Nick Bernard, Queen Mary University London analysis the impact of the volcanic ash crisis on EU air passenger rights and discusses some unresolved issues. He addresses inter alia questions of allocation of costs beyond airlines and passengers as well as enforcement problems of the regulation from a consumer law perspective. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno,...

Nick Bernard, Queen Mary University London analysis the impact of the volcanic ash crisis on EU air passenger rights and discusses some unresolved issues. He addresses inter alia questions of allocation of costs beyond airlines and passengers as well as enforcement problems of the regulation from a consumer law perspective. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno,...

Morten Broberg, from the University of Copenhagen, familiarizes the audience with the Denied Boarding Regulation and discusses whether it provides an adequate legal basis for dealing with exceptional situations like the one experienced during the 2010 ash cloud. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at...

Morten Broberg, from the University of Copenhagen, familiarizes the audience with the Denied Boarding Regulation and discusses whether it provides an adequate legal basis for dealing with exceptional situations like the one experienced during the 2010 ash cloud. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at...

Donald Macrae, Risk and Regulation Advisory Council UK illustrates that the ash cloud incident involved many risk actors and, by relying on the methodology developed by the UK’s Risk and Regulation Advisory Council to manage “Public Risk” incidents, offers an insightful analysis of the different role that these actors played in the unfolding of the event. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A...

Donald Macrae, Risk and Regulation Advisory Council UK illustrates that the ash cloud incident involved many risk actors and, by relying on the methodology developed by the UK’s Risk and Regulation Advisory Council to manage “Public Risk” incidents, offers an insightful analysis of the different role that these actors played in the unfolding of the event. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A...

Francisco B. Lopez-Jurado, University of Navarra discusses systemic risks and the reformation of the European Regulation concerning network industries. He first shows that air transport is as vulnerable to systemic risks as network industries. Second, he explors the various risk management measures included in the European regulatory frameworks of energy and air transport sectors and pleads for a more integrated regulatory approach with respect to systemic crises. 1st HEC workshop on...

Francisco B. Lopez-Jurado, University of Navarra discusses systemic risks and the reformation of the European Regulation concerning network industries. He first shows that air transport is as vulnerable to systemic risks as network industries. Second, he explors the various risk management measures included in the European regulatory frameworks of energy and air transport sectors and pleads for a more integrated regulatory approach with respect to systemic crises. 1st HEC workshop on...

Chad Briggs, Air University – United States Air Force, GlobalINT LLC presents 'Abrupt environmental changes: Scenario planning for catastrophic security risks'. He explores the role of strategic foresight and scenario planning as a tool for effective risk management and regulation. In his view, by addressing plausible scenarios in advance, reactions can be better adjusted and certain resources mustered beforehand. He highlights as well that the inclusion of geophysical risks into operational...

Chad Briggs, Air University – United States Air Force, GlobalINT LLC presents 'Abrupt environmental changes: Scenario planning for catastrophic security risks'. He explores the role of strategic foresight and scenario planning as a tool for effective risk management and regulation. In his view, by addressing plausible scenarios in advance, reactions can be better adjusted and certain resources mustered beforehand. He highlights as well that the inclusion of geophysical risks into operational...

Valentin Nikonov, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe explains how the ash cloud crisis and other recent events of this type could provide guidance to regulators on how to respond effectively to crises by means of the so-called general approach which embraces the whole regulatory system in its institutional complexity. He argues also that this approach addresses many of the challenges that regulators from all spheres face in the development of coherent risk policies and risk...

Anthony Froggat, Chatam House - London presents the ongoing research project on the impact of the volcanic ash crisis on the business world.

A.M. Viens, Queen Mary University London introduces to the notion of normative uncertainty and illustrates the ethics of risk regulation in emergency. He does not only offer an inspiring overview on how normative uncertainty and ethics can influence and shape emergency risk regulation, but also illustrates how regulatory systems and their responses to emergency will have to recognize and accommodate the problem of normative uncertainty in order to maximize the potential for deliberative and...

A.M. Viens, Queen Mary University London introduces to the notion of normative uncertainty and illustrates the ethics of risk regulation in emergency. He does not only offer an inspiring overview on how normative uncertainty and ethics can influence and shape emergency risk regulation, but also illustrates how regulatory systems and their responses to emergency will have to recognize and accommodate the problem of normative uncertainty in order to maximize the potential for deliberative and...

Alfredo Fioritto, University of Pisa discusses the 'If and when'. Towards standard-based regulation in the reduction of catastrophic risks by looking at the recent eartquake that hit the historical town of L'Aquila. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Vincent Brannigan, University of Maryland – Clark School of Engineering discusses about Paradigms lost: Emergency safety regulation under scientific and technical uncertainty. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Vincent Brannigan, University of Maryland – Clark School of Engineering discusses about Paradigms lost: Emergency safety regulation under scientific and technical uncertainty. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Sweta Chakraborty, Oxford University – Centre for Socio-Legal Studies discusses the lessons learned in trust and risk communication from the volcanic ash crisis. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Sweta Chakraborty, Oxford University – Centre for Socio-Legal Studies discusses the lessons learned in trust and risk communication from the volcanic ash crisis. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Adam Burgess, University of Kent at Canterbury on Representing the volcanic ash cloud: Media, risks and 'acts of God'. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Adam Burgess, University of Kent at Canterbury on Representing the volcanic ash cloud: Media, risks and 'acts of God'. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Alfredo Fioritto, University of Pisa discusses the 'If and when'. Towards standard-based regulation in the reduction of catastrophic risks by looking at the recent eartquake that hit the historical town of L'Aquila. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Maddalena Ragona, Department of Statitics, University of Bologna, discusses the economic impact of the volcanic ash crisis on the EU airline industry, by illustrating one possible methods to quantify such impact. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Maddalena Ragona, Department of Statitics, University of Bologna, discusses the economic impact of the volcanic ash crisis on the EU airline industry, by illustrating one possible methods to quantify such impact. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu

Doug Johnson, MET Office UK, Head of Transport illustrates the challenge of volcanic emissions to the atmosphere. He reports the MET Office UK's activities during the volcanic ash crisis of last April. 1st HEC workshop on regulation. Emergency regulation under the thread of a catastrophe: a hard look at the volcanic ash crisis. A conference organised by Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris. 10 & 11 november 2010. More info at http://www.albertoalemanno.eu