01: Risk and Perception of Risk (in English)
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Bill BRECKON
senior partner in Media Alliance, Aberdeenshire
| Medical Correspondent of The Daily Mail for several years before editing the doctors' newspaper Medical News and then becoming International Editor of The Medical Tribune Group | |
| radio and television reporter, presenting for many years the BBC Radio 4 consumer programme "You and Yours" and writing and presenting numerous radio documentaries for the BBC (e.g. The Finger on the Pulse and Reel Evidence series) | |
| Television work included writing and reporting for 4 What It's Worth on Channel 4, where his films won several national and international awards | |
| writer and broadcaster specialising in medical topics and in current affairs | |
| Now senior partner in Media Alliance, an communications agency specialising in communications for high-technology, science-based industries |
Andrew CRAVEN
Communications project manager in the pharmaceuticals development department of the Roche Group, based in Basel, Switzerland Director, Lexicon Consulting, Basel
| Degrees in Physics and Communications | |
| Started communications career in radio journalism | |
| Later recruited into first the chemicals, then pharmaceutical industries as a communications expert | |
| Moderator/facilitator at senior level data-discovery and experience-sharing meetings in the areas of business, law-enforcement and politics | |
| Proprietor of Lexicon, a communications agency providing consultancy in the areas of strategic public and media relations, and in reputation and issue management | |
| Communications project manager in the pharmaceuticals development department of the Roche Group, based in Basel, Switzerland |
Dr. Hanns R. GLATZ
Representative for EU Affairs, CNC - Communications & Network Consulting AG, Brussels
| Studied law, politics and economics, University of Vienna | |
| Doctor of laws, University of Vienna | |
| MA European Studies, College of Europe in Bruges | |
| 1968 | Private Office, Austrian Minister of Agriculture, Vienna |
| 1970 | Ford Europe, Governmental Affairs Office, Brussels |
| 1979 | Secretary General of the CLCA, the EU federation of national motor vehicle manufacturers associations, Brussels |
| 1989-2009 | Head, Corporate Representative Office for European Affairs, Daimler-Benz (now Daimler AG), Brussels |
| since 2010 | Head of Brussels Office, CNC - Communications & Network Consulting AG, International |
Dr. Susan E. HILTON
Pharma Issue Manager in the Pharma Business Communications department, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel
| Medical degrees (MB, BChir) from the University of Cambridge, UK and a Masters degree in Computer Sciences from Cambridge University, UK | |
| Clinical experience as an anaesthetist, work in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical advisor, head of research | |
| Joined Hoffmann-La Roche, led an international team responsible for the safety aspects of all marketed and developing products in the field of neuropsychopharmacology | |
| Acknowledged expert in issue management, with particular expertise in the field of psychotropic drugs | |
| Pharma Issue Manager in the Pharma Business Communications department at Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel |
PhD Dr. Ian HINDMARCH
Professor of Human Psychopharmacology and Head of HPRU Medical Research Centre at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England
| founding editor of Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental and currently the Editor-in-Chief |
Joachim KOWALLIK
Director Governmental Relations, Akzo Nobel
| Graduation (Master degree and PHD) in chemistry and toxicology from the University of Kiel (Germany) | |
| Over 30 years managerial and operational experience in research, product development, manufacturing and marketing within several business activities of Akzo Nobel in diverse functions in Africa, South America and Europe | |
| Since 1990 operational experience in governmental affairs and European advocacy activities covering a wide range of technology areas such as: chemical industry, biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, environment, R & D, energy and management systems (Q/HSE) | |
| Profound knowledge of the European institutions (Commission, Council, EP, Ecosoc) and the legislative procedures |
Dr. Gerhard KRATKY
Managing Director, Austrian Science Fund, Vienna
| School and University in Vienna, Austria. PhD in Mathematical Logic at the University of Vienna. | |
| 1968-1969 | Research Assistant at the University of Georgia (Computer Science), Athens, USA |
| 1970-1971 | Research Assistant at the University of Vienna (Institute for Mathematical Logic) |
| 1971-1973 | System Analyst at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria |
| 1973-1980 | Strategic tasks in the Planning & IT-department of one of the biggest banks in Austria (Creditanstalt-Bankverein) |
| 1980-1994 | CEO of an internationally acting Software- and Systems House (Management Data) |
| 1995-1999 | General Manager of the Austrian Liberal Party (Liberales Forum) |
| 2000-2003 | Director in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, in charge of "Funding of Research and Technology" |
| since 2003 | Secretary General of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) |
PhD Ferdinando SAMARIA
Chief Financial Officer, UniCredit Banca Mobiliare (UBM)
| 1991 | BA |
| 1994 | MA and PhD in Engineering from Trinity College, Cambridge University |
| 2 years researching in the field of Image Processing with Olivetti Research Laboratories in Cambridge | |
| 1996 | joins Credit Suisse Financial Products, London |
| 1998 | moves to UniCredito Italiano as managing director in the area of risk management |
Wim PHILIPPA
Secretary General, The European Round Table of Industrialists, Brussels
| Business, marketing and law degrees | |
| 1970 | Heineken Breweries in the Netherlands, management positions covering South & Central America, the Caribbean and Western Europe |
| 1979 | joined Ciba-Geigy in the Netherlands and held subsequent commercial and managerial positions in Zimbabwe and Greece |
| 1994-1998 | Head of the European Union Relations Office of Ciba-Geigy in Brussels, subsequently ran a political and legal consultancy firm |
| Since 1998 appointed Secretary General of the European Round Table of Industrialists |
