Society for Risk Analysis Australia and New Zealand
2017 Annual General Meeting
Melbourne, Australia
17:00 - 21 November 2017
Chair:
Sandra Seno-Alday
Apologies:
Naomi Cogger
Steve Corin
Barbara Campany
Attendees:
Margaret MacDonnell (SRA International President)
Martina Hoffmann
Anca Hanea
Tom Beer
Emmanuel Esguerra
Hong Jin
Chris Peace
Items
Chair:
Sandra Seno-Alday
Apologies:
Naomi Cogger
Steve Corin
Barbara Campany
Attendees:
Margaret MacDonnell (SRA International President)
Martina Hoffmann
Anca Hanea
Tom Beer
Emmanuel Esguerra
Hong Jin
Chris Peace
Items
- Welcome, introductions, apologies
- Sandra thanked the 2017 conference committee for organising an excellent conference:
- Martina Hoffmann
- Anca Hanea
- Sana Bau
- Tracey Hollings
- Edith Arndt
- Erica Kecorious
- Sandra thanked Andrew Robinson, Director of CEBRA for graciously hosting the 2017 conference
- Sandra thanked Margaret MacDonnell, SRA International president, for very generously giving of her time, energy, and expertise to the conference, and for engaging in very open and productive discussions with the SRA ANZ committee and members
- Sandra provided an update of SRA ANZ activities and accomplishments for 2017. These were accomplished with very limited resources on the part of SRA ANZ, and the Executive Committee and member volunteers are to be commended for their rich contributions to the Society:
- A very well-attended and well organised annual conference, led by Martina Hoffmann. The successful collaboration with ABNMS - a first for SRA ANZ - is to be particularly commended.
- A regularly updated and well-designed website, led by Steve Corin
- A regular newsletter with interesting features, led by Martina Hoffmann
- Regular webinars, which have given SRA ANZ members with access to international risk experts, led by Steve Corin (in coordination with Peg Coleman)
- Stronger engagement with industry, led by Barbara Campany
- Work on the SRA ANZ-sponsored special issue of the Journal of Risk Research, aimed at showcasing the work of risk scholars in the region, led by Sandra Seno-Alday)
- Participation in the continuing work to update the international risk management standard ISO31000 through Standards Australia committee OB 007, attended regularly by Sandra Seno-Alday
- Ideas for 2017/2018 initiatives were discussed:
- Follow-through activities for the 2017 conference
- Uploading all presentations onto the SRA ANZ website for member access
- Uploading all presentations onto the SRA ANZ website for member access
- Follow-through activities for the 2017 conference
- To include in next newsletter
- Profiles of the 2017 SRA ANZ Best Student Paper winners (Calvin Lee and Jessica Rowland, both from Deakin University) and their research projects
- Profiles of the 2017 SRA ANZ Best Student Paper winners (Calvin Lee and Jessica Rowland, both from Deakin University) and their research projects
- Webinars
- Following the positive feedback on the 2017 webinars, there was a consensus to continue collaborating with SRA International on this initiative
- Timing the webinars to be convenient to as broad a range of time zones as possible needs to be further discussed with SRA International and other SRA regional chapters
- It would be good to invite experts from SRA ANZ and across the region to contribute their time and expertise to a few webinars
- Broad topics with cross-disciplinary applications must be encouraged
- 2019 World Congress on Risk
- It would be good for SRA ANZ to contribute a symposium to the 2019 World Congress on Risk, with a theme to build on the interconnectedness focus of the 2017 SRA ANZ conference (this suggestion strongly put forward by Hong Jin)
- It would be good for SRA ANZ to contribute a symposium to the 2019 World Congress on Risk, with a theme to build on the interconnectedness focus of the 2017 SRA ANZ conference (this suggestion strongly put forward by Hong Jin)
- Journal special issues
- There was a suggestion to continue exploring SRA ANZ journal special issues, particularly in the Risk Analysis journal
- There was a suggestion to continue exploring SRA ANZ journal special issues, particularly in the Risk Analysis journal
- Education and training
- There was a suggestion for SRA ANZ to step up efforts in education and training on risk analysis methods, to contribute to the professional development of people in the field
- Of particular interest was for the Society to create protocols to integrate risk analysis across a range of domains and applications (e.g. project management)
- There was also a suggestion to stimulate debate and discussion on current risk topics
- 2017 Executive Committee:
- President (to 2018) Sandra Seno-Alday (University of Sydney)
- President-Elect (to 2018) vacant
- Secretary (to 2018) Barbara Campany
- Treasurer (to 2018) Steve Corin (EPA New Zealand)
- Councillor (to 2018) Naomi Cogger (Massey University)
- Councillor (to 2018) Martina Hoffman (University of Melbourne)
- Councillor (to 2019) Anca Hanea
- The 2018 SRA ANZ Conference will be hosted by the University of Sydney. Continuing the partnership with ABNMS will be explored.
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