Final Program - Society for Risk Analysis

Plenary SessionsAll Plenary Sessions will be held in the Charleston Area Convention CenterOpening Plenary SessionMonday, December 5, 8:30 – 10:00 AM, Ballroom A/B“Extremes: in Weather and Risk”Speakers: Margaret Davidson, Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services CenterTuesday, December 6, Plenary Session, 8:30 – 10:00 AM, Ballroom A/B“Reducing risks of oil spills from the Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon”Speakers: Admiral Thad Allen, former National Incident Commander of the BP oil spill and Senior Analyst at RandAdmiral Allen will discuss national attempts to reduce risks of future events following theExxon Valdez spill and how these actually played out in the Deepwater Horizon Spill.Discussant: P. Lynn Scarlett, Visiting Scholar and Co-Director, Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth, Resources for the Future, and former Deputy Secretary andChief Operating Officer of the US Department of the Interior (2005-2009);Discussant: Anne Hayward Walker, President, Scientific Environmental AssociatesWednesday, December 7, Plenary Luncheon, Noon – 1:30 PM, Ballroom A/B“A Tribute to Lester Lave”Through his research and education contributions, as well as his service to SRA, as a member and chair of manyNRC committees, and in many other ways, Lester Lave was a leader building the field of risk analysis.During this session, three of Lester Lave’s long-time colleagues and research collaborators will reflect on hismany contributions to risk and policy analysis, highlighting the promise and future trajectory stemming fromtheir collaborative research with Lester.Speakers: M. Granger Morgan, Lord Chair Professor in Engineering, Professor and Department Head, Engineering and Public Policy, Professor, Electrical and ComputerEngineering and Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University; Gil Omenn, Director of Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Professor of Internal Medicine,Human Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan; Jay Apt, Professor of Technology, Tepper School of Business and Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie MellonUniversity, Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry CenterPresidential RoundtablesThe Presidential Roundtables will be held in the Charleston Area Convention CenterMonday 5:15-6:15pm, Ballroom C1Presidential Roundtable onOECD and Critical Issues in Risk Analysisof NanomaterialsOrganizer: JoAnne ShatkinMonday 5:15-6:15pm, Ballroom C2Presidential Roundtable on Sustainability and theU.S. EPA, the “Green book” Report from theNational AcademiesOrganizers: Bernie Goldstein and Lauren ZeiseMonday 5:15-6:15pm, Ballroom C3Presidential Roundtable on The Prospectsfor a Congressional Office ofRegulatory AnalysisOrganizer: Rick Belzer15