Systemic Risk Conference
Hamburg, Germany / September 24, 2025
The conference is co-organized by GERICS, The HuT and the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) and supported by WCRP (Safe Landing Climates) and the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events (Risk KAN).
Speakers worldwide are invited to come to Hamburg to talk about this existing topic, don’t miss this opportunity!
The confirmed keynote speakers:
- Markus Reichstein (MPI BGC Jena, Risk KAN) – systemic risk and artificial intelligence
- Nicole Ranger (University of Oxford) – systemic risks and finance
- Alex Ruane (NASA) – systemic risks and food/agriculture
- Sirkku Juhola (University of Helsinki, Future Earth) – systemic risks and social dynamics
- Ajay Gambhir (ASRA) – systemic risk assessment tools
- Sarah Hendel-Blackford (ASRA) – systemic risk responses
- Alexandre Pereira Santos (LMU Munich) – systemic risk and adaptation
- Joyeeta Gupta (Earth Commission) – climate change and existential risk
- Zinta Zommers (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, IPCC) – systemic risk and governance
You can find out more about the conference here:
Since the space is limited, applications are collected for attendance via the pre-registration (link below) and will then invite applicants to register via paying the conference fee (regular fee will be 100Euro, Students 50Euros, travel support is available and can also be applied for).
You can pre-register now: Systemic Risk Conference (September 24, 2025): Overview · Indico
Deadline May 5th, 2025!
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