The UK Government published the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) report on January 25, 2012, the first assessment of its kind for the UK and the first in a 5 year cycle. Click here to download this report. more
The 4th iNTeg-Risk Conference 2011 will take place in Stuttgart, Germany on May 7 - 8, 2012!
The registration for the Main Conference is open at: http://eu-vri.eu/fwlink/?LinkID=349.
The abstract submission is still open at: http://www.eu-vri.eu/fwlink/?LinkID=335. more
INERIS scientific report devoted attention to the results of iNTeg-Risk project. See more details in INERIS " Rapport Scientifique 2010/2011". more
Media coverage was given to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) "Global Risks Report 2012" which was presented by the Wharton Risk Center, an academic partner of the WEF since 2005. Click here to watch the video ( WEF). more
The Wharton Risk Center, an academic partner of the World Economic Forum since 2005, is pleased to present the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2012, Seventh Edition. Click here to download this report. more
Audit reports for projects:
*NANODEVICE - Novel Concepts, Methods, and Technologies for the Production of Portable, Easy-to-Use Devices for the Measurement and Analysis of Airborne Engineered Nanoparticles in Workplace Air
* Alfa-Bird - Alternative Fuels and Biofuels for Aircraft Development
* iNTeg-Risk - Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology related Risks)
formally accepted and approved by the European Commission (with less than 0.05 % adjustment needed!). more
The course opened the series of courses which all belong to the joint effort of iNTeg-Risk project (represented by EU-VRi and other partners), University of Stuttgart (ZIRN) and Steinbeis University Berlin (STI Advanced Risk Technologies) to set a modern, modular and distributed model of education and certification in the area of Risk Engineering and Management. more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency ( US EPA) recently published a report on "Guidance to Facilitate Decisions for Sustainable Nanotechnology". Click here to read this report. more
The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) will be holding the following event in Sydney, Australia from July 18-20, 2012: World Congress on Risk (WCR) - Risk and Development in a Changing World. You may visit the SRA WCR webpage for more information.
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IRGC is pleased to announce the publication of their latest Concept Note " Improving the Management of Emerging Risks: Risk from new technologies, system interactions, and unforeseen or changing circumstances". Click here to download this publication. more
The first global survey of ISO 31000 – Risk Management Principle and Guidelines has started on October 17, 2011 and will run until November 30, 2011 ( extended deadline). The purpose of the survey is to see how ISO 31000 is perceived and is being used within organisations by management and risk management practitioners. Follow this link to participate in this survey. more
What is a nanomaterial? European Commission brings a common definition of a nanomaterial, the definition will be now applied in all EU-VRi/R-tech projects dealing with nanotechnology ( iNTeg-Risk, MUST, PARTICOAT, Nanodevice…) more
Project Coordinators of IRIS and iNTeg-Risk project are discussing next steps concerning the collaboration of these two large FP7 projects at the IRIS Summer Academy on September 5-6, 2011 at Zell am See, Austria. more
The CEN workshop "General Framework and Guidelines for Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging New Technology Related Risks (iNTeg-Risk)" (WS 67) has been announced on CEN websites (see CEN website here). more
OECD's FGS project came to a fruitful conclusion whereby EU-VRi, together with Uni. of Stuttgart ZIRN and Steinbeis R-Tech, contributed notably to the project with their work on one of the selected case studies (Social Unrest). Click to download FGS project report: 1. Executive Summary; or 2. Full report (preliminary version). more
The 3rd iNTeg-Risk Conference 2011 took place in Stuttgart, Germany on June 6-10, 2011, in conjunction with the SRA-Europe 2011 Annual Meeting. The presentations are available for download. Further information have been sent to all participants via e-mail.
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A press release about the Specialist Brainstorming and Coordination Meeting on "Life cycle Assessment (LCA) and Risk Analysis in Nanomaterials-related NMP projects" (Brussels, March 2, 2011) has been published in the last newsletter (March 2011) of the Italian Network on LCA.
