2023
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – A case of collective lying: how deceit becomes entrenched in organizational safety behavior Presenter: Professor Jan Hayes, Ph.D.Wednesday, August 9, 2023 – Leadership, Coordination and Organizing During the Pandemic Presenter: Synnøve Nesse, Ph.D. & Tove Frykmer, Ph.D.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 – Red Teaming for Decision Support Presenter: Steve Rotkoff & Whitney Hischier
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 – Post Normal Accident: Revisiting Perrow’s classic Presenter: Dr. Jean-Christophe Le Coze
2022
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 – What Conditions are Necessary for High Reliability in Global Settings? Presenter: Peter Martelli and Zhike LeiWednesday, June 8, 2022 – Success Path: The Secret Methodology to Priority and Probability Assessment for High Reliability Operation Presenter: Hamed Hamedifar PhD PMP
Saturday, March 12, 2022 – Safety Culture For Safe and Reliable Dams Presenter:
Friday, March 11, 2022 – Confronting Challenges in Implementing "Lessons Learned" - Boeing 737 Max Presenter:
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 – The Residual Risks of Extreme Floods: A Challenge for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (RREFlood Project) Presenter: Anna Serra-Llobet, Ph.D.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – Predicting the future: ARkStorm 2.0 Presenter: Kathleen Schaefer, P.E., CFM
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 – Floodplain Management: what it is and why it’s important Presenter: George Booth, PE, CFM
2021
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 – Overview of new CCRM Website and How to Offer Educational Seminars Presenter: Dr. Rune StoresundWednesday, December 8, 2021 – Machine Learning and Data Science Applications for Physical Assets Presenter: Farshad Miraftab
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 – Our Pandemic Future: critical weaknesses In U.S. and international infectious disease surveillance and containment systems, and recommendations for optimizing our defenses Presenter: Bob Enteen, Ph.D.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 – Cyber security crisis leadership: what can go wrong and how to get it right. Presenter: Natalia Smalyuk
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – The Covid-19 Pandemic: Its Practical and Conceptual Challenges Presenter: Paul R. Schulman and Emery Roe
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – CCRM Directors Meeting 2021-06-09 Presenter:
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 – An Informal Discussion on System Safety Presenter: Erik Hollnagel
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 – Designing Systems for Adaptability and Resilience in Uncertain Times Presenter: Wendy Wheeler
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – Digital Ecosystem for Infrastructure Reliability - Attracting Capital and Financial Markets to Infrastructure Presenter: K. Dixon Wright
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 – CRISPR and the Power to Rewrite Life's Code Presenter: Dr. Lea Witkowsky
2020
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 – Estimating Cyber Risks During Digital Transformations Presenter: Per Håkon MelandWednesday, February 5, 2020 – From epic wildfires to epic flash-floods: Rethinking flood risk management in an era of extremes Presenter:
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 – Living with Severe National Hazards: Risk Reduction and Resilience Challenges and Solutions for Caribbean Small Island Developing States Presenter: Marlene Murray, PhD
2019
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 – OOPS! Learning from surprise at Netflix Presenter: Lorin HochsteinWednesday, October 30, 2019 – Curing the Flaw of Averages in Risk Management Presenter: Dr. Sam L. Savage
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - Saturday, October 5, 2019 – Port Security Standoff Detection - Northern California Presenter: Dr. George Lane
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 – How Core Actors Coordinate Distal Actors in Organizational Routines – a study in the field of maritime search and rescue Presenter: Norbert Steigenberger, Ph.D. & Thomas Luebcke, M.A.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 – "Safety II" Evaluation of Dam Safety Guidelines Presenter: Alexander Tsesmetsis
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 – Cyber Risk Quantification and Management Presenter: Scott Hammesfahr
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 – Weaving a 40-Year Tapestry: My Journey Into High Reliability Organizing Presenter: David Christenson, MA, MSc, Ph.D. Candidate
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 – My Journey from Bones to Bombs to HIT Presenter: Trude Henderson, MA
Saturday, February 23, 2019 – CCRM Field Trip - Oroville Dam Presenter: DWR
Thursday, February 21, 2019 – Discovery of Pragmatic Safety Management System Effectiveness Metrics Presenter: Various
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 – Forest legal protection in Brazil in a Climate Change Era Presenter: Délton Winter de Carvalho, PhD
2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – Alert Systems for Flood Management in France Presenter: Johnny Douvinet, PhDWednesday, September 12, 2018 – The New Normal Presenter: Ivan Pupulidy, PhD
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 – Uncertainty in Transitioning to Mindful Organizing: Leadership Insights from Strategic Error Management Presenter: Prof. Paul Verdin & Dr. Vincent Giolito & Irene Ingardi
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 – Decision Making In An Uncertain Future Presenter: Vincent Barabba, MBA
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 – Integrating Organizational and Management Factors into the Analysis of Safety and Risk: Ongoing Problems and New Possibilities Presenter: Paul Schulman, Ph.D.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 – Managing Catastrophic Flood Risk Behind Levees: What the US Can Learn from France? Presenter: Anna Serra-Llobet, Ph.D.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 – Major Crises: Tackling the Sharp Edge of the Sword Presenter: Emery Roe, Ph.D.
