Events
New potential actions to be launched from September 2011

Corporate Risk Governance: a one day event

Considering the relevance of risk governance to companies' success, a yearly event will be promoted, bringing together decision makers from companies working in high risk environments and researchers to present and discuss risk governance in the business sector. The events will be aiming to foster new research in close cooperation with major industries (oil, paper) and insurances companies. Decision makers from companies, such as Oliver Wyman or the Swiss Reinsurance Company, will be particularly involved in the events.

Laboratory of Technology Policy: a learning platform

To support policy research and reinforce stakeholders' knowledge and engagement in risk governance issues, a technology related public policy laboratory will be created. It will be developed in the form of a "living laboratory" addressing practical case studies by bringing together students, researchers, policy makers and decision makers from the business sector, civil society organisations and government. It will provide a platform to learn and experience risk governance related problems and devise policy actions and research agendas to tackle them.

This will foster informed decision and policy making processes while, at the same time, ensuring involvement of stakeholders and transparency. Students will be involved in the discussions, bringing to the table the concerns of future generations and enhancing their engagement in the definition and implementation of solutions.

Doctoral Consortium in Risk Governance

Building on the experience with the Doctoral Consortium in Technology Policy, a yearly event will be promoted gathering PhD students from a wide range of Universities worldwide to present and discuss research on risk governance related issues.

Master in Corporate Risk Governance

The relevance of risk governance, applied to systemic risks, for companies justifies the development of an advanced training programme on risk governance at corporate level, with a strong focus on specific markets, more sensitive to systemic risks, such as energy or security.