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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Anticipating Rare Events of Major Significance: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26698.

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Workshop Agenda

DAY 1: DECEMBER 17, 2021

Session 1 — Importance and Scope

10:30 AM Introduction and Expectations of the Workshop
Christopher Barrett, Committee Chair
University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute
10:45 Sponsor Remarks
Theodore Plasse
Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Session 2 — Mathematical Foundations

11:00 Alon Orlitsky
University of California, San Diego
11:30 Break

Session 3 — Detection, Indications, and Warnings

11:45 Arvind Satyam
Pano AI
12:05 PM T. Charles Clancy
MITRE Labs
12:25 Elisabeth Paté-Cornell
Stanford University
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Anticipating Rare Events of Major Significance: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26698.
12:45 Panel Discussion with Speakers 1–3
Robert Schock, Moderator
1:20 Lunch

Session 4 — Planning, Forecasting, and Intelligence Preparation

2:15 Jeffrey J. Love
U.S. Geological Survey
2:35 Nestor Alfonzo Santamaria
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
2:55 Madhav Marathe
University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute
3:15 Panel Discussion with Speakers 4–6
Christopher Barrett, Moderator
3:50 Break

Session 5 — Fireside Chat

3:55 Madeleine Clare Elish
Google Research
Michele Wucker, Moderator
4:25 Day One Concluding Remarks
Christopher Barrett, Committee Chair
University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute
4:30 Adjourn Day One

DAY 2: DECEMBER 21, 2021

Session 6 — Plenary

10:00 AM Welcome and Introduction for Day 2
Christopher Barrett, Committee Chair
University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute
10:05 Sponsor Remarks
Theodore Plasse
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Anticipating Rare Events of Major Significance: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26698.

Session 7 — Fireside Chat

10:10 Markus Gesmann
Insurance Capital Markets Research
Michele Wucker, Moderator
11:10 Break

Session 8 — Multisource Information Fusion, Situation Assessment, and Course of Action Selection

11:25 Alice Hill
Council on Foreign Relations
11:45 Delores Knipp
University of Colorado Boulder
12:05 PM John Organek
Electric Infrastructure Security Council
12:25 Panel Discussion with Speakers 7–9
Vicki Bier, Moderator
1:00 Lunch

Session 9 — Active Prevention and Deterrence

1:50 Terik Daly
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
2:10 Seth Baum
Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
2:30 Robert Axtell
George Mason University
2:50 Panel Discussion with Speakers 10-12
Justin Kasper, Moderator
3:25 Concluding Remarks
Christopher Barrett, Committee Chair
University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute
3:35 Adjourn Workshop
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Anticipating Rare Events of Major Significance: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26698.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Anticipating Rare Events of Major Significance: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26698.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Anticipating Rare Events of Major Significance: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26698.
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