Events

Thursday 5 October, 1.15pm, Prof Jim Cole (University of Canterbury, Christchurch) will be leading a seminar entitled Calderas of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (North Island, New Zealand).
Darwin Lecture Theatre (Darwin Building, Gower Street)

The currently accepted caldera outlines within the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) are derived largely from gravity data, together with a general study of the distribution of ignimbrite outflow sheets and lithic lag breccias. In the last 10 years there has been a major programme, largely through research by PhD students, to better define TVZ caldera structures, evolution and locations. This has resulted in one new caldera being identified (Ohakuri), one deleted (Maroa - a dome complex in Whakamaru) and changing shapes of others. This talk will review current thinking on the calderas of central TVZ, and present results so far from a new programme to evaluate the 3-D structure beneath the Okataina caldera complex, and model sub-volcanic plumbing systems.

LLOYD'S 360 RISK PROJECT: LIVE DEBATE
Bill McGuire will be speaking at the Lloyd's 360 risk project live debate on 5th July 2006. The debate brings together a wide selection of experts to discuss different aspects of the climate change challenge and aims to develop a series of practical, tangible action and discussion points which can be taken forward by insurance industry participants and business leaders in their own roles.

The other speakers are: Thierry Desmarest, Chairman & CEO, Total SA, France; Bob Hartwig, Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute, US; Wyn Jones OBE, Managing Director UK, Alcan Smelting & Power, UK; Johan Eliasch, Chairman & CEO, Head NV, Europe and the event is chaired by Sir Trevor McDonald.

For more information on Lloyd's 360 risk project, go to www.lloyds.com/360

Admission to the Presentation Day is free. For security reasons, however, pre-registration is required. Please note that you will also be required to show some form of photo-ID to gain entrance to the building.

TVE has produced 4 short films authored by the world renowned (sic) hazardologist and scientist, PROFESSOR BILL MCGUIRE, Director of the Benfield Hazard Research Centre

Starting on June 5th, every night introduces a different scenario of world threatening disasters, until the mini series climaxes with the probability of the end of the world through climate change, UNLESS we act now.

See TVE's End of the World reports on Five News
11.30 and 17.30 on June 5, 6, 7 and 8th
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Institution of Civil Engineers, London, UK
http://www.iceconferences.com
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El Nino: do predictions reduce hazard risk?

5pm, May 11th, 2006.

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Third International Conference on Early Warning
Bonn, Germany
27-29 March 2006

EWC3 - First announcement and application (pdf 108kb)
For additional information, go to: www.ewc3.org