The full newsletter can be found here (in Italian). more
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January 25, 2012 The UK Government published the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) report on January 25, 2012, the first assessment of its kind for the UK and the first in a 5 year cycle. Click here to download this report. more
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January 14, 2012 Media coverage was given to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) "Global Risks Report 2012" which was presented by the Wharton Risk Center, an academic partner of the WEF since 2005. Click here to watch the video (WEF). more
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January 14, 2012 The Wharton Risk Center, an academic partner of the World Economic Forum since 2005, is pleased to present the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2012, Seventh Edition. Click here to download this report. more
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December 19, 2011 Audit reports for projects:
*NANODEVICE - Novel Concepts, Methods, and Technologies for the Production of Portable, Easy-to-Use Devices for the Measurement and Analysis of Airborne Engineered Nanoparticles in Workplace Air
* Alfa-Bird - Alternative Fuels and Biofuels for Aircraft Development
* iNTeg-Risk - Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology related Risks)
formally accepted and approved by the European Commission (with less than 0.05 % adjustment needed!). more
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December 17, 2011 The course opened the series of courses which all belong to the joint effort of iNTeg-Risk project (represented by EU-VRi and other partners), University of Stuttgart (ZIRN) and Steinbeis University Berlin (STI Advanced Risk Technologies) to set a modern, modular and distributed model of education and certification in the area of Risk Engineering and Management. more
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November 30, 2011 Following the approved liaison between ISO 31000 and EU-VRi/iNTeg-Risk (see news entry), a discussion between the iNTeg-Risk Project Coordinator and the CEO of EU-VRi, A. Jovanovic, and the Moderator of the LinkedIn ISO 31000 Risk Management Standard Group, A. Dali, took place. One of the main results, so far, would be the involvement of the EU-VRi/iNTeg-Risk partners into the first global survey of ISO 31000–Risk Management Principle and Guidelines set to kick off on the 17th of October this year. more
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November 15, 2011 The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) will be holding the following event in Sydney, Australia from July 18-20, 2012: World Congress on Risk (WCR) - Risk and Development in a Changing World. You may visit the SRA WCR webpage for more information.
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November 15, 2011 IRGC is pleased to announce the publication of their latest Concept Note "Improving the Management of Emerging Risks: Risk from new technologies, system interactions, and unforeseen or changing circumstances". Click here to download this publication. more
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November 01, 2011 The first global survey of ISO 31000 – Risk Management Principle and Guidelines has started on October 17, 2011 and will run until November 30, 2011 (extended deadline). The purpose of the survey is to see how ISO 31000 is perceived and is being used within organisations by management and risk management practitioners. Follow this link to participate in this survey. more
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October 18, 2011 What is a nanomaterial? European Commission brings a common definition of a nanomaterial, the definition will be now applied in all EU-VRi/R-tech projects dealing with nanotechnology (iNTeg-Risk, MUST, PARTICOAT, Nanodevice…) more
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September 05, 2011 Project Coordinators of IRIS and iNTeg-Risk project are discussing next steps concerning the collaboration of these two large FP7 projects at the IRIS Summer Academy on September 5-6, 2011 at Zell am See, Austria. more
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September 01, 2011 The CEN workshop "General Framework and Guidelines for Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging New Technology Related Risks (iNTeg-Risk)" (WS 67) has been announced on CEN websites (see CEN website here). more
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July 20, 2011 EC has launched the current call for proposals under the 2011 and 2012 Cooperation work programme of Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013) and amongst them is the Work Programme 2012 - Theme 4: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP). Download the relevant published paper here. more
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July 14, 2011 Extensive coverage in the international press was given to the report of OECD's "Future Global Shocks" project which has come to a fruitful conclusion as the organisation presented the project findings on June 27, 2011.
To watch the news broadcast (Reuters), click here. more
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June 21, 2011 Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, has announced the new name of the future EU funding programme for research and innovation: "Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation", which will enter into force on 1 January 2014, after the end of FP7 on 31 Dec 2013. Click here to read this statement. more
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March 24, 2011 A recent paper published by Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) describes some of the Natech work in the iNTeg-Risk project, whereby these dedicated efforts are well-commended for allowing the framing of challenges posed by risk management of Natech scenarios. Read the full published paper here. more
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January 26, 2011 The publication of this report marks the conclusion of the first phase of IRGC’s ongoing project on emerging risks. With this report, IRGC aims to raise awareness among professionals about the fact that risks emerge from a common ‘fertile ground’ cultivated by twelve generic factors which are described and illustrated in detail within the report. Click here to download this report. more
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January 14, 2011 Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies and EU-VRi are looking for skilled and motivated professionals and MSc/PhD students ("internees") for EU and industrial projects in the area of Risk Engineering and Management. more
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