Risk Calendar

This calendar of risk assessment related training and events is produced monthly as a resource for risk assessors, managers, and communicators involved in government risk assessment efforts.

If you would like to receive an electronic copy, please send an e-mail to Jennifer Lohr. In the subject line type Mailing List, in the body type your name, organization and phone number.

June

4
ORACBA Science, Policy and Risk Forum
Procedures for the Pesticide evaluation-assessment in the EU, role of EFSA
Dr. Jordi Serratosa
European Food Safety Authority
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
USDA South Building
12th and Independence Ave, SW, Rm. 4433
Washington, DC
For further information and to be placed on the access list for the event, please contact Jennifer Lohr at jlohr@oce.usda.gov or 202-720-8024.

11-12
2013 NNI Strategic Planning Stakeholder Workshop
USDA Patriot Plaza Conference Center
355 E Street, SW
Washington, DC
The goal of this workshop is to obtain input from stakeholders – both those new to nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and those already familiar with these fields and with the NNI – regarding revisions to the NNI Strategic Plan that will be proposed in advance of the workshop.

18
Risk Analysis: Advancing Analysis Workshop
Mini-2013 SRA
Sponsored by: Interagency Risk Assessment Consortium (IRAC), National Capital Area Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis (NCAC_SRA) and USDA Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (ORACBA)
USDA South Building
12th and Independence Ave, SW, Rm. 4433
Washington, DC
Workshop will consist of a selection of presentations, from the 2012 annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, including several that were unable to be presented last December. George Gray, the current president of the Society for Risk Analysis, will deliver brief opening remarks at the outset of the workshop.  We are also planning on making the workshop available as a live webcast for those who want to attend the workshop remotely.
Please contact Jennifer Lohr at jlohr@oce.usda.gov or 202-720-8024 to register, participate via webinar or for further information.

August

4-6
2013 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) & Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) Joint Annual Meeting
Washington, DC

December

8
Nano Risk Analysis (II): What Can We Learn from Big Data Sets about the Management of Nanoscale Materials?
Baltimore, MD

8 - 11
SRA 2013 Annual Meeting
Baltimore, MD