Source: RISK newsletter,
Second Quarter 1996, published by the Society for Risk Analysis
The Society for Risk Analysis-Europe will hold its 1997 annual meeting June 15-18 in Stockholm, Sweden, on the theme “New Risk Frontiers.” Founded in 1987, SRA-Europe will also celebrate its tenth anniversary in 1997.
The Center for Risk Research at the Stockholm School of Economics will host the meeting, in collaboration with the Center for Safety Research of the Royal Institute for Technology and Riskkollegiet, A Swedish Risk Academy. The local organizing committee includes Britt-Marie Drottz Sjöberg and Lennart Sjöberg of the Center for Risk Research, Ulla Swarén of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Torbjörn Thedéen of the Center for Safety Research, and Birgitta Lewander and Torbjörn Malmfors of Riskkollegiet.
The organizers have issued a call for papers on the following annual meeting themes: risk comparisons, risk analysis, risk management, risk and welfare (economics and insurance), risk perception, risk communication, risks in time and space (across time and national boundaries), and information technology—safety and risk. Abstracts should be 200-600 words and include a title, choice of theme (listed above), designation of oral or poster session, five key words, and the full name, address, fax number and e-mail address of the author(s). The deadline for abstract submission is January 15, 1997. Submit abstracts to the conference secretary Kristina Eddon, Center for Risk Research, Stockholm School of Economics, fax (46) 8 30 72 25, e-mail pks@hhs.se.
For questions on scientific issues related to the meeting or for information about SRA-Europe, contact Britt-Marie Drottz Sjöberg, who is also the secretary of SRA-Europe, telephone (46) 8 736 95 76, fax (46) 8 30 72 25, e-mail pbmds@hhs.se.
For information on annual meeting registration, hotel booking,
the city of Stockholm, and Sweden, contact the secretariat of the
Stockholm Convention Bureau, Box 6911, S-102 39 Stockholm,
Sweden, fax (46) 8 34 84 41.