2017
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – Mindfulness in Action: Discovering How U.S. Navy SEALs Build Capacity for Mindfulness in High-Reliability Organizations (HROs) Presenter: Amy L. Fraher, EdDWednesday, October 11, 2017 – Can High Reliability Rescue Health Care? Presenter: Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 – Observing Sensemaking in Command and Control: Performance Assessment in Multi-Organizational Crisis Response Presenter: Nicoletta Baroutsi, Ph.D. Student
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 – Chemical Security Networks Presenter: George Lane
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 – The Mental Health Response to the Boston Bombing: A Four Year Review Presenter: Richard H. Beinecke DPA, ACSW
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 – Simulation-based Offshore Oil Spill Response Decision Making with Consideration of Uncertainties and Human Factors Presenter: Bing Chen, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.RSC-C, M.GYA
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 – On collective problem solving in crisis response management - Preliminary findings from a study in the Bay Area Presenter: Tove Frykmer, MSc
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 – Strengthening Resilience in the City of Boston: The Social Determinants of Vulnerability Framework Presenter: S. Atyia Martin, Ph.D.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – What Would It Take for California to Launch Its Own Insurance Boat? Presenter: Kathleen Schaefer, P.E., CFM
2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 – Using Tolerable Risk Guidelines to Manage Flood Risk in the California Delta Presenter: Jessica Ludy & Larry RothWednesday, November 9, 2016 – The August 2016 Baton Rouge Louisiana Flood: Context and Challenges Presenter: Bob Jacobsen, P.E.
Sunday, October 16, 2016 – From collective improvisation to collective problem solving Presenter: Tove Frykmer, MSc
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 – Offshore Oil Spill Response Decision Making and Biodispersion Technology Presenter: Bing Chen, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.RSC-C, M.GYA
Friday, January 22, 2016 – High Reliability Organizations in Avalanche Terrain Presenter: Keith Gale
2015
Friday, November 20, 2015 – Enhancing Capabilities for Assessing and Managing All Hazards Integrated Risk for Community and Regional Resilience—Key Needs and Opportunities Presenter: Paula Scalingi, Ph.D.Friday, October 23, 2015 – The Economic and Insured Costs of Weather and Climate Extremes Presenter: Dag Lohmann
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 – 9/11 Ground Zero Temporary Chaplaincy Presenter: The Rev. Dr. Storm Swain
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 – Assessing the vulnerability of California's transmission pipeline infrastructure to future storm events: a project funded by the California Energy Commission to better understand the challenges of climate change for the future of California's energy infrastructure Presenter: Dr. John Radke & Dr. Emery Roe & Dr. Howard Foster
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 – Exploring Flood Risk Management Presenter: Kathy Schaefer, P.E. CFM
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 – The Impact of Inquiry/Knowledge Systems on Risk Assessment Presenter:
2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 – Organizational Crisis Leadership in a Multi-Team Context Presenter: Synnøve NesseFriday, November 14, 2014 – Rockefeller Foundation 100 Resilient Cities Initiative - Berkeley, CA Presenter: Timothy Burroughs
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 – High Reliability Management and Safety Management: Frameworks for Unified Theory? Presenter: Dr. Paul Schulman
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 – Crisis Management Tools: Preparing for Crisis Presenter: Dr. Ian Mitroff
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 – Operational Leadership in International Humanitarian Organizations Presenter: Paul Knox Clarke
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 – PANTEX HRO Presenter: Richard S. Hartley, Ph.D., P.E.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 – MBSE - Synthesizing Interdisciplinary System Aspects Presenter:
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 – Cyber Attacks & Disaster Scenarios Presenter: Dr. Emery Roe
2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 – Middleton PA Pipeline Risk Review Presenter: Kofi InkabiWednesday, November 13, 2013 – PG&E’s Gas Operations Risk Management Activities Presenter: Esfandiar Imani
Thursday, November 7, 2013 – Rules, Rule Violations, and Exposure to Traffic Risk Observations on a National Laboratory Traffic Management System Presenter: Andreas Schmid & Ting Zhang
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 – Dutch Flood Modeling Presenter: Oliver Hoes
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 – Twin Rivers-Harmon Jonson Elementary School Pipeline Risk Assessment Presenter: Rune Storesund
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – R&D and Innovation for Gas Operations at PG&E Presenter: François Rongere
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 – Deepwater Horizon: Connecting the Dots in Disasters Presenter: Bob Bea
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 – Law and Disaster Response: a Brazilian Perspective Presenter: Délton Winter de Carvalho
