The Society of Risk Analysis has just confirmed that our two global catastrophic risk sessions have been accepted for the 2013 SRA Annual Meeting. For full speaker & abstract info, please click here. For info on past SRA GCR sessions, please click here.
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GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum has been invited to moderate a panel discussion Potential for Megadisasters at the 2013 American Geophysical Union Science Policy Conference, which will take place in Washington, DC.
Panelists will include Lindley Johnson, Executive of the NASA Near Earth Objects Observations Program; Lucile Jones, Science Advisor for Risk Reduction of the U.S. Geological Survey’s SAFRR Project (Science Application for Risk Reduction); Lawrence Zanetti, Physicist at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab; and Eddie Bernard, Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.
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We’re pleased to announce our newest affiliate, Professional Associate Robert de Neufville. Here’s his bio from the GCRI People page.
Robert blogs about the future of the human race at Anthropocene. Robert is also a contributing blogger at Big Think and The Economist’s Democracy in America. Robert holds an M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley (1996) and an A.B. in Government from Harvard (1992). As a Professional Associate, Robert writes GCRI’s news summary and contributes to a wide range of global catastrophic …
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On Friday, April 5, Blue Marble Space (BMS) was informed by the IRS that its 501c3 nonprofit status has been revoked. Details can be found in this series of letters from BMS President Sanjoy Som.
GCRI is a BMS initiative. Therefore, as of April 5, GCRI also does not have 501c3 status, and donations made to GCRI will not be tax exempt. We are working with BMS to resolve this situation and regain 501c3 status as fast as possible. We will keep you updated as the …
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This website now has a new events section, featuring pages for discussion groups, online lectures, and Society for Risk Analysis meetings. We are actively planning new events. Please check back for updates.
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To help you decide whether to donate to GCRI, we have updated our donate page with three reasons why GCRI is an excellent organization to support:
1. Global catastrophic risk is an important cause. Global catastrophes can affect everyone around the world. Preventing global catastrophes is an efficient way to help a lot of people. Humanity today faces some worrisome threats, making global catastrophic risk an urgent issue to address.
2. GCRI does important work on global catastrophic risk. We help society figure out how it can …
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We are excited to have this new look for the organization as it continues to grow. The structure and content of the website is, for the moment, largely the same, except we now have this blog. However, we’ll be adding new content soon – stay tuned!
Big thanks go to everyone who helped make this happen. The website design and development was lead by Melissa Thomas. James Evans of Knightsbridge Online helped get the site running on our server.
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