Communicating and Collaborating to Mitigate Loss to Catastrophes and Climate Change

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June 10 Agenda & Speakers

How to connect risk information, decisions… and consequences?

• Janot Mendler de Suarez, Visiting Research Fellow, Boston University – Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future
• Pablo Suarez, Visiting Research Fellow, Boston University – Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future

Success Stories and Novel Approaches from Real-World Projects

• Glenn McGillivray, Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
• Marjorie Brans, Director of Ecosystem Impact, School for Social Entrepreneurs Canada
• Simon J. Mitchell, Vice President, Resilient Habitats, World Wildlife Fund Canada
• Sheila Murray, Co Founder, CREW Toronto

High-Risk Flood Insurance Pool Updates for Canada

• Dr. Matthew Godsoe, Director, Resilience and Economics Integration Division, Public Safety Canada

Decision Science & Risk Systems: How people think about & react to risk

• Dipika Deol, Head UW Canada & English Caribbean, Swiss Re
  Dr. Jen Henderson, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University
• Erin Kelly, President & CEO, Advanced Symbolics Inc.
• Dr. Howard Kunreuther, Professor and Co-Director, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Insights from New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission

• Darryl Pidcock, Head of PERILS Asia-Pacific, PERILS AG
• Dr. Jo Horrocks, Chief Resilience and Research Officer, Earthquake Commission