Adventure Risk Research Symposium

 The 2020 Adventure Risk Research Symposium is virtual for 2020, in alignment with the Wilderness Risk Management Conference. A full agenda for the session will be posted shortly. The format will continue to be short presentations from risk researchers regarding their original research. 

Presenters at the inaugural Adventure Risk Research Symposium Our inaugural Adventure Risk Research Symposium was a hit. Keep an eye soon for a call for new papers for next year! Some of the feedback we received from attendees: "This was phenomenal. There is an urgent need for this in our field. It would be great to see this content and approach ingrained more throughout the mainstream conference." "This workshop was a whirlwind of good information. The need for addressing problems on the systems level was a really good takeaway." Link to the proceedings and papers is here .

The inaugural gathering of wilderness and adventure risk and safety researchers, held in conjunction with the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC).  October 30, 2019,  Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. Goals: 1.        Connect researchers working on wilderness and adventure risk/safety research 2.        Share findings to create a platform for idea development and future collaboration 3.        Focus on empiricism as a means of improving understanding or practice for wilderness/adventure risk management and safety Symposium Format: ·          1 day pre-conference to the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (symposium date October 30, 2019; conference date Oct. 31/Nov.1) ·          Presenters apply via brief research paper (paper submission details tab at top of page) o ...