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Second Duke Environmental Leadership Forum to Focus
on Dealing with Disasters
The second Duke Environmental Leadership
Forum, “Dealing with Disasters: Prediction, Prevention,
and Response,” will be held Nov. 20-21 at Duke University.
The forum will look at disasters that are accidental or “natural,”
as well as those that are purposeful, such as terrorist acts.
The annual Environmental Leadership Forum, supported by the
Starr Foundation, brings together leaders in business, science
and policy to learn from each other about how best to address
emerging environmental issues. The first forum, held in September
2001, addressed “Managing Risk in the Changing Global
Environment.”
Dr. Richard A. Meserve, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, will give the keynote talk at this year’s
event, which is organized by the Duke Center for Environmental
Solutions, the Nicholas School, Fuqua School of Business,
and the School of Law.
Kathryn Saterson,
executive director of the Duke Center
for Environmental Solutions, said, “Our forum will
convene business leaders, policymakers and scholars to think
creatively about new approaches to predicting, preventing
and mitigating disasters.”
In particular, said Jonathan
Wiener, center faculty director, “The forum
will explore innovative ways of dealing with risk agents that
strategically change their behavior in response to preventive
measures, such as pathogens and terrorists.”
The forum’s seven sessions include an opening overview,
three sessions focusing on disaster prediction, prevention
and response, two sessions focusing on chemical facilities
and ecosecurity, and a closing summary session. Participants
will discuss such questions as “What have we learned
from recent natural and human-caused disasters that can help
us in dealing with future disasters? What are the roles of
science, law and business in predicting, preventing and responding
to disasters? What new models are needed for risk prediction
and forecasting that integrate the responsiveness of the risk
agent into scenarios for prediction and prevention?”
William
H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School,
will speak and moderate a session. Other Nicholas School faculty
involved include
Norman L. Christensen Jr., James
Clark, Peter
Haff, Michael
K. Orbach, and Jonathan
Wiener.
For information, contact Sara Ashenburg, director of the
Nicholas School Office of Executive and Continuing
Education, at (919) 613-8082 or del@nicholas.duke.edu,
or check out the Web site at www.nicholas.duke.edu/forum02.
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