Symposium 2012 - Black Swans Event

21 & 22 February 2012
Grand Copthorne Waterfront
Singapore

• Symposium brochure
• Top Ten Catastrophe Risks (A 20th century US retro-perspective), Prof Haresh C. Shah
• In search of Black Swans?, Prof Danny Ralph
• Black & Red Swans, Dr Gordon Woo
• Volcanic risk in Italy: black swans do not exist, Prof Domenico Giardini
• Impacts of climate-related black swan events on food security in SE Asia, Roman Hohl
• Overview of the 1991 Eruption of Pinatubo Volcano and its Aftermath, Perla J. Delos Reyes
• Monsoon Flood of 2010 in Pakistan: Climate, Population, Land-Use, and Hazard, Prof Emeritus Chen Charng Ning
• The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake – What We Have Been Learning From The Latest Black Swan Event In Japan, Takashi Kanemori
• Thailand great flood 2011: Looking back and looking foreward, Seree Supratid (D.Eng.)
• Health Pandemics: From Black Swans to …. ?, Pane Stojanovski, Ph.D.

• Food Pandemic: The Coming Shortfall, Auguste Boissonnade, Ph.D.
• Potential Threat of Magnitude 8.7 Earthquake at South of Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Dr P.J. Prih Harjadi
• Black Swan Events and the Reinsurance Industry of Asia, Dr. Suzanne Corona
• Preparing for the Black Swans, Vinod Krishnan
• Black Swan Events & Insurance, Scott Ryrie
• Is the Frequency of Intense Typhoons Increasing Under Global Warming?, Johnny Chan
• Black Swan Threats: The Cambridge-NTU System Shock Project, Dr Gary Bowman
• Damage and Rehabilitation of Disaster Caused by Typhoon Morakot on 8th of August 2009, Chien - Chung John Li, Bin - Chen Benson Hsiung
• Impact Of Tropical Storm “Sendong” (Washi) In Southern Philippines: Management, Lessons And Strategies For Disaster Risk Reduction, Dir. Edgardo J. Ollet
• Regional Cooperation During The Black Swan Events: Thailand's Prospective, Ms. Pannapa Na Nan