Welcome Messages

Professor Haresh SHAH

Founding Chairman, Advisory Board, ICRM; NTU Board of Trustee member; Emeritus Professor, Stanford University; Founder & Senior Advisor, RMS Inc., USA.

Let me on behalf of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) warmly welcome our most esteemed Guest-of-Honour, Speakers and Delegates to the Inaugural International Symposium on Catastrophe Risk Management and to the launch of NTU's Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM). ICRM's vision is to be Asia's leading research institute in catastrophe risk. This vision is part of NTU's drive to be a world's leading university addressing key global challenges affecting humanity and society. I invite you to share in our vision for ICRM and look forward to your collaboration as we embark on our efforts in this new and exciting venture.



Professor Tso-Chien PAN

Symposium Chair, Founding Director, ICRM & Dean, College of Engineering, NTU, Singapore

On behalf of the Organising Committee, I extend warmest greetings to our Guest-of-Honour, Speakers and Delegates to our Symposium and to the launch of NTU's Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM). This Symposium brings together the world's leading experts in catastrophe risk spanning academia, industry and government. The Symposium's discussions will undoubtedly stimulate new ideas, develop novel strategies and investigate policy implications leading to innovative Public-Private Partnerships in managing catastrophe risk which is the theme of this Symposium. Leveraging off these discussions, ICRM will embark on state-of-the-art multidisciplinary research that will lead to dramatically better understanding, communicating and managing of major disasters, both natural and non-traditional, and thereby provide major positive impacts on society. I am certain that you will share in our excitement for ICRM and I invite your participation. Last but not least, I wish all of you a most wonderful time in Singapore.