Plenary Lectures


Plenary Lecture 1 Recent Advancements in Risk Analysis and Management
Date / Time 23 September 2019, Monday / 09:40 - 10:20 hrs
Speaker Terje Aven
Professor of Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Centre for Risk Management and Societal Safety, University of Stavanger, Norway
President-Elect of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) 2017
Chairman of the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) 2014-2018

In this presentation Professor Aven will provide some perspectives on the state-of-the-art of the risk field and science. He will discuss some key developments made in recent years, with a focus on foundational issues. These include risk conceptualization and characterization, black swans and the integration of risk analysis and resilience-based thinking and approaches. The discussion also provides some reflections on the link between risk, reliability, safety and security.