Dr. Hesaam Aslani gave a talk on the "Role of Structural Engineering in Probabilistic Loss Estimation for Natural Catastrophes."

On February 9, structural engineer and earthquake risk consultant Kate Stillwell spoke in lieu of RMS' Dr. Patricia Grossi on the "Consequences of Cascading Catastrophic Events" in the session "Dealing with Low-Probability/High-Consequence Events: What Recent Catastrophes are Teaching Us."

 

On February 8, Peter Nakada spoke on "A New Parametric Industry Loss Index for European Windstorm" and participated in a panel discussion with AIR & EQECAT representatives on "Advancing the Art of Risk Modeling."

 

Dr. Gordon Woo gave a talk on probabilistic volcanic eruption forecasting and the call for evacuation.

 

On February 21, chief products officer Paul VanderMarck participated in the panel, "Making Mitigation Work, the Modeling Perspective."

 

On March 19, Dr. Katie Coughlin, senior catastrophe risk modeler, participated on the panel "Hurricane Forecasting: A Discussion of Recent Developments and Implications for the 2008 Hurricane Season." Also on March 19, Peter Nakada, managing director of RMS Consulting,  participated on the panel "Developments in Indemnity and Non-Indemnity Structures."

 

Dr. Shree Khare and Dr. Nicola Patmore participated with other leading climatologists and modelers in a forum hosted by the Insurance Institute of America discussing the impacts of climate change on catastrophe modeling.

 

On June 25, Dr. Celine Herweijer, principal scientist of future climate, participated in a round table discussion on "Coastal Cities in the Global South: Waiting for the Next Mega-Disaster."

 

Dr. Gordon Woo gave an invited talk on quantifying terrorism risk at the IAEA, an agency that holds a pivotal role in preventing terrorist access to nuclear weapons.
 

Fourteen RMS researchers and model managers participated in sessions at the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, including Dr. Haresh Shah, founder of RMS, who spoke on "Professor Takuji Kobori & His Intuitive Understanding of Seismic Risk Management" on October 13. On October 14, Chief Risk Officer Dr. Weimin Dong co-chaired the session "Earthquake Risk & Insurance: From Science and Technology to Insurance: Earthquake Insurance as a Risk," and presented the talk, "Evolution of Earthquake Risk Modeling." Other RMS speakers included Gordon Woo, Andrew Coburn, Jean Savy, Hesaam Aslani, Shahram Taghavi, Domenico DelRe, Manabu Masuda, and Taronne Tabucchi.

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On October 22, Dr. Mary Lou Zoback, vice president of earthquake risk applications, will present the Risk Modeling Keynote address on the subject of the Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault.