The World Congress on Risk 2019 in Cape Town will be the fifth in the series of World Congresses organized by the SRA and its partner organizations. SRA held the first World Congress on Risk in Brussels, Belgium in 2003, the second World Congress on Risk in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008, the third in Sydney, Australia in 2012 and the fourth one in 2015 in Singopore. The overall theme of the 2019 World Congress will be "Development and Resilience", including sessions that identify ways how risk analysis can assist private and public policy makers facing complex and uncertain challenges while maintaining innovation and development. Steinbeis (Prof. Jovanovic) was selected to be the "Organization" chair of the congress and will, together with it's local South African partners support the organization and execution of the World Congress.
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Steinbeis has the goal of extending and transferring German and international knowledge and expertise worldwide. Steinbeis R-Tech was the driving force in the Risk Based Inspection project in South Africa. Since 2013 Steinbeis R-Tech is the Implementation partner of Eskom, the largest energy supplier in Africa, for Risk Based Inspection. The Eskom RBI project mainly focused on implementing RBI at the power stations, but it also transferred knowledge, skills, and corporate culture in line with the Steinbeis philosophy.