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The Cabot Institute held a summer school from 15 - 19 July 2013.  The school provided advanced training in risk and uncertainty in natural hazards from the Cabot Institute's leading academics plus some special guest lecturers.

The school is open to postgraduates, early career researchers and scientists from industry and government agencies.

Programme

Introduction - led by Professor Thorsten Wagener

Forward propagation of uncertainty - Dr Tamsin Edwards

Sensitivity analysis - Professor Thorsten Wagener

Expert elicitation - Professor Willy Aspinall

There will also be guest lectures from:

Professor Steve Sparks FRS, CBE - Hazard and risk assessment for aviation safety from volcanic ash

Dr Jonty Rougier - Assessing the value of information in hazard assessment

Ken Mylne (Met Office) - Improving decision-making with uncertain forecasts

Venue

The summer school was held at Engineers House, a Grade II listed building in Clifton Down, a prestigious suburb of Bristol.

Directions, travel and parking.

Poster

Download the event poster (PDF, 216kB) [PDF, 216KB]

This summer school was held in conjunction with the Cabot Institute, the University of Bristol’s environmental research institute and CREDIBLE, a NERC funded project which aims to better assess uncertainty and risk of natural hazards.