2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 – An Organizational View of Operational Failures Presenter: Ranga RamanujamWednesday, October 3, 2012 – School District Evaluations of Hazard Presenter: Fred Yeager, Michael O'Neill, & George Shaw
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 – Diffusion of Integrative Emergency Response Technologies Through Agencies and Regions Presenter: Susan Lindell Radke
Monday, June 4, 2012 – Emergency Management with GIS: The Evolution of the GIS Unit at the New York City Fire Departrtment Presenter: Chung Ching
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 – The Nuclear Threat: What is it, how serious is it and what do we do about it? Presenter: Robert Allen
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 – Safety Regulation Dilemmas Presenter: Paul King
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 – Mass Rescue Operations: An Overview Presenter: Paul R. Martin
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 – National, Regional, Area Contingency Plans Presenter: Kyle Chapman
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 – High Viability Organizations Presenter: Ian I. Mitroff
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 – Public Health Risks: H1N1/H5N1 as a Case Study Presenter: Jennifer LaChance
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – Managing System Change in Aviation (MASCA) Brief Presenter: Pernilla Ulfvengren
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 – Investigating and managing problems in the delivery of Emergency Medical Services Presenter: Steve LaPlante
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 – Dimensions of Crises: Conceptual Models Presenter: Jim Hunt & Ian I. Mitroff
2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 – Why Climate Change Matters for Human Health Presenter: Zoë ChafeWednesday, November 2, 2011 – Messy Systems and their Relationship to Crises Presenter: Ian I. Mitroff
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 – Accidents in Socio-Technical Systems Presenter: Karim Hardy
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 – No Magic Wand: Checklist Applications in Aviation and Surgery Presenter: Patricia E. Sokol & Thomas C. Sokol
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 – How to Follow Severe Space Weather into its Societal Impacts Presenter: Karel Schrijver
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 – Opportunities in Risk-based Oversight Presenter: David Wichner
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 – The Corporeality of Expertise in Energy Consulting Presenter: Arthur Mason
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 – On Reliability Enhancement Presenter: Joshua Adler
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 – How Much Training is Enough Presenter: Harry Sharp, III
2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 – The High Council for Strategic Education and Research (France) and the Strategic Learning Chair Presenter: Philippe BaumardWednesday, November 3, 2010 – Use and Misuse of Risk Analysis Presenter: Jan Erik Vinnem
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 – Perspectives from the Deepwater Horizon Incident Command Post Presenter: Charlie Epperson
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 – The RESIN Study, Threats to the San Joaquin Delta and its Critical Infrastructures Presenter: Kofi Inkabi
Thursday, October 14, 2010 – HROs, Risk, and Resilience in the UK Presenter: Carl Macrae
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 – Levees and Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Presenter: Brian Swedberg
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 – Reliable Health Organizations Network (RhoNet) Presenter: Terry Hill & Peter Martelli
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 – Deepwater Horizon Failure: Preliminary Analysis, Formation of the CCRM Deepwater Horizon Study Group, and Status of the Government and BP Response Presenter: Bob Bea & Kofi Inkabi
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – Emergency Preparedness and Cross Infrastructure Coordination in the Sacramento Delta Presenter: Don Boland & Sonny Fong
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 – Sustainable Development: Morality, Physics, Accounting and Technology Presenter: Slav Hermanowicz
Sunday, January 24, 2010 – Developing Interdisciplinary Collaborations Presenter: Richard Fragaszy
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – High Reliability Management: Operating on the Edge Presenter: Paul Schulman & Emery Roe
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – Dirty Rotten Strategies Presenter: Ian I. Mitroff
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – Beyond Fear-Based Crisis Management Presenter: Ian I. Mitroff
2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – The Medical Crisis in California Prisons Presenter: Terry HillWednesday, July 8, 2009 – NPS/EADS/CCRM Collaboration Presenter: Tony Ciavarelli
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 – The role of first responders in most catastrophic or untoward events as well as their potential roles in prevention Presenter: Anthony Hare
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 – CIS Risk Assessment and Management in Los Alamos National Laboratory's Computer, Computational, Statistical Sciences Division related to power grids Presenter: Kofi Inkabi
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 – Planning, Risk, and Management in the Sacramento River Delta Presenter: Robert Twiss
Thursday, January 1, 2009 – More Seminars Available in the Archive Presenter:
