehensive insurance and vouchers for low-income residents in hazard-prone areas who may not be able to afford risk-based insurance premiums.

Wharton-GSU-III Disaster Project - Extreme Events Conference
Friday October 12, 2007, Washington DC

Invitational Choice Symposium
June 13-17, 2007

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is proud to host the Seventh Triennial Invitational Choice Symposium. The goal of the symposium is to foster an inter-disciplinary discussion of recent theoretical, empirical, and methodological advances in the study of choice and decision making, as well as to set an agenda for future work in the area. The symposium will be comprised of seventeen interdisciplinary workshops that will meet over the course of four days, each charged with producing a summary paper for review for publication in a special issue of Marketing Letters .

The 2007 Wharton Economic Summit:
Next Moves in a Global Economy

April 12-13, 2007: Philadelphia

Gain valuable business knowledge from world leaders in business, academia, and government as they discuss the key economic issues and challenges to watch in 2007. Wharton faculty will host leading industry experts at this two-day Wharton anniversary event.

Included among over 30 conference topics:

Globalization and Outsourcing: Integration with China and India
Emerging Markets
International Human Rights

Information online at http://125th.wharton.upenn.edu/summit.

Seminar Series: Catastrophic Risk Regulation (co-sponsored with Penn Law)

Tuesday, January 30th 2007
4:30-6:00 pm in Gittis Hall, Room 213
Lewis Branscomb
Public Service Professor of Public Policy and
Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair Emeritus, Harvard University
"Is Private Efficiency a Threat to Public Security and to Economic Resilience? The Challenge to Governance in a Market Economy"

View Video

Tuesday, February 27th 2007
4:30-6:00 pm in Gittis Hall, Room 213
Robert E. Litan
VP for Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
"Preparing for Mega-Catastrophes:
Mitigation, Insurance, Response and Recovery"

Tuesday, March 27th 2007
4:30-6:00 pm in Gittis Hall, Room 213
Richard Zeckhauser
Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
"Obstacles to Clear Thinking about Natural Disasters:
Five Lessons for Policy"

All seminars meet from 4:30-600 pm in Gittis Hall (3443 Sansom Street), Room 213, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

RSVP to Anna Gavin, Faculty Events Coordinator, University of Pennsylvania Law School

2006

Roundtable on "Enhancing Interdependent Global Supply Chain Effectiveness:
Information Sharing and Economic/Security Trade-Offs"
Sponsored by Lockheed Martin
November 3, 2006

Annual Advisory Committee Meeting
June 16, 2006
Room 240, Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St., Philadelphia

Agenda
Presentations:
Update on EPA Cooperative Agreement
Update on Drug Safety Research
Update on Third-Party Inspections and ISO 14001 Study
Critical Infrastructure and National Security Studies
Disaster Insurance Project
Web-based Study on Disasters
Climate Change Workshop
Joint Initiative on Global Risks with the World Economic Forum
Ackoff Fellows Program

Summaries from Small Group Sessions:
Group 1 ______ Group 2

Insuring and Mitigating Risks of Large-Scale Natural Disasters
June 15, 2006
Room 240, Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St., Philadelphia

Interactive Workshop on Interdependent Security
May 31-June 1, 2006
Room 240 Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Co-sponsored by the Wharton Risk Center, the Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
and CREATE at the University of Southern California

The Insurance Industry and Climate Change
May 8-9, 2006
Second floor conference rooms, AAAS Building, 1200 New York Avenue, Washington, DC
Co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University and the Wharton Risk Center

2005

December 1, 2005 - National Symposium on Risk and Disasters
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina for American Life
Rebuilding the Gulf: Case Study for the Future

As Congress debates how to rebuild the Gulf Coast and confront new policies to deal with future catastrophic events, nearly 300 leaders from government, business, and the community and journalists took part in this National Symposium on Risk and Disasters held in the Cannon House Office Building in the United States Capitol. The Symposium was cosponsored by the Communications Institute, the University of Pennsylvania, and Congressional Quarterly .

