Dec 4th Workshop on Risk Analysis Quality Test of SRA
I partnered with colleagues of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Applied Risk Management (ARM) specialty group this year to organize a round table panel symposium and workshop on the Risk Analysis Quality Test (RAQT) and applications of the RAQT tool to historic microbial risk assessments.
The RAQT is a battery of 76 Analysis Quality Tests (AQTs) for evaluation of quality, full disclosure, and shortfalls of risk analyses.
The RAQT was developed by an international team of SRA risk practitioners and leaders from diverse disciplines. The goals of the RAQT are:
providing a yardstick for measuring quality of data, analysis, process
providing full disclosure on assumptions and impacts
considering opportunities to improve and update past, current, and future assessments
creating a culture of quality analysis in SRA and the wider world
Interested in learning more about the RAQT and some applications?
Join us on Sunday, December 4th at the Tampa Waterside Marriott in Tampa FL for SRA Workshop # 6 entitled Risk Analysis Quality Test (RAQT) & Applications to Improve Risk Analyses & Risk Management Decisions.
Consider these questions:
Are you confident that technical risk analysis you conduct informs risk management decisions as you believe it ought to?
Are you confident you know what changes could most improve your risk analysis practices and how to demonstrate the value of those changes?
Do you feel it is acceptable for people to suffer harm due to ineffective or biased risk assessment with insufficient communications about quality of analysis to risk managers and the public?
If you answer “no” to any of these questions, then this workshop is for you!
The workshop offers:
• An overview of the purpose for, development of, and the questions comprising the Risk Analysis Quality Test (RAQT);
• Prototypical example applications of the RAQT to microbial risk assessments; and
• Group discussions of challenges and opportunities in applying the RAQT.
Presenters:
Applied Risk Management Specialty Group Leaders
John Lathrop, Past Chair ARM SG, Decision Strategies
Robert Waller, Chair-Elect ARM SG
Food Microbiologists/Risk Assessors
Peg Coleman, SRA Councilor, Coleman Scientific Consulting
Tom Ross, University of Tasmania, Australia
You will acquire:
• An overall understanding of SRA’s Risk Analysis Quality Test (RAQT)
• Ideas for how you can use the RAQT to evaluate:
o your own work;
o planning for a future risk analysis project; and
o areas for improvement in past projects or ongoing processes.
register and You can join in deliberations about these two government assessments.
Assessment of relative risk of listeriosis for 23 foods/groups including pasteurized and raw milks.
Assessment of risks of campylobacteriosis, listeriosis, pathogenic E coli, salmonellosis.
Advance registration by November 1st is required.
The fees for the half-day workshop (1 - 5 pm) are only $35 for students and $225 for SRA members and non-members.
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Do you have some questions?
Click on the name of any of the workshop organizers to contact them by email.
• John Lathrop, Past Chair ARM SG, Decision Strategies
• Robert Waller, Chair-Elect ARM SG
• Peg Coleman, SRA Councilor, Coleman Scientific Consulting