Join HDIAC on Thursday, May 21, from 1200 to 1300 EDT for a live webinar presentation titled “Advancing Forensic DNA Analysis in Support of DoD Missions”. Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EE57DF8384493D Forensic DNA analysis has advanced significantly within the last 5 years and developments are beginning to be incorporated that will
Notice from organizers: EUROSATORY 2020 IS CANCELLED The sanitary situation due to Covid-19 is deteriorating daily in France and has spread throughout the world. The conditions for preparing and running the exhibition, which would protect the health and safety of the 100,000 expected participants, visitors, exhibitors and organisers, can not be met. Many international and
The Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) will host a webinar on Nuclear Power for the Modern Grid on 24 June from 1200 to 1300 EDT. Electric power production in the United States faces challenges on several fronts. This includes the near-term retirement of aging coal-fired power plants, grid stability challenges arising from
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Laboratory Assessments Board will convene in a closed session virtual event on June 25-26, 2020 for the Review of Governance Reform in the National Nuclear Security Administration. Concerns have been raised for decades about the governance and management of the U.S.
The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies will be hosting a virtual meeting for the ongoing study on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies. The meeting, which is the latest of a series of public meetings, is scheduled for June 26, 2020, and will feature presentations from the World Institute for Nuclear
The inaugural International Explosives Conference 2020 will be held 30 June - 2 July 2020 at the Victory Services Club in London, UK. This must-attend event is hosted by Cranfield University in conjunction with the UK’s Centre of Excellence for Energetic Materials and the Sector Skills Strategy Group. The focus of the conference is future
Mr. Oxford will discuss the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's role in supporting Department of Defense efforts to reduce the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a time of Great Powers Competition. Mr. Vayl S. Oxford, is the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) located on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The DTRA mission is
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a free Bulletin Global Webinar: The Button on July 14, 2020. The event features William J. Perry, former US Secretary of Defense and Chair of the Bulletin Board of Sponsors; Tom Collina, Policy Director, Ploughshares Fund; and led by Kennette Benedict, Senior Advisor to the Bulletin. Two days before the
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
