Workshop Report: "Risks and Policies of Hydraulic Fracturing: Assessment and Deliberation", Georgia Tech, November 13-14, 2014

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Report of the workshop: Risks and Policies of Hydraulic Fracturing: Assessment and Deliberation, held at Georgia Tech, November 2014. Report includes the following: 1. Workshop program 2. Communication: \The Fracking Debate in Europe", Dr. Terry Engelder, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University 3. Presentation:\State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations, Inc." Mr. Ryan Steadley, executive director, Stronger Inc. 4. Presentation:\Conveying the Science of Risk - Evolving Perceptions Within Non-Technical Audiences", Mr. Thomas Murphy, Director of Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research 5. Presentation: \Hydraulic Fracturing: An engineering perspective on modeling issues", Mr. Hao Xu (Ph.D. student), Ms. Amanda Francis (undergraduate research assistant), Dr. Chloé Arson (Assistant Professor), School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

6. Presentation: \Acceptable Risk and the Policy Context of Hydraulic Fracturing", Dr. Robert Kirkman, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology 7. Abstract presented at the 2015 Annual International Conference of the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics: \An Integrative Approach to the Ethics of Hydraulic Fracturing: A Report on Work in Progress", Dr. Robert Kirkman, Ms. Rebecca Harris, Ms. Amanda Francis, Mr. Hao Xu, Dr. Chloé Arson, Dr. Lauren Stewart, Georgia Institute of Technology