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Risk Management and Decision Processes Center

Workshop on Interdependent Security

May 31 - June 1, 2006
Room 240, Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

(8 a.m. - 8:30 am) Continental Breakfast

(8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.) Brief Introductions
Background on interdependent security, and illustrative examples and scenarios
David E. Bell, Vicki Bier, Howard Kunreuther and Detlof von Winterfeldt

(10:00 a.m. - noon) Research interests of participants---each participant will have five to ten minutes to suggest areas of interest that they feel would be worth pursuing in this area utilizing the scenarios distributed in advance as focal points for commentary

(Noon - 1:30 p.m.) Lunch

(1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.) Continuation of discussion of research interests by participants

(3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Small group discussions focusing on key areas for future research

(6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.) Dinner at Lemongrass Thai, 3630 Lancaster Ave.

Thursday, June 1, 2006

(8 a.m. - 8:30 am) Continental Breakfast

(8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.) Small groups prepare their reports

(9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.) Plenary Session (reports from small groups)

(11:30 a.m. - noon) Where do we go from here? Vicki Bier and Howard Kunreuther

(Noon - 1:00 p.m.) Lunch

(1:00 p.m.) Adjourn