HOME Background Topics Structure Organization		WORKSHOP May.04 May 4, 2004 / 09h00-18h00 S&T and the management of risk: implications for technology policy a research seminar towards new systems and policies to deal with uncertainty: Preventing forest fires, by diffusing new technologies and integrated public policies Improving food safety, through improved public awareness of bio-sciences Minimizing waste and environmental risks, through industrial ecology Securing energy supply, through sustainable sources and systems Fostering sustainable spaces, through infrastructures and policies improving mobility …reducing the impact o large scale industrial spills, through ICT´s …minimizing failures of innovation systems, through integrated technology policies Objectives To review, discuss and integrate new developments in engineering and public policy focused on the management of risk, reflecting recent methodological developments to deal with emerging challenges, as well as opportunities for science and technology. The ultimate goal is to help capturing new research trends and to find policy strategies promoting the management of risk in modern societies through joint efforts and integrated actions on technological innovation and public policy. Approach A Seminar to review and interrelate recent understanding and research results in three main areas of engineering and public policy research: i) risk communication and awareness; ii) risk assessment and uncertainty management; and iii) risk management; and connect these with specific case studies in critical themes, including forest fires, food safety, waste management, energy supply, and urban safety and mobility. The Seminar is designed to promote a cross-disciplinary debate based on risk management research. It will include keynote lectures by invited speakers followed by short presentations of case studies, to be discussed by the participants. Organisation Manuel Heitor Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+, Instituto Superior Tecnico Programme (* Speakers to be confirmed) 08h30 Registration 09h00 SESSION 1 Introductory Remarks:     Manuel Heitor, IST /IN+, PT Opening address     José Mariano Gago, IST (Physics Dept.), PT     Chairman, International Risk Governance Council Key-note Lecture: Risk Analysis and Communication: What can we learn from research? [PRESENTATION]     Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Case 1: Strategies for forest fire risk reduction [PRESENTATION]     Tiago Oliveira, Ministério da Agricultura Debate 10h45 Coffee Break 11h10 SESSION 2 Key-note Lecture: Risk Assessment: Real options and uncertainty management for engineering systems [PRESENTATION]     Richard de Neufville, MIT, USA Case 2: Securing energy supply: the UK experience in managing energy risks     William Nuttal, University of Cambridge, UK Round-Table Discussion     Chair: José Mariano Gago, IST (Physics Dept.), PT Henk Sol, T.U. Delft, NL Carlos Guedes Soares, IST (Marine Engineering) Jean-Pierre Contzen, IST Debate 13h00 Lunch 14h30 SESSION 3 Case 3: Technological innovation in the prevention and management of environmental risks: the case of uncontrolled industrial spills     Henrique Garcia Pereira, IST (Mining Engineering) Case 4: Minimizing waste and environmental risks through industrial ecology     Paulo Ferrão, IST (Mechanical Engineering), PT Case 5: From risk analysis to risk perception – the case of incineration of solid wastes [PRESENTATION]     Maria Luísa Lima, ISCTE Debate 16h30 Coffee Break 17h00 Case 6: Minimizing urban risks, through the application of space syntax – case studies in Lisbon     Teresa Heitor, IST (Civil Engineering and Architecture), PT Case 7: Improving risk perception and transport safety through advanced computational modeling     João Dias, IST (Mechanical Engineering), PT Key-note Lecture: Research: how far can we respond to the needs of risk management? [PRESENTATION]     Jean-Pierre Contzen, IST Debate 18h00 Closure Local Organisation and Secretariat Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+, Instituto Superior Tecnico Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049 001 Lisboa, PT; Secretariat: Fax: +(351) 21 8496156; Phone: +(351) 21 8417732/379 Key Note Lecturers Granger Morgan Carnegie Mellon University, Engineering and Public Policy Department Professor and Head of Department Ref: http://www.epp.cmu.edu/ ; http://www.epp.cmu.edu/people/EPP_faculty.html Richard de Neufville Massachutes Institute of Technology, Engineering and Systems Division Professor Founder and former director of Technology and Policy Program Ref: http://esd.mit.edu/ ; http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/deneufville/deneufville.htm Jean-Pierre Contzen Institute of Advanced Studies, The United Nations University, Tokyo: Chairman of the Board Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon: IST Chair, Invited Full Professor José Mariano Gago IST (Physics Dept.), PT Chairman, International Risk Governance Council Case Studies William Nuttal University of Cambridge, Judge School of Management Director of Technology and Policy Program Ref: http://www.jims.cam.ac.uk/ Tiago Oliveira, Ministério da Agricultura Henrique Garcia Pereira, IST (Mining Engineering) Paulo Ferrão, IST (Mechanical Engineering), PT Maria Luísa Lima, ISCTE Teresa Heitor, IST (Civil Engineering and Architecture), PT João Dias, IST (Mechanical Engineering), PT Round-Table Discussion Henk Sol, T.U. Delft, NL Carlos Guedes Soares, IST (Marine Engineering) « back to index
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