Convergent Leadership-Divergent Exposures

Introduction.- State of Affairs.- Mankind, risks and planning.- The Context of Divergence.- Divergent Exposures, the Public and Ethics.- Business-as-usual vs. divergent hazards.- Corporate risks and exposures vs. the public's wants and reactions.- Convergent Assessment of Exposures.- System definition in a convergent platform.- Comprehensive Hazard Identification.- Defining probabilities of events.- Evaluating Consequences.- Tactical and Strategic Planning for Convergent/Divergent Reality.- Tolerance and Acceptability.- Convergent Risk Assessment for Divergent Exposures.- Defining Manageable-Unmanageable and Strategic Risk.- Convergent Assessment for Divergent Exposures: Case Studies.- Objectives of the Case Studies.- Case Study 1: Railroad RR.- Case study 2: Terminal.- Case Study 3: Convergent Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) on divergent risks.- Conclusions and Path Forward.

Dr. Franco Oboni is a Civil Engineer with over 40 years of experience and has specialized in Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) for over 30 years. He leads Riskope, a Vancouver-based practice active internationally providing advice on QRA, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and risk-informed decision-making support. His clients include Global 1000 companies, large insurance companies, natural resource entities (mining companies, forestry, etc.), railroads, wharves, governments, and suppliers. He consults on risk and crisis mitigation projects, risk and security audits and geo-environmental hazard mitigation studies on four continents. He has authored over fifty papers and has co-authored several books. He delivers customized seminars (in English, French, Italian and Spanish) to industrial audiences world-wide. He was co-recipient of the Italian Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Canada West) 2010 Innovation Award.
Cesar H. Oboni has been involved in risk analyses and reviews for numerous facilities and organizations, communities, mining companies (coal mining, gold, copper and zinc mining), military bodies, and transportation entities, including "at perpetuity" projects. In addition to his activities in Risk Assessment and Optimum Risk Estimates, he has been very active in the analysis of special and emerging risks, co-authoring a report on Cyber-defense at national scale for an European country. Cesar analyses and prioritizes residual risk of mining infrastructures, tailings and water treatment plants. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, large mining corporations, UN/UNDP, transportation and military bodies. César is the author of more than 35 papers published in the proceedings of international conferences and symposiums. He is the co-author several books. He was co-recipient of the 2010 ICCC, the Italian Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Canada West) Innovation Award.
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