Speaking

Dr. Thompson speaks frequently in a wide variety of venues. If you are interested in inviting her to speak, please contact Dr. Thompson with your specific request. Prior speaking engagements included:

• December 2008, “Risk & Perspective,” Keynote for Assessing, Managing and Communicating Environmental Risk: A Call to Action, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, MN.
• July 2008, “Using system dynamics to develop policies that matter: Global management of poliomyelitis and beyond,” System Dynamics Society Conference, Jay Wright Forrester Award Keynote, Athens, Greece.
• November 2007, “Perspectives on the Advancement of Risk Assessment,” American College of Toxicology, Charlotte, NC.
• November 2007, “Risk in Perspective: Effective Risk Communication,” Seafood – Exploring Benefits and Risks, University of New Hampshire, Concord, NH.
• September 2007, “Polio eradication: What can we learn from analysis?” Polio Immunization: Moving Forward, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
• July 2007, “Life in the Age of Risk Management: Putting Risk in Perspective,” Keynote for the 2007 Industrial Water Quality Conference, Providence, RI.
• November 2006, “Strategy in the Age of Risk Management,” Post Approval Drug Safety Strategies: Approaches and Processes to Reduce Risk, Cambridge Healthtech Institute, Philadelphia, PA.
• November 2006, “The Age of Risk Management: Understanding the Basics of Risk and Benefit Analysis,” Reporting on Consumer Health Risks and Benefits, Foundation for American Communications, Gannett Headquarters, McLean, VA, and Columbia School of Journalism, New York, NY.
• October 2006, “Water, People, and the Blue Planet,” Keynote Speaker for the American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium on “Clean Water: What is Acceptable Microbial Risk?” Tucson, AZ.
• May 2006, “Navigating the Age of Risk Management,” Keynote Speaker for the 2006 PMI Project Risk Symposium, Houston, TX.
• December 2005, 2006, and November 2007, “How to Think about Risks to Health and Safety,” Medical Evidence Boot Camp, Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program, Cambridge, MA.
• October 2005, “Communicating Children’s Health Risks,” Communicating Children’s Health Risks: A Symposium on Risk & the Media, National Consumers League, National Press Club, Washington, DC.
• September 2005, “The Age of Risk Management,” Keynote Speaker for the 2005 Risk Management and Finance Summit, Nonprofit Risk Management Center, San Francisco, CA.
• September 2005, “Life in the Age of Risk Management,” Philosophical Society of Washington, Meeting 2194, Washington, DC.
• April 2005, “Young people and choices in the Age of Risk Management,” Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
• March 2005, “Dangers to Children, Real and Perceived,” The New Generation Gap: Barriers and Breakthroughs, Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families, College Park, MD.
• April 2004, “Understanding Children’s Risks: The Need for Longitudinal Data,” Studying Children’s Health for a Better Tomorrow, U.S. House of Representatives, Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC.
• April 2004, “Science in the Age of Risk Management,” Keynote address at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Manhattan College, New York, NY.
• July 2003, “The Role of Risk Analysis in Product Design and Regulation,” Toy Industry Association, Multi-Discipline Conference for Safety, Trade, Logistics and Credit Professionals, Chicago, IL.
• February 2003, “Life in the Age of Risk Management,” Keynote Address at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization Meeting, Orlando, FL.