SRA 2010 Annual Meeting

December 5-8, 2010 — Salt Lake City, Utah

Risk Analysis, including risk perception, risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication, represents an interdisciplinary field that is the foundation of decision making across a myriad of disciplines. The annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) brings together nearly 1,000 international scientists and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in risk analysis. Representing academia, government, industry, NGOs, private firms, and themselves, SRA members recognize the value of diverse perspectives and a shared commitment to high quality risk analysis methodology and practice.

About the Event

We are excited about the upcoming 30th annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis in Salt Lake City. It will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, with the Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown as the headquarters hotel. There are many fantastic opportunities planned, some new, and some that we enjoy every year. The preliminary program, registration form, pre-conference workshops, and program schedule will be posted below as they become available.

Preliminary Program

• Program Schedule (with abstracts)
• Program Schedule Search

New for Students and Young Professionals

With the help of Amanda Boyd and Francesca Borner, the co-Chairs of the new ad-hoc committee for students and young professionals, we have planned a collection of new events for our younger members. We welcome all students, young professionals, and anyone who is interested to attend our first roundtable on professional development (Monday afternoon), mixer for students and young professionals (Monday evening), and career fair (Tuesday afternoon). We are also delighted to announce that the Society will be offering additional student support for the workshops occurring at the Annual Meeting. Students may register for any workshop for only $50 and the Society will pay the balance of the fee up to a total of $12,000 for the year. Students will be supported on a first come first served basis, with a limit of 5 students per workshop.

Plenary Sessions

We have something for everyone in our three plenary sessions. On Monday morning, we will have a panel session on Strategies for Reducing Catastrophe Risks in the Face of Climate Change with:

• Scott Belden (Senior Vice President of Reinsurance, Travelers Insurance),
• William H. Hooke (Policy Program Director, American Meteorological Society),
• Granger Morgan (Lord Chair Professor in Engineering and Director of the Climate Decision Making Center at Carnegie Mellon University), and
• Robert Muir-Wood (Chief Research Officer at Risk Management Solutions, RMS), with
• Howard Kunreuther moderating (Cecilia Yen Koo Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy, and Co-Director Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania).

On Tuesday morning, we will have a plenary session on the Analysis and Management of Financial Risk: What Happened and Where Do We Go from Here? with:

• Richard Zeckhauser (Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Kennedy School, Harvard University) and
• Michael Mauboussin (Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School), with
• Jonathan Weiner moderating (William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law, Duke University).

Finally, we will have a lunchtime plenary on Wednesday with:

• Dr. Geoff Tabin (Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Director of the Division of International Ophthalmology, University of Utah, and the fourth person in the world to reach the tallest peak on each of the seven continents). He will talk about his personal risk taking as a mountain climber and his work on cataract and other eye diseases in the developing world.

SRA Career Fair

Tuesday afternoon, December 7
Come meet the next generation of risk professionals! If you are interested in representing your company at the career fair, please contact Lori Strong.

Travel Arrangements

Hotel Reservations
Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown
75 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: 1-801-531-0800
Fax: 1-801-532-4127