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European RiskBridge Project Final Conference: Risk Governance and Policy Learning Within and Between Risk Fields

Event: Conference
Start date: 26 Mar 2009 09:30
End date: 27 Mar 2009 00:00


Speaker(s):

The conference programme is available to download: RiskBridge Conference Programme March 09 (PDF - 232 kb)

Organised by:

Dr James Mittra, Innogen Research Fellow

Venue:

Scotland House, Brussels, Belgium 

The Project Partners of a recently completed European Commission FP6 funded Project called RiskBridge are pleased to host an international, interdisciplinary conference on risk governance and policy learning within and across six important risk fields:

• stem cells,
• nanotechnology,
• radioactive waste,
• sediments,
• climate change and
• electromagnetic fields.

The conference will appeal to practitioners within the various risk fields, scientists and social scientists interested in general issues around risk governance of complex technologies, and policymakers directly involved in risk management. Individuals working in the commercial sector and relevant NGOs will also find the conference programme directly pertinent to their work in these areas. 

Key themes to be explored in the conference, through keynote talks, panel discussions and thematic workshops, include:

1. Risk governance processes in national and international contexts
2. Risk management from academic, commercial and public-sector perspectives
3. State of the art risk governance and major policy challenges for stem cells, nanotechnology, radioactive waste, sediments, climate change and electromagnetic fields.
4. Policy learning across risk fields and implications for international risk management.
5. Transversal issues relevant to risk analysis: The role of systems thinking and adaptive governance

Further details:

There is no registration fee for this conference. Register early to guarantee your place.

To register, please download and complete the RiskBridge Conference Registration Form (Word document 37kb), and return to Mrs Eileen Mothersole (RCSS, University of Edinburgh) at E.Mothersole@ed.ac.uk

For enquiries/further information, please contact Dr James Mittra, James.Mittra@ed.ac.uk Tel: +44 131 6502453

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