3rd International conference on risk analysis and crisis response - RACR 2011

Background:
In the world today, we face greater insecurity and challenges than ever. Even while some survivors of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were still suffering, a devastating earthquake struck China in May 2008, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico occurred, and several deadly aftershocks, landslides, and storms have occurred globally.

Along with natural disasters, the international society also encounters shadows of fatal disease, food shortage, soaring energy prices, and war. All of these threats pose remarkable risks to us at various scales. Coping with them requires collaborative efforts of scientists, practitioners, and decision–makers.

RACR conferences are biennial international meetings launched by the Risk Analysis Council of the China Association for Disaster Prevention. RACR conferences aim to provide an international forum for specialists and stakeholders in risk analysis, crisis, crisis in response, and disaster prevention. RACR-2011 will be the third conference in this series, following the successful RACR-2007 in Shanghai and RACR-2009 in Beijing.

RACR-2011 will facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration among professionals in order to further contribute to risk analysis and crisis response, introduce advancement in research and practice, and help in the dissemination of knowledge.

Abstracts (no more than 300 words) and papers are invited for submission in any of the listed fields on the conference topics:

1. The latest theory and methodology on risk analysis
2. Theory and methodology on crisis response
3. Risk analysis and emergency management of natural disasters
4. Risk analysis and emergency management of catastrophic accidents
5. Risk analysis and crisis of public health and crisis response to outbreaks
6. Risk analysis and crisis response to threats to social safety
7. Financial risk management
8. Political risk Insurance and commercial risk Insurance
9. Integrated risk management of emerging risks
10. Risk analysis for terrorism events
11. Environmental risk assessment and management
12. Chemical, biological, and radiological hazards
13. Risk issues due to the shortage of vital strategic resources
14. Food and feed safety risk and governance
15. Risks triggered by global climate change
16. Risk management for critical infrastructure protection
17. Risk evaluation in large-scale public activities
18. Risk analysis serving for urban safe operation
19. Financial management of large-scale catastrophes
20. Benefits and risks of nano-technologies
21. Intelligent information systems in risk analysis
22. Computer simulation technology for crisis management
23. Harmonized decision support
24. Other related topics

Electronic submission is strongly recommended. Manuscripts will be reviewed by the program committee in accordance with the standard practice and the criteria for the conference. Final acceptance is based on review of the full-length papers. The official language of the conference will be English. All abstracts and papers MUST be submitted in English.

Abstracts should be submitted by 1 December 2010, and papers before 1 January 2011, and should be sent by email to: [email protected] or [email protected]. Electronic submission is strongly recommended.

Postal mail submissions should be sent to:

Jaime Ortiz, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
Division of International Programs
5201 University Boulevard, Pellegrino Hall 303
Laredo, Texas 78041-1900
United States