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Monday, June 11
M2D 2018 Opening Plenary. Chairs Peter Challenor & Catherine Powell.
Dr Christie Marr (Deputy Director, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge) A few words of welcome.
Prof. Jason Lowe (Met Office, Hadley Centre and Priestley International Centre for Climate Chair) From climate models to real world decisions.
Challenges in Trust in Models. Chairs: Richard Bradley (LSE) and Chris Dent (Edinburgh)
Tom Philp (XLCatlin), Wendy Parker (Durham), Jim Smith (Warwick) and Andrew Wright (Ofgem). Session Summary.
Oral Presentations
Dimitra Salmanidou (University College London) Potential large tsunami hazards associated with landslide failure along the West coast of India: from uncertainties to planning decision
Melody Ni (Imperial College London) Trust in medical technologies and confidence in clinical decision-making
Joe Roussos (London School of Economics) Making confident decisions with model ensembles
Erica Thompson (London School of Economics) From questions to models to decisions: dialogue to support effective use of simulation modelling
Poster Blitz
Tuesday 12 June
Mathematical Challenges in Uncertainty Quantification Chairs: Catherine Powell (Manchester) and David Woods (Southampton)
Tim Waite (Manchester), Max Gunzburger (Florida State University) and Ines Cecilio (Schlumberger). Session Summary.
Oral Presentations
Victoria Stephenson (University College London) Overcoming Uncertainty in Legacy Engineering Resilience Modelling for Flood Hazards
John Bruun & Katy Sheen (University of Exeter) Enhancing earth system decision making capacity with dominant frequency state analysis
David Cameron (CEH-Edinburgh) Managing Uncertainties in Modelling Air Pollution (MU-MAP)
Francesca Pianosi (University of Bristol) Robust and transparent planning and operation of water resource infrastructure
Challenges in Model Discrepancy Chairs: Alex Diaz (Liverpool) and Peter Challenor (Exeter)
Jenny Brynjarsdottir (Case Western Reserve University), Ed Wheatcroft (London School of Economics), Richard Ahlfeld (UQuant, Imperial College London) and Michael Goldstein (Durham University). Session Summary.
[Mini-Discussions] Developing a Research Agenda on:
Uncertainty Quantification. Chairs: Catherine Powell and David Woods
From Models to Decisions. Chairs: Richard Bradley and Julie Gore
Wednesday 13 June
Challenges in Communication and Visualisation. Chairs:Julie Gore (Bath) and James Lyons (Exeter)
Wendy Jephson (Nasdaq) and Neesha Kadagoda (VALCRI). Session Summary.
Oral Presentations
Ekaterina Svetlova (University of Leicester) Communication of uncertainties about company’s future to capital markets
Alexandra Freeman (University of Cambridge) The effects of communicating uncertainty about numbers and facts
Suraje Dessai (University of Leeds) Building narratives to characterise uncertainty in regional climate change through expert elicitation
[Mini-Discussions] Developing a Research Agenda on:
Uncertainty Visualisation. Chairs: James Lyons and Alex Freeman
Thursday 14 June
Plenary talk. Chair Peter Challenor
Danny Williamson (University of Exeter) From big models to big decisions: what is the role of uncertainty in adaption to climate change (and what should it be)?
Platform Presentations
Leonard Smith (LSE) Beyond Forecasting: Using Today’s Model(s) to Forewarn Decision Makers
Dan Pagendam (CSIRO Data61 Brisbane) Making better decisions in the face of uncertainty in digital agriculture: The Uncertainty Toolbox
Research Agenda Roundtable Discussions
Uncertainty Quantification. Chairs: Catherine Powell and David Woods. Room – tbc
From Models to Decisions. Chairs: Richard Bradley and Julie Gore. Room – tbc
Communicating Uncertainty. Chairs: James Lyons and Alex Freeman. Room – tbc
Research Agenda Synergy – bringing the above separate discussions together.
M2D 2018 Closing Plenary. Chair Peter Challenor
Prof. Sir David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS (Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge). Trustworthy communication of numbers.
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Friday 15 June
Open for Business
Uncertainty Quantification for Complex Systems – Development in Theory and Methodologies
This one day workshop will take place at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge and is being organised by Prof Peter Challenor and Dr Catherine Powell as part of the Uncertainty Quantification Programme.
This is a separate event to the M2D2018 Conference, but many may find it relevant and interesting to stay on for. Please follow this link for further information and details on how to register.
