Final Program - Society for Risk Analysis

10:30 AM-NoonRoom 7W2-E Symposium: RapidRisk Evaluation: AnalyticTools to Support FederalResponse to Environmentaland Food Safety IncidentsSponsored by: MRASGChair: Janell Kause10:30 am W2-E.1Risk analysis during food safety emergenciesCallahan J, Dennis SFood and Drug Administration, Center forFood Safety and Applied Nutrition10:50 am W2-E.2Rapid risk evaluation: an importanttool for addressing food contaminationincidents and emerging foodsafety concernsDomesle ARM, Bennett P, Dearfield K,Kause JFood Safety and Inspection Service, US Departmentof Agriculture11:10 am W2-E.3Rapid risk evaluations: applications,challenges and limitationsKadry AM, Woodall GM, Reid JUS Environmental Protection Agency10:30 AM-NoonRoom 8/9W2-F InnovativeMathematical andComputational Methods forRisk ModelingSponsored by: DARSGChair: Mark Borsuk10:30 am W2-F.1Optimizing and satisficing in themanagement of riskBen-Haim YTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology10:50 am W2-F.2Facilitating pareto-optimal coordinationby subsidies in deterministic andstochastic payoff settingsGong M, Heal G, Krantz D, KunreutherH, Weber EColumbia University11:10 am W2-F.3Modeling operational risk using aBayesian approach to EVTRivera Mancia MEMcGill University11:30 am W2-F.4Agent-based modelling of the linkedenergy, economic, and climate systemfor scenario generation and robustdecision-makingGerst MD, Wang P, Roventini A, Dosi G,Howarth RB, Borsuk MEDartmouth CollegeWednesday10:30 AM-NoonRoom 10W2-G EpidemiologicalDose Response DataChair: Bob Park10:30 am W2-G.1Health risk assessment of exposuresassociated with Nigerian oil fieldsVorhees D, Strauss H, Heiger-Bernays W,Gopinathan B, Oruchin E, Stirrett-WoodG, Igbara J, Cowell W, Chien J, Dong ZBoston University School of Public Health10:50 am W2-G.2Sources of variability in biomonitoringdata: temporal variation in spotsample concentrationsHays S, Kirman C, Aylward LSummit Toxicology11:10 am W2-G.3Microwave popcorn workers: pulmonaryimpairment and preliminary riskassessmentPark RM, Gilbert SJ, Sofge CWNational Institute for Occupational Safetyand Health11:30 am W2-G.4Use of worker epidemiological datato assess inhalation risk from 2-MercaptobenzothiazoleWeinrich AJ, Jinot JUS Environmental Protection Agency NationalCenter for Environmental Assessment10:30 AM-NoonRoom 11W2-H Symposium: RiskCommunication in the USHurricane Forecast andWarning SystemSponsored by: RCSGChair: Bob O’Connor10:30 am W2-H.1Inundation or ignorance? Perceptionand communication of storm surgeriskLazo JK, Morrow BH, Rhome JR, FeyenJCNational Center for Atmospheric Research10:50 am W2-H.2Communication successes and challengesof the hurricane warning system:a case studyDemuth JL, Morss RE, Morrow BH,Lazo JLNational Center for Atmospheric Research11:10 am W2-H.3Studying and improving response totropical cyclone threats: lessons fromthe virtual hurricane labMeyer RJUniversity of Pennsylvania11:30 am W2-H.4Warning decisions in extreme weatherevents: forecasters’ perceptions andperspectives on hurricane forecasts,warnings, decisions and risksBostrom A, Hudson R, Lazo J, Morss R,DeMuth JUniversity of Washington10:30 AM-NoonRoom 12/13W2-I Preference Elicitationand Benefits Assessments,Part 2Chair: David Calkin10:30 am W2-I.1Modeling skip-row corn risk usingexperimental trial data: production,insurance, and economic implicationsWoodard JD, Pavlista AD, Schnitkey GD,Burgener PA, Ward KACornell University, Texas A&M University,University of Nebraska, University ofIllinois, Windsor Strategy Partners10:50 am W2-I.2Risk preferences and probabilityweighting in strategic wildfire decision-making:a choice experiment ofUS wildfire managersCalkin DE, Wibbenmeyer MJ, HandMS, Thompson MP, Venn TJUS Forest Service Rocky Mountain ResearchStation, The University of Montana11:10 am W2-I.3The economics of environmentalreclamation for shale gas developmentin PennsylvaniaMitchell A, Casman ECarnegie Mellon University11:30 am W2-I.4Stakeholder engagement in practice -the experience of the National TreeSafety Group in the development ofa nationally recognised approach totree safety management in the UKWatt JM, Fay NMiddlesex University, UK, Treework EnvironmentalPractice, UK35