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
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
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
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
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
A closed session meeting of the Transportation Research Board Consensus and Advisory Studies Division will take place on Oct. 28. The meeting will only be open to the Safe Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Railroad Tank Car study committee members and TRB staff. This committee is tasked to review plans and activities to inform
Join the Schar School of Policy and Government and guest panelists to get an insight on how a Schar School degree can launch or advance your career in policy and security. Hear from industry experts on ways to research and build out a career roadmap from the scope of available opportunities. Panelists will share their knowledge on
SAVE THE DATE! The 2020 VCOS Symposium in the Sun will be held 12 - 15 November 2020 in Clearwater, Florida. Each fall, the Volunteer & Combination Officers Section (VCOS) Symposium addresses the unique needs of volunteer and combination fire departments including transitioning from a volunteer to a combination department, recruitment and retention, leadership and management,
