PART I - HAZARDS, CRISES, ASSESSMENTS AND TOLERABILITY

1.	Management Approaches and Uncertainty
	1.1	Three Types of Management
	1.2	Causes of Uncertainty
2.	Assessing and Presenting Risk
	2.1	General Risk Assessment Process
	2.2	Qualitative, Quantitative and Hybrid Risk Assessments
	2.3	Statistics or Probabilities?
	2.4	Common Misunderstandings
	2.5	Representing Risk
3.	Review of Historic Risk Management Methods and Models
	3.1	The 40s to the 60s
	3.2	The 60s to 70s
	3.3	The 70s to 80s
	3.4	The 90s to Date
		3.4.1	Chardonne Model
		3.4.2	CN Rock-fall Management Program
		3.4.3	Mining/Industrial Pipelines
		3.4.4	Oil and Gas Pipelines
		3.4.5	Roads and Miscellaneous Linear Facilities
		3.4.6	Discussion
4.	Review and Assessment of Crises
	4.1	The public Wants to Know More
	4.2	What is an Emergency?
	4.3	Evolution of Crises
	4.4	Example of Crises
		4.4.1	The US$4 Billion Apple’s Email (2007)
		4.4.2	The Los Frailes Tailings Dam Failure (1998-2006)
		4.4.3	The SARS Outbreak (2003)
		4.4.4	Ashland Oil Tank Explosion (1998)
		4.4.5	Shell Oil Crisis, Nigeria (1995-1996)
		4.4.6	Canadian Forestry Crisis (1993-1994)
		4.4.7	Mitsubishi FUSO Wheel Scandal (1993-2004)
		4.4.8	Bridgestone Firestone and the Ford Explorer (1990-2001)
5.	Risk Tolerability/Acceptability
	5.1	Tolerability for Physical Damage
	5.2	Acceptability for Harm to Human Beings
	5.3	Tolerability to Media

You will learn:

How risk assessments are put together (designed)

To select the option of management best suited to you,

To evaluate and prepare for crises,

To define acceptable and tolerable risks,

To make better, sustainable and well documented decisions,

How other players have behaved in the past.

Intended audiences:
	Corporate Decision Makers
	Institutions, Organizations & Governments
	Media

oboni.net

Riskope experts’ clients and locations:	AEM (Torino), Antamina, Balangero, Chuquicamata, Homestake, PlacerDome, Santa Caterina, Teckcominco (Australia, Alaska, Canada, Italy, US, Peru, Chile, Brazil), Cambodia, Lao PDR, Sudan, Cartier (Switzerland, Japan), Camille Bloch, Chardonne (Switzerland), Civil Protection in Vercelli (Italy) and Algeria (Algers), Ferrero (Italy), Framatome (Paris, France), Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), Holcim, Leclanché (Switzerland), Mitsubishi (Japan), PDO (Oman), RSA Balangero (Italy), Sitaf (Fréjus tunnel), Torino, Vercelli, Torino 2006 (Italy), UNDP (Lao), Valle d’Aosta, Mountaineering Guides Association Aosta (Italy), West Vancouver, BC Gas, CN, CP, Vancouver, Point Roberts (Canada), Port of Oakland (California).
Client's domains:	Asbestos, Automotive, Cars, Chemical, Chlorine, Dams, Eco-compatible, Electric Energy, Energy, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Food, Harbors, Heavy Metals, Highways, Humanitarian Demining, Humanitarian Projects, Information Warfare, Luxury, Military, Networks, Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Railroads, Sulphuric Acid, Sustainable, Turbines, Unexploded Ordance (UXO), Water.
Client's products:	Anti-Terrorism, Chocolate, Coal, Copper, Concentrates, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Mitigation, Resumption and Prevention, Electricity, Power, Preparedness, Gold, Jewelry, Lead, Hafnium, Information, Rescue, Resumption, Silver, Survival, Transportation, Watches, Zinc, Zirconium.