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The 2019 IFED Forum Find information below about:
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Preliminary programme and schedule
Wednesday December 11, 2019, in the evening Registration and welcome reception
Thursday December 12, all day Technical program
Friday December 13, morning Technical program
Friday December 13, afternoon and evening Excursion to North Head Sanctuary and IFED banquet
Saturday December 14, morning Technical program
Saturday December 14, noon Conference closure
Thursday December 12, all day Technical program
Friday December 13, morning Technical program
Friday December 13, afternoon and evening Excursion to North Head Sanctuary and IFED banquet
Saturday December 14, morning Technical program
Saturday December 14, noon Conference closure
Important dates and how to participate
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Participation in the Forum is possible in one of three ways:
Important dates
Abstract deadline July 15, 2019
Notification of acceptance August 15, 2019
Final program available November 15, 2019
Final contributions in the form of papers and/or presentations are not due until the beginning of the Forum, 11 December 2019. We invite authors to bring along some hard copies which can be distributed to delegates during the conference. However, a written paper is not mandatory.
Following the IFED forum, selected authors will be invited to submit a journal-quality paper of their IFED contribution to a special issue of a journal to be designated in early 2020.
Registration fee for the forum includes all lunches, all refreshment-breaks, excursion, the Wednesday evening welcome dinner (including beverages), and the IFED banquet (including beverages) on Friday evening. The registration fee is expected to be approximately A$700 for delegates, A$350 for students and retired delegates and A$250 for partners.
Please register before 1 November 2019. Please email your registration form to Prof. Mark Stewart .
Accommodation bookings are the sole responsibility of individual Conference delegates. Information about the venue can be found HERE.
Participation in the Forum is possible in one of three ways:
- as a presenter and with a written paper contribution for the IFED proceedings
- as a presenter but without a written paper (only a title and an abstract need to be submitted)
- without formal presentation but as a full participant
Important dates
Abstract deadline July 15, 2019
Notification of acceptance August 15, 2019
Final program available November 15, 2019
Final contributions in the form of papers and/or presentations are not due until the beginning of the Forum, 11 December 2019. We invite authors to bring along some hard copies which can be distributed to delegates during the conference. However, a written paper is not mandatory.
Following the IFED forum, selected authors will be invited to submit a journal-quality paper of their IFED contribution to a special issue of a journal to be designated in early 2020.
Registration fee for the forum includes all lunches, all refreshment-breaks, excursion, the Wednesday evening welcome dinner (including beverages), and the IFED banquet (including beverages) on Friday evening. The registration fee is expected to be approximately A$700 for delegates, A$350 for students and retired delegates and A$250 for partners.
Please register before 1 November 2019. Please email your registration form to Prof. Mark Stewart .
Accommodation bookings are the sole responsibility of individual Conference delegates. Information about the venue can be found HERE.
Principal themes of the IFED-2019
The 2019 IFED Forum will highlight challenges in decision making for extremes.
The IFED forums are concerned with engineering decision-making that is based on assessments of engineering risks. The quantification and understanding of risks is an important element of risk-based decision-making, and the 11th IFED forum is focussed primarily on the development of
strategies to manage risks in an optimal manner. In particular the 11th IFED forum is focussed on the development of strategies for managing extreme events – i.e., low probability – high consequence events. This includes emerging problems associated with short and long-term changes in the natural environment (including climate change) and the man-made environment (including increased demand on infrastructure, and the risks of sabotage and terrorism).
- Natural and man-made hazards
- ‘Future proofing’ infrastructure – buildings, bridges, lifelines, dams, etc.
- Climate change
- Accuracy of long-term predictions
- Value of Information
- Inter-generational effects
- Politically-influenced decision-making
- Short vs long-term policy horizons
- Post 9/11 security environment
- Public policy decision-making
- Socio-economic impacts on decision-making
- Modelling of preferences of decision-makers
- Risk treatment to mitigate risks
- Life-cycle cost analysis
- Societal preferences in engineering decision making
Discussion, dialogue, collegiality, and careful framing of relevant issues are the pillars of a successful IFED forum. The single-session IFED format facilitates continuation of discussions during breaks, excursion, and evenings. At the end of each IFED forum consensus conclusions are formulated by all IFED participants together with an outlook for the future. These are subsequently published and made widely accessible.
IFED 2019 Organizing Committee
Michael Netherton – The University of Newcastle, Australia
Mark Stewart – The University of Newcastle, Australia
Hao Qin – The University of Newcastle, Australia
Stuart Reid – The University of Sidney, Australia
Colin Caprani– Monash University, Australia
Hao Zhang – The University of Sydney, Australia
Webmaster
Simona Miraglia - ARU, United Kingdom
Simona Miraglia - ARU, United Kingdom
