The World Bank will host the 2016 DMDU workshop in Washington DC, on November 16 and 17, 2016, with a training on DMDU methodologies scheduled for November 15th, 2016. There is still place for the training, but it is running out fast. Please confirm here by October 15 if you have not done…
Embracing Uncertainty for Better Decision-Making
by Laura Tuck and Julie Rozenberg, Sustainable Development Practice Group, World Bank Group We all face uncertainties. What if the train’s late? What if it rains? What if traffic is bad? What if there’s a shift in government before the project starts? Every day we’re hit by all the “what ifs”…
Report from Session B5 on “Managing Uncertainty” at the 8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
by Joseph Guillaume At the iEMSs2016 conference in Toulouse, the session on Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty (see blog report) was accompanied by a more generic one on “Managing Uncertainty”, organised by Joseph Guillaume (Aalto University), Tony Jakeman (Australian National University), Holger Maier (The University of Adelaide), Jiri Nossent (Flanders…
Deep Uncertainty at the International Congress on Environmental Modeling and Software
by Rob Lempert and Jan Kwakkel, The 8th International Congress on Environmental Modeling and Software in Toulouse, France, on July 10-14, 2016, featured a track titled Advancing in Environmental Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty: Emerging Tools and Challenges. The track was co-organized by Jan Kwakkel (Delft University of Technology), Patrick…
Survey on DMDU Education & Training
We would like to get your feedback about your interest in and availability of DMDU education and training opportunities. Please fill in this short questionnaire On behalf of the Society let me thank you for your generosity with your time and willingness to participate. Steven W. Popper Chair, Education and Training
Annual Workshop
Registration for our annual workshop in Washington DC (November 16-17) is now closed. This year’s workshop is organized around two key elements. First, the workshop will include 6 “problem-solving” sessions during which we will have group discussions around practical problems our Society members face in their work, and possible solutions. These will…
Report from the Third workshop on Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty
by Marjolijn Haasnoot (Deltares, Delft University), Judy Lawrence (New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute), Robert Lempert (RAND), Nidhi Kalra (RAND), Jan Kwakkel (Delft University) In early November 2015 about 100 scientists and practitioners from all over the world shared their experiences and methods at the third annual meeting of…