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Program
| Day 1 - 19 February 2013, Tuesday | |
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| Session 1 – Opening Session | |
| 0800 | Registration and Arrival |
| 0900 | Welcome Greeting Prof Tso-Chien Pan Executive Director Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM), NTU, Singapore |
| 0910 | Welcome Address Prof Bertil Andersson President Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore |
| 0920 | Opening Address Guest-of-Honor: Mr Peter Ho Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures, Singapore |
| 0930 | Presentation 1 Evolving Risks due to Extreme Events in Asia-Pacific Prof Haresh Shah Founding Chairman, Advisory Board, ICRM; Member of the Board of Trustees, NTU; Emeritus Professor, Stanford University; Chairman, Asia Risk Centre Inc., Singapore Founder & Senior Advisor, RMS Inc., USA |
| 0950 | Presentation 2 Role and Responsibility of Scientists in Modern Society: the L'Aquila case Prof Domenico Giardini Chair, Seismology and Geodynamics, ETH Zurich; President, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior; Nanyang Professor, ICRM, NTU, Singapore |
| 1010 | Morning Refreshment |
| Session 2 – Coping with an Uncertain World (I) | |
| 1040 | Presentation 3 Modelling Effect of Catastrophes on International Supply Chains Prof Danny Ralph Academic Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 1100 | Presentation 4 Living in an Extreme World We Don't Understand Dr Gordon Woo Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU, Singapore; Catastrophe Risk Consultant, RMS, Inc., UK |
| 1120 | Presentation 5 Beware of Sleeper Volcanoes...when they Awaken! Prof Christopher Newhall Volcano Group Leader, Earth Observatory of Singapore NTU, Singapore |
| 1140 | Panel Discussion 1 Session Chairman: Prof Su Guaning, President Emeritus, NTU, Singapore Panelists:
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| 1210 | Lunch |
| Session 3 – Coping with an Uncertain World (II) | |
| 1310 | Presentation 6 Lessons from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Programme Dr Hugh Cowan General Manager, Reinsurance, Research and Education New Zealand Earthquake Commission, New Zealand |
| 1330 | Presentation 7 Tohoku Earthquake 2011 - Taking Stock from an Insurance Perspective Dr Michael Spranger Senior Director, Earthquake Risk Management Aon Benfield Asia Pte Ltd Singapore |
| 1350 | Presentation 8 Environmental Change, Extreme Weather and Growing Food Demands: Asia's Formidable Challenge Dr J Jackson Ewing Research Fellow, Centre for Non-Traditional Security RSIS, NTU, Singapore |
| 1410 | Presentation 9 Psychological Resilience in Response to Extreme Events in Asia-Pacific Prof Chi-Yue Chiu Executive Director Culture Science Institute NBS, NTU, Singapore |
| 1430 | Panel Discussion 2: Session Chairman: Prof Charng-Ning Chen Principal Investigator, ICRM, NTU; School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore Panelists:
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| 1500 | Afternoon Refreshment |
| Session 4 – Future Extreme Events | |
| 1530 | Presentation 10 Extreme Events for the Agriculture Sector in China Dr Roman Hohl Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU, Singapore; CEO, Asia Risk Centre, Singapore |
| 1550 | Presentation 11 Is Global Warming Increasing Typhoon and Flood Risks in Asia? Prof Johnny C.L. Chan Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science; Dean, School of Energy and Environment; Director, Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR |
| 1610 | Presentation 12 Extreme Events Affecting Agriculture – A Consistent Path Towards Complete Risk Quantification Dr Pane Stojanovski Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU, Singapore; Executive Director, Asia Risk Centre, Inc., California, USA |
| 1630 | Panel Discussion 3 Session Chairman: Prof Edmond Lo Deputy Director, Maritime Institute @ NTU; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore Panelists:
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| 1710 | End of Day 1 Symposium |
| 1730 | Transport leaving NEC to Dinner Venue |
| 1830 | Symposium Dinner at Concorde Hotel Singapore |
| Day 2 - 20 February 2013, Wednesday | |
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| Session 5 – Financial Issues and Extreme Events (I) | |
| 0900 | Presentation 13 Preparing for the Big One: Reinsurance Perspective Dr Suzanne Corona Chief Underwriter, Asia Catastrophe Pool, Asia Capital Reinsurance Malaysia Sdn Bhd Head, Natural Perils, Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte Ltd, Singapore |
| 0920 | Presentation 14 Financial Catastrophes of the 21st Century: Longevity, Pandemics, and Asset Bubbles Dr Andrew Coburn Director of External Advisory Board, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK; Senior Vice President, RMS Inc. |
| 0940 | Presentation 15 Catastrophe Risk - Are there still Unknown Unknowns? Mr Scott Ryrie Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Asia Pacific Guy Carpenter & Company Pte Ltd, Singapore |
| 1000 | Morning Refreshment |
| Session 6 – Financial Issues and Extreme Events (II) | |
| 1030 | Presentation 16 Catastrophe Risk Financing Issues Mr Peter Nakada Managing Director, RMS Inc., USA |
| 1050 | Presentation 17 The Wet Component of Major Disasters: Challenges for the (Re) Insurance Industry in Asia-Pacific Mr Gabor Jaimes Head of Property Product Management Asia-Pacific Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, Sydney, Australia |
| 1110 | Presentation 18 Flood Risk in Thailand and a Review of the 2011 Flood Dr Siriluk Chumchean Assistant Executive Director, Panya Consultants Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand |
| 1130 | Panel Discussion 4 Session Chairman: Prof Haresh Shah Chairman, Advisory Board, ICRM, NTU, Singapore Panelists:
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| 1200 | Close of Symposium Prof Tso-Chien Pan Executive Director, ICRM, NTU, Singapore |
| 1210 | Lunch |
| 1300 | End of Program |