[Statlist] Uncertainty: From Insight to Action, 20-22 November 2013

[Schaffner Portillo Maroussia]

Hello,

We are glad to announce you this event at EPFL, details of which may be found here:

http://crag.epfl.ch/page-90521-en.html

Apart from the general talks by distinguished speakers on the afternoon of 20 and the morning of 22 November,
on 21 November there will be a fairly statistical day (in the new Bernoulli Centre premises, CIB EPFL<http://cib.epfl.ch/PublicDirectionsBI.php>),
with speakers including

�         Paul Embrechts<http://www.math.ethz.ch/%7Eembrecht/> (ETHZ)
Model uncertainty and risk aggregation: An academic response to Basel 3.5
�         Andreas Schraft (Swiss Re)
Quantification of natural catastrophe risk for reinsurance
�         Claudia Kl�ppelberg<http://www-m4.ma.tum.de/pers/cklu/> (TU Munich)
Modelling and estimation of extreme events observed in space and time
�         Jon Tawn<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sci-tech/departments/mathematics_and_statistics/people/jon-tawn> (Lancaster University)
�         Hansj�rg Albrecher<https://www.hec.unil.ch/people/halbrecher&vue=contact&set_language=en&cl=en> (UNIL)
On theoretical and practical aspects of catastrophe insurance
�         Johanna Neslehova<http://www.math.mcgill.ca/neslehova/> (McGill University)
Assessing dependence between extreme risks

and then on the Friday David Spiegelhalter (Cambridge University) will speak on the communication of risk.

You will need to register for the event; see

https://www.conftool.pro/crag-irgc-symposium2013/index.php?page=login

The necessary code is:  SymposiumWorkshop2013

We look forward to seeing you there.

Best regards.

Maroussia Schaffner Portillo
EPFL-SB-MATHAA-SMAT
Station 8
CH-1015 Lausanne
Tel. +41 21 693 79 22
Fax +41 21 693 79 20



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