Acknowledgements

Global Risks 2013 synthesizes the insights, ideas and contributions of many individuals through workshops, interviews, group calls and research. The project team sincerely thanks everyone who took part in the challenge to think hard about global risks. Without their dedication, guidance and support, we would not have been able to develop this report.

Global Risks 2013, Eighth Edition Partners

• Marsh & McLennan Companies
• National University of Singapore 
• Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
• Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Wharton Center for Risk Management, University of Pennsylvania
• Zurich Insurance Group

With special thanks to Advisory Group for the Global Risks 2013 Eighth Edition (in alphabetical order by last name):

• David Cole, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• John P. Drzik, Oliver Wyman Group (MMCo)
• Ian Goldin, Oxford Martin School
• Howard Kunreuther, The Wharton School, 
• University of Pennsylvania
• Axel Lehmann, Zurich Insurance Group
• Tan Chorh Chuan, National University of Singapore

And the following representatives of the global risk partners for their contribution to the Global Risks report content development and dissemination (in alphabetical order by last name):

• Josephine Chennell, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Natalie Day, Oxford Martin School
• Rainer Egloff, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Ho Tech Hua, National University of Singapore
• Erwann Michel-Kerjan, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Lucy Nottingham, Marsh & McLennan Companies
• Gregory Renand, Zurich Insurance Group
• Reto Schneider, Swiss Reinsurance Company 
• Andrea Stuermer, Zurich Insurance Group
• Tay Lee Teng, National University of Singapore
• Mike Useem, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Steve Wilson, Zurich Insurance Group
• Alex Wittenberg, Marsh & McLennan Companies

The project team would also like to thank all the business, public sector, academic and civil society leaders who participated in our interviews, workshops, and risk cases development (in alphabetical order by last name with their affiliation at the time of participation):

• Dapo Akande, Oxford Martin School
• Mark Ames, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Daniel Andris, Swiss Reinsurance Company 
• Dan Awrey, University of Oxford
• Valerio Bacak, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Luis Ballesteros, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• John Boochever, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Sandra Burmeier, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Philippe Brahin, Swiss Reinsurance Company 
• Jerry Cacciotti, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Iordanis Chatziprodromou, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Oliver Chen, National University of Singapore
• Carl Frey, Oxford Martin School
• Tim Garton Ash, University of Oxford 
• Ed George, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Charles Godfray, Oxford Martin School
• Mark Goh, National University of Singapore
• Beat Habegger, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Raja Hafiz Affandi, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Peter Hausmann, Swiss Reinsurance Company 
• Anwarul Hasan, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Carol Heller, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Claus Herbolzheimer, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Satoru Hiraga, Marsh Japan (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Yoshiki Hiruma, Development Bank of Japan
• Kurt Karl, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Jussi Keppo, National University of Singapore
• Mike King, NERA, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Heng Yee Kuang, National University of Singapore
• Tim Kruger, Oxford Martin School
• Susan Lea, Oxford Martin School
• George Leeson, Oxford Martin School
• Elizabeth Leicht, Oxford Martin School
• Alexander Leveringhaus, Oxford Martin School
• Michael Lierow, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• John Merkovsky, Marsh Inc (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Ann Miller, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Lea Müller, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Mary Ng Mah Lee, National University of Singapore
• Kalypso Nicolaidis, University of Oxford
• Toby Ord, Oxford Martin School
• Tikki Pang, National University of Singapore
• Robert Parisi, Marsh Inc (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Felix Reed-Tsochas, Oxford Martin School
• Daniel Ryan, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Anders Sandberg, Oxford Martin School
• Julian Savulescu, Oxford Martin School 
• Oliver Schelske, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Andreas Schraft, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Martin Schürz, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Lutfey Siddiqi, National University of Singapore
• Janet Smart, University of Oxford
• Richard Smith-Bingham, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Keoyong Song, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Yumiko Takada, Marsh Japan Inc (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Rolf Tanner, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Dodo J. Thampapillai, National University of Singapore
• Cecilia Tortajada, International Water Resources Association
• Ginger Turner, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Sonia Trigueros, Oxford Martin School
• Richard Waterman, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Michael Weissel, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Daniel Wesemann, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Martin Weymann, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Barrie Wilkinson, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Ngaire Woods, Blavatnik School of Government
• Arran Yentob, Oliver Wyman (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
• Bernard Yeung, National University of Singapore
• Nick Wildgoose, Zurich Insurance Group

Testing Economic and Environmental Resilience 

• Murray Birt, Deutsche Bank Group
• David Bresch, Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Davis Cherry, Global Adaptation Institute
• Megan Clark, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• Jose Juan Daboub, Global Adaptation Institute
• Charlotta Groth, Zurich Insurance Group
• Jim W Hall, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
• Abyd Karmali, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Signe Krogstrup, Swiss National Bank
• Marc Levy, CIESIN, Columbia University 
• Manuel Lewin, Zurich Insurance Group
• Anders Lyngaa Kristoffersen, Novozymes
• Guy Miller, Zurich Insurance Group
• Chandran Nair, Global Institute for Tomorrow 
• Ian Noble, Global Adaptation Institute
• Konrad Otto-Zimmerman, ICLEI
• Tim Palmer, Oxford Martin School
• Lindene Patton, Zurich Insurance Group
• Johan Rockström, Stockholm Resilience Centre
• Juan Carlos Castilla Rubio, Planetary Skin Institute
• Jorge E. Viñuales, The Graduate Institute, Geneva