Report on Conference Discussion by Robert Gunther

October 7 , 2005 - National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance, Part 2
(a joint USC-RAND-Wharton Initiative)
In Part 2 of the symposium, leaders from business, academia, and industry will gather in Washington to discuss national policy on terrorism insurance.

June 20, 2005 - National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance
(a joint USC-RAND-Wharton Initiative)
Hundreds of leaders and journalists from throughout the country came together at USC to discuss the relationship between terrorism risk, insurance, national security and public policy.

May 5th, 2005 - "Recent Advances in Operations and Risk Management"
A conference in honor of Paul Kleindorfer sponsored by the Wharton Operations and Information Management Department, the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management, and the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center.

February 25, 2005 - "Assessing and Managing Extreme Events"
The Wharton Risk Center "Managing and Financing Extreme Events" project will hold its Winter 2005 meeting on February 25, 2005. More than 50 people from 25 organizations (Industry, Government and Academic) will participate in this Roundtable at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. This year the meeting will focus on "The future of terrorism risk insurance in the US"

Executive Summary of the TRIA and Beyond Conference

Bridging the Gap: Sustainable Environment
The First UN Global Compact Academic Conference
May, 31 - June 1, 2004 - Istanbul
September 17 & 18, 2004 - Philadelphia
THE WHARTON SCHOOL-SABANCI UNIVERSITY
With the Support of UNEP
The Global Compact (GC) initiative was first proposed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his address to The World Economic Forum on January 31, 1999 and became operational in New York on July 26th, 2000. The GC pursues two complementary goals. The first involves efforts for businesses to internalize the GC principles and integrate them into their strategy and operations. The second is to facilitate cooperation and collective problem solving between different stakeholders.

2004

May 19, 2004 - May 21, 2004
3rd International Conference on Systems Thinking in Management (ICSTM 2004)

April 23, 2004 - Advisory Committee Meeting:
Agenda Maps Minutes EPA Snapshot
Extreme Events Snapshot

April 22, 2004 - "Designing and Auditing Management Systems for Safety, Health and Environmental Risks Related to Chemical Processing"
Agenda Maps Minutes

January 30, 2004 - "Assessing and Managing Extreme Events"
Agenda Attendees Minutes

2003

June 27, 2003 - Near Miss Project Review Meeting: "How to Prioritize"
Agenda

April 29, 2003 - Advisory Committee Meeting:
"Extreme Risks, Interdependency and Global Risk Management"
Agenda Attendees Minutes

April 28, 2003 - "Assessing and Managing Extreme Events"
(in conjunction with the Earth Institute at Columbia University)
Agenda Attendees Summary

March 4, 2003 - Risk Center Roundtable: "The RMP Rule: Past and Future"
Agenda Attendees

2002

December 12, 2002 - Near-Miss Project Review Meeting
Agenda Attendees

December 10, 2002 - Advisory Committee Meeting:
"Effective Private-Public Partnerships for Dealing with Extreme Events"
Agenda Attendees Minutes

October 11, 2002 - "Managing and Financing Extreme Events" Meeting
Agenda Attendees Minutes

July 15-16, 2002 - "Systems Approach to Terrorism"
The Wharton Risk Center joined forces with the Washington-based Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI) and several other University Centers to sponsor a conference "Systems Approach to Terrorism." [AFEI is the information technology arm of the National Defense Industrial Association, which has over 800 corporate members and over 22,000 individual members.] The conference was held at George Washington University, Washington DC.

