Professor Sir John Beddington CMG FRS: Managing Risk in Government
Professor Sir John Beddington CMG FRS
Managing Risk in Government
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Newton building, NTU City site
Lecture abstract:
Risk in government is pervasive. In the short term, managing an emerging crisis – natural or terrorist driven – involves rapid risk assessment and dealing with an emergency as it unfolds, in real time.
However, other longer term issues – such as nanotechnology, genetic modification, climate change and food and energy security – also demand careful risk management.
Speaker biography:
Sir John was appointed as Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government on 1 January 2008. Since being in post, he has led on providing scientific advice to Government during the 2009 swine flu outbreak, the 2010 volcanic ash incident, and the emergency at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011.
Sir John has also been responsible for increasing the scientific capacity across Whitehall by encouraging all major departments of state to recruit a Chief Scientific Officer.
