Managing Unexpected Risks: Handling Rare and Severe Events Now and in the Future
This seminar will consider how to identify, assess and manage recovery from ‘Black Swan’ events in a safety context, ie. events which are rare, unexpected and have high impact. Events such as 9/11 or the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might be high-profile examples. Black Swan events are generally explainable in hindsight, making them appear predictable after the event.
Over the years the definition has expanded and now includes events which can have small or large impact, and although unexpected to those affected, may be known by other parties.
This seminar looks at the current position in various industries and considers the emerging situation when complex automatic and autonomous functionality is involved. How do we make risk-based judgements when human involvement is restricted?
There will be a Q&A session in the afternoon where delegates can discuss the issues raised during the day in a more informal setting.
This event will be held at BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) offices at 25 Copthall Ave, London EC2R 7BP.
An updated flyer for this event is available.
Speakers include:
Martin Atkins, MCA Ltd – The Buncefield Explosion
Bill Blackburn – ‘Grey Swan’ Events
John Holmes, NATS – Managing Novel Incidents
Andrew Larkins, Sygensys Ltd – Hunting Black Swans in Power Grids Related to EV Charging and Satellite Navigation Timing Signals
Wendy Owen, Bangor University – (Safety and) Resilience of Designs of the Future
David Slater, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Systems Resilience under Uncertainty
Starts
Thursday, 26th May 2022 at 12:00am
Ends
Thursday, 26th May 2022 at 12:00am