Past events

Natural Hazards for Insurers Presentation Day

The Presentation Day for the 2007-8 course will be on Thursday, July 3rd 2008 at the offices of Benfield Group Ltd, 55 Bishopsgate. Refreshments will be at 2.45pm, with the presentations starting at 3.10 pm.

If you would like to attend, please contact Rebecca Coombes to arrange a security pass:

T: 020 7522 3850
E: rebecca.coombes@benfieldgroup.com

STORM FORCE: What’s New on the Windstorm Front?

With the recent onset of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season and major losses resulting from storms across Europe earlier this year, windstorm remains a key issue within the re/insurance market. To keep up to date with the latest research findings and model updates, Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre will be hosting a one day seminar in association with the Under 35s Reinsurance Group focusing on windstorm in its various forms.

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SHAKING CITIES: CURRENT ISSUES IN URBAN SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK

BENFIELD UCL HAZARD RESEARCH CENTRE'S SEMINAR SERIES,
2006-07

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.

DEALING WITH DISASTERS

Conference
Planning, Response and Investigation
20 - 21 September 2006
University of Teesside
Middlesbrough UK
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International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC)

Davos Switzerland
August 27th to September 1, 2006

The IDRC Davos 2006 is a follow-up to the UN Kobe Conference in 2005 and is jointly organized by the Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction (GADR), Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) .
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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

NATURAL HAZARDS FOR INSURERS
Class of '06 Presentation Day

THE OLD LIBRARY, LLOYD'S
Tuesday, July 4th 2006<
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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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Safety, Security and Sustainability: can engineers rise to the global challenge?

3-4 July 2006

Institution of Civil Engineers, London, UK
http://www.iceconferences.com
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Mary Fran Myers Award 2006 - Call for nominations

The Gender and Disaster Network and the Natural Hazards Center invite nominations of individuals working in the hazards field who should be recognized for “efforts to advance women’s careers in emergency management and the academy, and for promoting gendered disaster research.”

Direct questions and submit these materials (e-mail attachments only) by June 01, 2006, to Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu; e-mail mariyabandu@yahoo.com
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El Nino: do predictions reduce hazard risk?

5pm, May 11th, 2006.

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The UCL Johnston-Lavis Conference 2006
Managing Volcanic Crises:
Effective Integration of Science, Policy and Practice

Thursday 20 April - Friday 21 April 2006 University College London
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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