Digital Wildfires in a Hyperconnected World

• Jolyon Barker, Deloitte Touche Tomatsu Ltd
• Adam Bly, Seed
• Sadie Creese, Oxford Martin School
• Scott David, University of Washington Law, Technology and Arts Group
• Giorgos Dimitriou, European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
• Daniel Eherer, Zurich Insurance Group
• Nik Gowing, BBC World News
• Witold Henisz, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Louis Marinos, European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
• Matthew Prince, CloudFlare
• Andreas Sfakianakis, European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
• Ray Stanton, British Telecom
• Jamie Tomasello, CloudFlare

The Dangers of Hubris on Human Health 

• David B. Agus, University of Southern California
• Lindsey Baden, The New England Journal of Medicine
• Richard Bergström, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations 
• Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, The Aga Khan University
• Otto Cars, ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance
• Jean Carlet, World Alliance against Antibiotic Resistance (WAAR)
• Jeffrey M. Drazen, The New England Journal of Medicine
• John Frater, Oxford Martin School
• Chris Gillies, Zurich Insurance Group
• Kari Grave, European Medicines Agency
• Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Pharmaceutical Services and Chief Pharmacist of Ghana
• Anna Hedin, ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance Uppsala University
• Dominique L. Monnet, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• Carmem Pessoa, World Health Organization
• Laura J.V. Piddock, University of Birmingham and Antibiotic Action
• Paul Rogers, World Health Organization
• Nabil Safrany, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• Johan Struwe, World Health Organization 

Special Report: Building National Resilience to Global Risks

• Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group
• Dennis L. Chesley, PwC
• Mary Cline, Eurasia Group
• Anne-Sophie Crépin, Stockholm Resilience Centre
• Elizabeth Eide, The National Academies, Division of Earth and Life Sciences
• Victor Galaz, Stockholm Resilience Centre
• Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
• Emily Hoch, Eurasia Group
• Anders Hoffman, Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority
• Randolph Kent, Humanitarian Futures Programme
• Szerb László, University of Pecs
• Emma Lindqvist, Eurasia Group
• Alexsandra Lloyd, Eurasia Group
• Kirstjen Nielsen, Sunesis Consulting, LLC
• Satoru Nishikawa, Japan Water Agency
• Sara Pantuliano, Overseas Development Institute
• Rodrigo Pérez Mackenna, Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo
• Courtney Rickert McCaffrey, Eurasia Group
• Christopher Michaelson, PwC
• Dionisis Philippas, JRC
• Michaela Saisana, European Commission
• Andrea Saltelli, OECD
• Ross D. Schaap, Eurasia Group
• Don Tapscott, Moxie Insights

X Factors

• Tim Appenzeller, Nature
• Philip Campbell, Nature

We also would like to thank all the people who participated in the Global Risks Survey 2012. 

In addition, the project team expresses its gratitude to the Global Agenda Council community managers, the Business Engagement and Development team, and the following colleagues from the World Economic Forum for their advice and support throughout the Global Risks report development: 

• Amrote Abdella 
• David Aikman 
• Guillaume Amigues 
• Marisol Argueta
• Anastassia Aubakirova
• Adeyemi Babington-Ashaye
• Beñat Bilbao
• Carl Björkman
• Jennifer Blanke
• Roberto Bocca 
• Ciara Browne
• Giancarlo Bruno 
• Sophie Bussmann 
• Roberto Crotti
• Piers Cumberlege 
• Nicholas Davis
• Margareta Drzeniek
• Isabel de Sola
• Sean Doherty 
• Michael Drexler
• Miroslav Dusek
• John Dutton
• Rim El Habibi
• Manal El Meligi
• Cristiana Falcone 
• Brindusa Fidanza
• Thierry Geiger
• Martina Gmür
• Ariane Haeni 
• Andrew Hagan
• Hala Hanna
• William Hoffman
• Antonio Human 
• Alexandra Jequier
• Julianne Jammers
• Jeremy Jurgens
• Elsie Kanza 
• Thomas Kerr
• Hanseul Kim
• Pawel Konzal
• Rodolfo Lara Torres
• Helena Leurent 
• Alan Marcus
• Viraj Mehta
• Liana Melchenko 
• Matthew Miller
• Katherine Milligan
• John Moavenzadeh 
• Martin Nägele
• Navdeep
• Lyuba Nazaruk
• Derek O’Halloran
• Sushant Palakurthi Rao 
• Gary Phillips 
• Pengcheng Qu
• Olivier Raynaud 
• Lucien Rieben
• Pedro Rodrigues De Almeida 
• Olivier Schwab 
• Kate Seiler
• Bernardo Silva
• Paul Smyke 
• Masao Takahashi
• Michael Tost 
• Terri Toyota
• Akira Tsuchiya
• Tran Tu-Trang
• Silvia von Gunten
• Nina Vugman
• Regula Waltenspuel
• Dominic Waughray 
• Bruce Weinelt
• Tiffany West 
• Alex Wong 

Founder and Executive Chairman

• Klaus Schwab

Managing Directors

• Børge Brende
• Robert Greenhill
• Lee Howell
• Adrian Monck
• Sarita Nayyar
• Gilbert Probst
• Jean-Pierre Rosso
• Kevin Steinberg
• Alois Zwinggi