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Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
ICRM Symposium 2015
MegaCities of Asia and their Evolving Risks – Are these Risks Manageable?
Thu - Fri, 23 - 24 April 2015
Nanyang Executive Centre (NEC), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Day 1 - Thu, 23 April 2015
Day 2 - Fri, 24 April 2015
AM: Opening Session & Session on Evolving Risk and Sustainability
of Megacities
Address by Guest-of-Honor Mr Lim Chuan Poh, Chairman, Agency
for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
AM Session: Natural Hazards and Megacities
Growing Exposures of Megacities – Shanghai Study by Prof Edmond Lo,
Dep. Director, ICRM, NTU
Joys Trials and Tribulations of living in one of Asia’s Mega Cities Evolving Risks and Rewards by Prof Haresh Shah, Founder & Senior
Advisor of RMS Inc., USA, Founding Chairman, ICRM International
Advisory Board, NTU
The 2011 Great East-Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster - Lessons
Learned and Countermeasures against Future Catastrophes by Prof
Kimiro Meguro, Director, Int'l Center for Urban Safety Engineering, The
University of Tokyo, Japan
Risk Management of Mega Cities – Who is Responsible? by
Mr Malcolm Steingold, CEO Asia Pacific, Aon Benfield
Future Seismic Challenges for Growing Cities by Prof Domenico
Giardini, Chair, Seismology and Geodynamics, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland;
President, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the
Earth's Interior
Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Taipei by Prof Yen-Shiang
Shih, Chairman, Sinotech Engineering Consultants Inc., and ExMinister of Economic Affairs ,Taiwan
Multi-Decadal Variations in Damage caused by Typhoons making
Landfall in East Asia – Has it been increasing? by Prof Johnny C.L. Chan,
Dean, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Mainstreaming Resilience Parameters in Megacities: From
Concepts to Implementation by Dr Fouad Bendimerad, Board
Chairman, Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative, USA
Building Resilience in Megacities for Global Change Impacts by
Prof Srikantha Herath. Academic Director, Institute of Advanced Study
of Sustainability, United Nations University, Japan
Flood Resilience Challenges for Urban Areas by Prof Chris
Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education,
The Netherlands
Megacities & Urbanisation in Asia: Implication for Non-Life Insurers by
Mr Amitabha Ray Director, Property & Specialty Underwriting, Swiss Re,
Singapore Branch
PM Session I: Industry Perspectives
PM Session I: Terrorism & Pandemics
Urbanization: A Trend where (Re)Insurance can Support with RiskSolutions by Mr Thomas Peter, Chief Underwriting Officer (NonLife), Munich Re Singapore Branch
Understanding the Principles of Terrorism Risk Modeling from the
Charlie Hebdo Attack in Paris by Dr Gordon Woo, RMS, Inc., UK
The Role of Insurance and Reinsurance in City Risk Management
and Risk Mitigation by Mr David Simmons, Managing Director,
Willis Re International & Specialty
Terrorist Threats and Trends in Asia: Threat to Mega Cities and Critical
Information Infrastructures by Dr Jolene Anne Jerard,
S.
Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU
An Insurer’s View of Terrorism Risk in Megacities by Mr Soeren
Soltysiak, Chief Underwriting Officer, Catlin Singapore Pte Ltd,
Singapore
Biomedical Aspects of Pandemic Risk Assessment, Response and
Mitigation by Prof Eric P.H. Yap, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine,
NTU
PM Session II: Building Resilience
Megacity Risks - Dhaka’s Experience by Prof Jamilur Reza
Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Pandemics Risk Quantification – The Megacities Factor by Dr Pane
Stojanovski, CatRisk Research, USA
PM Session II: Science and Paleo-Science of Natural Hazards
Natural Catastrophe Risk Management of Megacities in Taiwan by
Prof Hongey Chen, Director, National Science and Technology Center
for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan
Using Paleoclimate Records to Inform Risk Assessment by Prof Nathalie
Goodkin, Nanyang Associate Professor, Asian School of the
Environment, NTU
Supply Chain Risk - Expecting the Unexpected by Dr Robert De
Souza, Executive Director / Chief Executive and Professor,
The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, NUS
Climate Change Effects on the Rise and Fall of Chinese Dynasties by
Prof Wang Xianfeng, Nanyang Assistant Professor, Asian School of the
Environment, NTU
Holistic Solutions to Uplift City Resilience by Dr Ricky Tsui, Director,
East Asia, ARUP, Hong Kong
Historical Records and Disaster Management: Comparing Typhoon
Haiyan and its 1897 Predecessor in the Philippines by Ms Janneli Lea A.
Soria, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU
ICRM Industry Seminar to Round up the Symposium
Progress of ICRM Projects on the Develepoment of :
1. Singapore Earthquake Model
Prof Tso-Chien Pan and Assoc Prof Bing Li;
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, NTU,Singapore
Acedemic Partner:
2. Jakarta Flood Model
Prof Charng Ning Chen and Assoc Pof Edmond Lo;
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, NTU,Singapore
Sponsors:
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
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ICRM Symposium 2015
Sixth International Symposium on Catastrophe Risk Management
Mega-Cities of Asia and their Evolving Risks – Are these Risks Manageable?
23-24 April 2015, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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