Willis Research Network & Imperial Host Climate Summer School

The Willis Research Network will host a "Summer School" on Insurance and Capital Market Solutions with Imperial College on July 19th at the Willis building in the City of London. The event is part of Climate- KIC, one of the first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities designated by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Imperial and affiliated institutions are developing  a Summer School on Entrepreneurship in Climate Change, which will take students on a ‘contextual journey’ through Paris, London and Zurich between July and August.  

The objective of the Summer School is to expose students to the complexity of climate change challenges and solutions, by looking at different disciplines and ndustries to understand how scientific knowledge can be turned into marketable products.

For more information, visit http://eit.europa.euu or email tricia.hollydavis@willis.com.

Willis Research Network Goes to Washington

Willis Research Network (WRN) Chairman Rowan Douglas will address delegates at the World Bank's Understanding Risk conference, taking place 1-4 June in Washington, DC. Leading a session on Climate Modelling, Douglas will discuss how advances in higher resolution climate science are providing information that is critical to improving our understanding of current and future risks from extreme events.

 

The session will bring together some of the world's leading experts in the fields of meterology and climate research, inclduding representatives from the Met Office and the National Centre for Atmospheric Research, to explain how the evolution of modelling techniques, coupled with the advent of large super-computers, are enabling scientists to see complex weather events, such as tropical cyclones.

 

Douglas will join Margareta Wahlstrom, the United Nations' Assistant Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Google's Geospacial Technologist Ed Parsons in delivering the final keynote speeches of the conference.

 

For more information, visit http://community.understandrisk.org

The Willis Research Network participates in more than 35 conferences, seminars and industry events each year.

Combined, the WRN and Willis Re arrange approximately 25 events annually.

For more details on future events, contact tricia.hollydavis@willis.com.