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Evolved Altruism, Strong Reciprocity, and Perception of Risk Troy Tucker, RAMAS Software March 25, 2008 Decision and Risk Analysis to Counter Terrorism Detlof von Winterfeldt Director, CREATE February 26, 2008 Hurricane Risk Perceptions David Kelly Associate Professor of Economics and Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Miami January 28, 2008 2007 "Risk Management Principles for Nanotechnology" Gary Marchant Professor of Law, Executive Director, and Faculty Fellow Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law & Ethics Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University "Risk Regulation in 3-D: How to See (and Balance) Benefits and Costs as They Truly Are" Adam Finkel Fellow and Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation; Lecturer of Public and International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ School of Public Health Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes" Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Data on losses from natural disasters and other extreme events suggest we are now in a new era of catastrophes. Hurricane Katrina alone caused $65 billion in insured losses (including for floods), the most costly disaster the insurance industry has ever had; All 20 of the most costly events to the insurance industry since 1970 occurred after 1987 with half of them occurring since 2001. This talk describes a major research project currently being undertaken by the Wharton Risk Center in conjunction with Georgia State University and the Insurance Information Institute on the role of the private and public sectors in mitigating and financing recovery from natural disasters in the United States. We will address the following question: What is the best way for the nation to prepare and recover from large-scale disasters? Alternative disaster insurance and mitigation programs will be evaluated with a focus on how the current programs, where insurance is highly regulated, compare with a private market solution where insurers are free to set risk-based rates. The talk will propose a set of new programs for mitigating and insuring risks that include long-term insurance and mitigation loans, comprehensive insurance and vouchers for low-income residents in hazard-prone areas who may not be able to afford risk-based insurance premiums. Wharton-GSU-III Disaster Project - Extreme Events Conference Friday October 12, 2007, Washington DC Invitational Choice Symposium June 13-17, 2007 The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is proud to host the Seventh Triennial Invitational Choice Symposium. The goal of the symposium is to foster an inter-disciplinary discussion of recent theoretical, empirical, and methodological advances in the study of choice and decision making, as well as to set an agenda for future work in the area. The symposium will be comprised of seventeen interdisciplinary workshops that will meet over the course of four days, each charged with producing a summary paper for review for publication in a special issue of Marketing Letters . The 2007 Wharton Economic Summit: Next Moves in a Global Economy April 12-13, 2007: Philadelphia Gain valuable business knowledge from world leaders in business, academia, and government as they discuss the key economic issues and challenges to watch in 2007. Wharton faculty will host leading industry experts at this two-day Wharton anniversary event. Included among over 30 conference topics: Globalization and Outsourcing: Integration with China and India Emerging Markets International Human Rights Information online at http://125th.wharton.upenn.edu/summit. Seminar Series: Catastrophic Risk Regulation (co-sponsored with Penn Law) *Tuesday, January 30th 2007* *4:30-6:00 pm in Gittis Hall, Room 213* Lewis Branscomb Public Service Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair Emeritus, Harvard University "Is Private Efficiency a Threat to Public Security and to Economic Resilience? The Challenge to Governance in a Market Economy" View Video *Tuesday, February 27th 2007* *4:30-6:00 pm in Gittis Hall, Room 213* Robert E. Litan VP for Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution "Preparing for Mega-Catastrophes: Mitigation, Insurance, Response and Recovery" *Tuesday, March 27th 2007* *4:30-6:00 pm in Gittis Hall, Room 213* Richard Zeckhauser Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University "Obstacles to Clear Thinking about Natural Disasters: Five Lessons for Policy" All seminars meet from 4:30-600 pm in Gittis Hall (3443 Sansom Street), Room 213, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. RSVP to Anna Gavin, Faculty Events Coordinator, University of Pennsylvania Law School 2006 Roundtable on "Enhancing Interdependent Global Supply Chain Effectiveness: Information Sharing and Economic/Security Trade-Offs" Sponsored by Lockheed Martin November 3, 2006 Annual Advisory Committee Meeting June 16, 2006 Room 240, Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St., Philadelphia Agenda Presentations: Update on EPA Cooperative Agreement Update on Drug Safety Research Update on Third-Party Inspections and ISO 14001 Study Critical Infrastructure and National Security Studies Disaster Insurance Project Web-based Study on Disasters Climate Change Workshop