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  • U.S. Army Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Conference

    Virtual Event

    Join us for our virtual conference on Weaponized Information in partnership with Georgetown University, Center for Security Studies. Our capstone event will focus discussion around understanding the information environment, exploring weaponized information, and discovering possible solutions. The information dimension is constantly changing with the explosion of data and hyper-connectedness enabled by social media, the Internet

  • Agnostic Compact Demilitarization of Chemical Agents (ACDC)

    Virtual Event

    The Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) will host a webinar presentation on 'Agnostic Compact Demilitarization of Chemical Agents (ACDC)' on 1 October 2020. The safe destruction of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and organic precursors is a timely, costly, and significant challenge for the international community. Today, for example, there are no approaches

  • Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies

    Virtual Event

    The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies invites you to join a virtual committee meeting on October 13, 2020 for its ongoing study on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies. The meeting will feature presentations by Nordion, Sotera Health, and QSA Global, Inc., companies that produce radioactive sources and alternative technologies. The

  • FRI 2020 Fire-Rescue International

    Virtual Event

    Fire-Rescue International 2020 will be held October 20-22, 2020. For the first time ever, FRI is planning to offer a virtual event format to provide those unable to travel access to educational resources on timely issues and the insights needed to keep their community safe. FRI education covers all areas of the emergency service: Navigating

  • Workshop on Federal Human Health PFAS Research

    Virtual Event

    The National Academies will host a 2-day virtual workshop 26-27 October 2020 to address the state of the science and ongoing federal research regarding human exposure to Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), experimental toxicology studies to identify human risks from PFAS, and human health outcomes from PFAS exposures. PFAS are diverse fluorinated organic compounds used

  • Emerging Areas of Science, Engineering, and Medicine for the Courts: Updating The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence

    Virtual Event

    The second meeting of the Committee on Emerging Areas of Science, Engineering, and Medicine for the Courts: Identifying Chapters for a Fourth Edition of The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence will be held on December 1, 2020. This meeting is expected to be closed in its entirety. The committee will review the contents of the

  • Rail in the Time of Coronavirus – Planning, Operating, & Constructing Rail

    Virtual Event

    How are passenger rail planners and operators adapting in the time of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)? TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will feature case studies from the public and private sectors. Representatives from each organization will discuss how COVID-19 has (or has not) affected their

  • Merits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology Options and the Waste Aspects of Advanced Nuclear

    Virtual Event

    A committee of the National Academies will hold a virtual meeting December 7-8, 2020 on the "Merits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology Options and the Waste Aspects of Advanced Nuclear". This study responds to a congressional mandate in the FY2020 Appropriations Act's Conference Report in the subsection titled “Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition

  • Safe Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Railroad Tank Car

    Virtual Event

    A closed meeting of the National Academies' committee on Safe Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Railroad Tank Car will be held December 8, 2020. The charge of this NASEM ad hoc committee is to review plans and activities to inform government and industry decisions about the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail and