The poster session on Monday, June 17th, was accompanied by a reception. Participants enjoyed listening to the university’s talented student’s choir, Pirum, that provided excellent entertainment.

At the same meeting, we were pleased to welcome Lars Bodsberg as the new President of SRA Europe, and Michael Siegrist as the new President Elect.

Welcome to Trondheim 17 - 19 June 2013

• Risk analysis and assessment of natural and technological hazards, health and security threats
• Risk communication and stakeholder involvement on major risk issues
• Safety management and regulation of major risks
• Organizational coping with major risk
• Societal safety, civil protection, and emergency preparedness
• Understanding and identifying complexity in society
• Vulnerability and resilience in complex systems and societies
• Decision making in face of complexity
• Uncertainty and precaution in risk governance
• The role of insurance in major accident prevention
• Anticipating and monitoring the risk of extreme outcomes
• Learning from major events
• Acceptance of major risk
• Risk monitoring and indicators
• Risk perception of catastrophic events
• Relations between risk, safety, acceptability, and trust
  

In addition to the usual themes, abstracts and symposia within these topics are especially welcome.

Optional full papers
Presenters may choose to submit full length papers. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to write a full paper, which will be made available to the conference participants and assessed for publication in a special issue in the Journal of Risk Research. Please note that the submission of a full paper is optional; it is possible to present an abstract without writing a full paper.

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• Paul Amyotte, Dalhousie University, Canada
  
• Ann Bostrom, University of Washington
  
• Gudela Grote, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Nick Pidgeon, Cardiff University, UK
• Bjørn Otto Sverdrup, The 22 July Commission, Norway
  
• Per Morten Schiefloe, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

More information about these speakers and additional key note speakers will be announced here when it comes available.

Please see www.SRAE2013.no for the latest news on the keynote speakers. 

The welcome reception will take place Sunday 16 June by the Nidarosdomen Cathedral, which is Trondheim’s biggest and most magnificent attraction.

Participants are invited for drinks and light food in the café To Tårn at the visiting center, for later to attend a special reception in the cathedral welcomed by the mayor of Trondheim.

The main feature of the evening is a concert by the girls’ choir of Nidarosdomen and a visiting choir and orchestra from St. Olaf college, US.

Poster session
 

The poster session is a combined technical and social event which will take place on Monday 17 at the conference venue of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Participants are offered drinks and light food while mingling in the poster area, and entertainment will be provided by the university’s talented student’s choir, Pirum.

On Tuesday 18, all participants are invited for an exclusive visit to the manor of Ringve and the National Museum of Music and Musical Instruments. After enjoying a small aperitif, the table will be set for a tasteful dinner based on locally grown food. Musical entertainment will be provided during the evening.

The Manor dates back to the 18 century and has an interesting history. It is situated in the outskirts of Trondheim, surrounded by a Botanical Garden and a nice overview of the Trondheim fjord.

The theme of the conference is “Safe societies - coping with complexity and major risk”, concerns challenges related to our society’s vulnerability to major risk of natural and industrial disasters, malicious attacks, financial breakdowns, and epidemic diseases.

Authors are invited to submit abstracts on topics related to the conference theme, including, for instance:

• Risk analysis and assessment of natural and technological hazards, health and security threats
• Risk communication and stakeholder involvement on major risk issues
• Safety management and regulation of major risks
• Organizational coping with major risk
• Societal safety, civil protection, and emergency preparedness
• Understanding and identifying complexity in society
• Vulnerability and resilience in complex systems and societies
• Decision making in face of complexity
• Uncertainty and precaution in risk governance
• The role of insurance in major accident prevention
• Anticipating and monitoring the risk of extreme outcomes
• Learning from major events
• Acceptance of major risk
• Risk monitoring and indicators
• Risk perception of catastrophic events
• Relations between risk, safety, acceptability, and trust
  

Abstracts may be presented orally or in a poster session. Authors are furthermore invited to submit full-length papers which will be assessed for publication in a special issue of Journal of Risk Research (optional). The submission of a full paper is optional; it is possible to present an abstract without writing a full paper.

Abstracts should not exceed 400 words.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 February 2013.

Call for Symposia

Initiatives to organize special symposia related to the conference themes are particularly welcomed.

A symposium is a conference session composed by 3 to 6 presentations/abstracts on a common topic. Symposium proposals must be submitted to the organizing committee (srae2013@videre.ntnu.no) by 15th of February 2013.

The symposium proposal must contain:

1. Title of symposium;
2. Name of person (and his/her email address) responsible for planning and arranging the symposium;
3. Short description of the topic and contents of the symposium (max 200 words);
4. List of the presentations in the symposium (title of abstract and author names).

Please notice that each abstract in the proposed symposium need to be submitted individually at the conference abstract submission system (see below). Symposium organizers and presenters must pay participation fee similar to other conference participants.

The deadline for submission of symposia abstracts is 15 February 2013.

Author registration deadline

Submitting your abstract does not mean that you are registered for the conference. The organizers require the commitment of one of the authors to register for and attend the conference to present the paper. If none of the authors of an abstract have registered for the conference by 17th of May 2013, the presentation will be removed from the conference program.

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The fees for the conference depend on type of membership and the registration date (early bird, late bird). The deadline for early bird registration is 16 April 2013.

Please mind that the Author registration deadline is 17 May 2013. 

Early registration until April 16, 2013.

Late registration from April 17, 2013.

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Please mind that the Author registration deadline is 17 May 2013.

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Trondheim

**Welcome to Trondheim and The 22nd SRA-E Conference!**


The city where modern technology, ancient history and local gastronomy go hand in hand!

Trondheim is a thriving city and centre of knowledge with a highly respected university and a research community ranking among the best in Europe.

Founded by the Viking King Olav Tryggvason in 997, Trondheim holds a special place in Norwegian history and culture. Today this heritage, combined with our high academic traditions, makes Trondheim an ideal city for work, investment, research, industry and commerce.





The Conference City

Also Trondheim is an official Norwegian Convention city, and is host to a large number of national and international conferences affiliated with the large technology sector we have in the city.

Atmosphere
As a guest you will be welcomed with warm hospitality. The city can offer an abundance of experiences, among others; city tours, sightseeing, boat tours on the fjord, fishing, summer ski jumping at Granåsen, midnight golf during June and July.

Venue

The conference will be arranged at Gløshaugen campus at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU.

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To get the conference price, please book your hotel online through the SRA-E registration form.  The conference has made arrangements with the following hotels:

Rica Nidelven Hotel

Rica Nidelven Hotel is one of Trondheim's largest and most modern hotels. The hotel is recognized by the magazine Horeca to have Norway's best hotel cuisine and has become nationally known for serving the best breakfast in the country.

Singsaker Summerhotel

(Rooms are without bathrooms, shower and WC can be found in the hallways.)

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Travel to Trondheim

The Norwegian conference page (www.srae2013.no) has a map on Trondheim. Please click here for this map.

Getting to Trondheim

The city of Trondheim is situated by the Trondheim fjord in the middle of Norway in Northern Europe (see map). The location provides for quick and easy access by air from the European Continent, America and Asia. Norway is a small country and moderate distances also make travel by car or train interesting options.

Travelling by Air

Trondheim Airport Værnes (TRD) is the local airport of Trondheim and is located in Stjørdal, about 30 kilometers to the north-east of the city center. The airport offers regular domestic flights to and from most major cities in Norway, as well as daily flights with service to a few European cities.

Trondheim Airport Værnes (TRD) offers multiple daily flights with service to Copenhagen Airport Kastrup (CPH), Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), and London Stansted Airport (STN). Copenhagen is the Scandinavian hub for Star Alliance, (with partner airlines SAS, United, Lufthansa, Air Canada and Air New Zealand), and offers excellent connections to most parts of the world. Amsterdam is the central European hub for the Skyteam Airline Alliance (with partner airlines KLM, Northwest, Continental and Air France), with even more connections to all parts of the world. Nonstop flights between London (UK) and Trondheim are offered by the Norwegian airline Norwegian.no

Travelling through Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL)

Many international travellers go to Trondheim through Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL). Oslo Airport offers connections to most major cities in Europe, in particular with frequent flights to the imporant hubs Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), London Airports Gatwick and Heathrow (LGW, LHR), Copenhagen Airport (CPH), Frankfurt am Main (FRA) and Paris Airports de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY). In addition, Continental offers transatlantic flights to New York (Newark, EWR). There are up to two departures with service to Trondheim Airport per hour in the daytime. Flight time from Oslo to Trondheim is about one hour. Airlines with service to TRD from OSL: SAS Braathens, Norwegian, and Wideroe. Note: Some budget airlines offer international flights to Oslo taking you to Sandefjord Airport Torp (TRF) rather than to OSL. If your connecting flight to Trondheim is scheduled to depart from OSL, please factor in an additional 2 hours of travel time by bus between TRF and OSL.

Getting from Trondheim Airport to the Conference Venue
 

Airport Shuttle
The airport shuttle ("Flybussen") to the center of the city corresponds with all flight arrivals, and is the easiest (and cheapest) way to get to city. On its route it passes most major hotels in city. Ask the driver for guidance when you purchase your ticket.

The shuttle buses are lined up in the street just outside the arrival terminal. Tickets are purchased after boarding the bus, and the fare is currently NOK 90 (major credit cards accepted).

Taxi
Taxi from the airport to the city center is about NOK 600 depending on the time of day (night fares are more expensive).
 

Travelling by Train

Going by train to Trondheim is easily combined with arriving in Oslo by plane as the train passes Oslo Airport Gardermoen on its way from Oslo to Trondheim. (Travel time from Oslo Airport Gardermoen is about 6 hours). See Norwegian State Railways (NSB) for more information.

Trondheim Central Station is right in the city center.

Travelling by Car

There are a number of liners that will take you and your car from the continent (Denmark, Germany) or the British Isles to ports in the south of Norway (Oslo, Sandefjord, Larvik and Kristiansand) or west of Norway (Bergen, Haugesund and Stavanger). Most of these have daily departures in both directions. See Color Line and DFDS SEAWAYS for details.

You also have the option of crossing the Øresund bridge from Denmark to Sweden and driving through Sweden to Oslo and on to Trondheim.

Driving Directions Coming from the South

The E6 highway runs from Oslo north to Trondheim.

We are pleased to announce two SRA-Europe Conference Scholarships each worth 500 €.

Students wishing to apply for a Scholarship are required to submit:

• An extended abstract (up to 800 words)
• A short CV (no more than 1 side A4)
• A description of their motivation for wishing to attend the conference
• A letter of support from their supervisor

This information should be sent to sraeurope@eu-vri.eu, also by 15th February 2013. Only 2 documents should be sent: one containing 1-3 above with the letter from the student’s supervisor in the other. The email subject line should read: SRA Europe conference scholarships.

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• Marijke Hermans,  Department of Technology and Society Studies, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Marijke received her award for the presentation:

M. Hermans:
The struggle for knowledge: The dynamics of citizen engagement in mobile phone mast siting controversies

• Eva Lermer, Department of Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany

Eva's award winning presentation was:

Lermer, E., Streicher, B., Sachs, R., Raue, M., & Frey, D.:
Risks are more likely when thinking concrete – The effect of construal level on risk estimates

The recipients received their awards, each worth € 500, during the first General Assembly meeting of SRA-Europe at the Annual Meeting in Trondheim, out of the hands of SRA-Europe’s president Margôt Kuttschreuter.

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The SRA-Europe Conference 2013 is arranged by the ROSS Geminisenter which is a strategic network between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SINTEF. ROSS endeavors to develop knowledge, methods, and tools to prevent major accidents through interdisciplinary studies on risk and vulnerability.
 

•  Stein Haugen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
•  Eirik Albrechtsen, SINTEF
•  Inger Lise Johansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
•  Kristine Vedal Størkersen, NTNU Samfunnsforskning

•  Lars Bodsberg, SINTEF
•  Britt-Marie Drottz Sjöberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
•  Stein Haugen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
•  Jan Hovden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
•  Gerd Kjølle, SINTEF
•  Per Morten Schiefloe, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
•  Ingrid B Utne, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

• NTNU Videre

Conference book of abstracts

The conference book of abstracts is now ready to download.

This book of abstract includes:

• Practical information
• Final conference programme
• Key note descriptions and abstracts
• Poster overview
• Abstracts

Latest conference information

For the latest information on the conference, please visit our Norwegian website: www.srae2013.no.



Last modified: 10 June 2013.