Joint Initiative on Global Risks with the World Economic Forum Ackoff Fellows Program Summaries from Small Group Sessions: Group 1 ______ Group 2 Insuring and Mitigating Risks of Large-Scale Natural Disasters June 15, 2006 Room 240, Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St., Philadelphia Interactive Workshop on Interdependent Security May 31-June 1, 2006 Room 240 Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Co-sponsored by the Wharton Risk Center, the Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and CREATE at the University of Southern California The Insurance Industry and Climate Change May 8-9, 2006 Second floor conference rooms, AAAS Building, 1200 New York Avenue, Washington, DC Co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University and the Wharton Risk Center 2005 December 1, 2005 - National Symposium on Risk and Disasters Lessons from Hurricane Katrina for American Life Rebuilding the Gulf: Case Study for the Future As Congress debates how to rebuild the Gulf Coast and confront new policies to deal with future catastrophic events, nearly 300 leaders from government, business, and the community and journalists took part in this National Symposium on Risk and Disasters held in the Cannon House Office Building in the United States Capitol. The Symposium was cosponsored by the Communications Institute, the University of Pennsylvania, and Congressional Quarterly . Report on Conference Discussion by Robert Gunther October 7 , 2005 - National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance, Part 2 (a joint USC-RAND-Wharton Initiative) In Part 2 of the symposium, leaders from business, academia, and industry will gather in Washington to discuss national policy on terrorism insurance. June 20, 2005 - National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance (a joint USC-RAND-Wharton Initiative) Hundreds of leaders and journalists from throughout the country came together at USC to discuss the relationship between terrorism risk, insurance, national security and public policy. May 5th, 2005 - "Recent Advances in Operations and Risk Management" A conference in honor of Paul Kleindorfer sponsored by the Wharton Operations and Information Management Department, the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management, and the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center. February 25, 2005 - "Assessing and Managing Extreme Events" The Wharton Risk Center "Managing and Financing Extreme Events" project will hold its Winter 2005 meeting on February 25, 2005. More than 50 people from 25 organizations (Industry, Government and Academic) will participate in this Roundtable at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. This year the meeting will focus on "The future of terrorism risk insurance in the US" Executive Summary of the TRIA and Beyond Conference Bridging the Gap: Sustainable Environment The First UN Global Compact Academic Conference May, 31 - June 1, 2004 - Istanbul September 17 & 18, 2004 - Philadelphia THE WHARTON SCHOOL-SABANCI UNIVERSITY With the Support of UNEP The Global Compact (GC) initiative was first proposed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his address to The World Economic Forum on January 31, 1999 and became operational in New York on July 26th, 2000. The GC pursues two complementary goals. The first involves efforts for businesses to internalize the GC principles and integrate them into their strategy and operations. The second is to facilitate cooperation and collective problem solving between different stakeholders. 2004 May 19, 2004 - May 21, 2004 3rd International Conference on Systems Thinking in Management (ICSTM 2004) April 23, 2004 - Advisory Committee Meeting: Agenda Maps Minutes EPA Snapshot Extreme Events Snapshot April 22, 2004 - "Designing and Auditing Management Systems for Safety, Health and Environmental Risks Related to Chemical Processing" Agenda Maps Minutes January 30, 2004 - "Assessing and Managing Extreme Events" Agenda Attendees Minutes 2003 June 27, 2003 - Near Miss Project Review Meeting: "How to Prioritize" Agenda April 29, 2003 - Advisory Committee Meeting: "Extreme Risks, Interdependency and Global Risk Management" Agenda Attendees Minutes April 28, 2003 - "Assessing and Managing Extreme Events" (in conjunction with the Earth Institute at Columbia University) Agenda Attendees Summary March 4, 2003 - Risk Center Roundtable: "The RMP Rule: Past and Future" Agenda Attendees 2002 December 12, 2002 - Near-Miss Project Review Meeting Agenda Attendees December 10, 2002 - Advisory Committee Meeting: "Effective Private-Public Partnerships for Dealing with Extreme Events" Agenda Attendees Minutes October 11, 2002 - "Managing and Financing Extreme Events" Meeting Agenda Attendees Minutes July 15-16, 2002 - "Systems Approach to Terrorism" The Wharton Risk Center joined forces with the Washington-based Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI) and several other University Centers to sponsor a conference "Systems Approach to Terrorism." [AFEI is the information technology arm of the National Defense Industrial Association, which has over 800 corporate members and over 22,000 individual members.] The conference was held at George Washington University, Washington DC.
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