The 65th ESReDA seminar will aim to discuss theories, concepts, and experiences of enhancing the use of knowledge for better risk analysis, management and governance.

The purpose of the seminar is to reflect upon the following topics:

• Organisational characteristics that promote the ability to invest in identifying new threats, in imagining risks in a context of uncertainty.
• Tools and frameworks that facilitate evidence-based decision-making and effective safety interventions.
• Individual and collective capabilities and non-technical skills relevant to the sharing of information (including inconvenient truths) between the sharp end of operations and the blunt end where systems are designed; plans, schedules and standards are established; tradeoffs are made, and resources are allocated.
• Anticipating and managing the information and knowledge that will be needed at different stages of the system life-cycle; evidencing the added value of building synergy between safety and knowledge management.
• Recognising and rewarding the diverse types of expertise needed to identify early warning signs, interpret observations, analyse data, communicate information, and preserve knowledge.
• Specific challenges to ensure that valid information, relevant knowledge, ‘proofs’ but also ‘doubts’ are available to regulators, the justice system, the media, and the public.
• Technological innovation for risk knowledge management to improve safety and resilience analysis.
• Democratisation of knowledge through participatory approaches and accessibility of information to non-specialists.
• Combination and usage of distributed knowledge in complex risk scenarios for crisis management.
• The importance and the role of technology to analyse and to manage adequately risk knowledge as well as to communicate it effectively.
• The role of culture in risk management and the importance of risk communication.