Unplanned Events or “Black Swans” and How to Avoid Them

TASA ID: 826

Program Description:

On April 5, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with engineering expert David Russell, presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Unplanned Events or “Black Swans” and How to Avoid Them, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, David Russell discussed:

• Evaluating, discussing and presenting industrial risk
• Analyzing risks
• The value of fat-tailed statistical thinking
• Predicting various types of events
• The difference between the EU’s approach to risk management thinking vs. the US approach

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About The Presenter:

David L. Russell, PE is a professional engineer and the president of Global Environmental Operations, Inc., in Lilburn, Georgia. He has more than 40 years in the environmental and chemical business and has written several books on environmental and security topics.  He lectures on security and risk, as well as practical environmental and industrial topics in the Middle East and Far East.  He has been involved in several high profile remedial investigations, including Aguinda vs. Texaco (2004), and Sytek vs. Siemens (1995), and others.  He has investigated contamination and remediation all over the world, and has lectured on handling of hazardous wastes and materials, as well as safety and security.