NP1	Scaling, multifractals and nonlinear variability in geophysics
		.7	Scaling and multifractal variability in geophysics: social needs and impacts I

Convener: Lovejoy, S.M.
Co-Convener(s): Tchiguirinskaia, I.I.; Schertzer, D.
Thursday, 22 April 1999
Lecture Room: Paulus Potterzaal 1
Chairperson: Peinke, J.

General

17:00	CHRISTAKOS, G.
		Spatiotemporal ozone variation and its impact on
		human populations (Solicited Paper)

17:30	SUTEANU, C.
		Social implications of natural hazards: key scales
		and the multiscaling approach

Man-made hazards

17:45	COMPTON, K.
		Geophysical nonlinear variability and decision making, the
		example of Krasnoyarsk radioactive pollution (Solicited Paper)

18:15	TCHIGUIRINSKAIA, I.
		Economic consequences of the extreme variability of Chernobyl fall-out

18:30	END OF PART I


NP1	Scaling, multifractals and nonlinear variability in geophysics
		.7	Scaling and multifractal variability in geophysics: social needs and impacts II

Convener: Lovejoy, S.M.
Co-Convener(s): Tchiguirinskaia, I.I.; Schertzer, D.
Friday, 23 April 1999
Lecture Room: Paulus Potterzaal 1
Chairperson: Christakos, G.

Finance

08:30	FRIEDRICH, R.; PEINKE, J.; RENNER, CH.
		How to quantify deterministic and random influences on the
		statistics of the foreign exchange market (Solicited Paper)

09:00	SCHMITT, F.; SCHERTZER, D.; LOVEJOY, S.
		Multifractal turbulence and finance

Insurance and information

09:15	LANTSMAN, Y.; MAJOR, J.; MANAGO, J.J.
		Applications of scaling and multifractal variability to
		property insurance modelling (Solicited Paper)

09:45	LADOY, PH.
		Intermittent fluctuations of geophysics and the flow geophysical
		information; the example of a weather videotex server

10:00	General discussion

10:30	END OF SESSION