The 2016 Virginia Emergency Management Symposium will be held March 29 - April 1, 2016 in Newport News, Virginia. This annual event provides a forum to discuss current trends and topics and share information about the latest tools and technology in emergency management and homeland security. Sessions encourage stakeholders at all levels of government, the
The 2016 International Port Security Conference will be held June 1-2, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The event highlights the critical role port security teams hold in ensuring homeland security, and the challenges faced in today’s threat and budget environments. The conference aims to bring together key decision makers in the industry to discuss modern
The 9th Annual Hazus User Conference is scheduled to take place November 7-9, 2016 in Charleston, SC. This theme for this years event is "Achieving Disaster Resilience through Hazus Innovation." The annual event aims to bring Hazus users together to provide an information sharing platform for success stories, best practices, lessons learned, recent research, and
The FEMA/EMI: E0313 Basic Hazus-MH course is scheduled to take place December 12 -15, 2016 in Emmitsburg, MD. This course offers a hands-on introduction to Hazus-MH, FEMA's GIS-based tool for analyzing the social and economic impacts from natural hazards including hurricanes, earthquakes and floods (riverine and coastal). Impact assessments for each hazard include shelter needs,
The European Space Agency (ESA) and European Defence Agency (EDA) will host a joint Workshop on Space and CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive) threats on 7 March 2017 in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The aims to gather experts from cross-cut domains on the possible role of space services in addressing CBRNE risks, to inform
The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Conference and Exhibition will take place March 21-23 in Reno, Nevada, with pre-conference educational sessions available March 18-21. The WUI conference brings together wildland firefighters, federal and state-agency personnel, and land-use community planners to collaborate on emerging issues in wildland fire management. Highlighted session topics include: Wildland Fire Data Exchange
The 5th Annual Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium will be held March 21-22, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. Sponsored by the Defense Strategies Institute, the town hall forum event draws stakeholders in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense for actionable discussions and debate on “Advancing aWhole of Government Approach to CBRN Defense, Response & Readiness”.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is hosting the 2017 First Responder Electronic Jamming Exercise to assess the effectiveness of jamming mitigation technologies and techniques, tactics and procedures. The 2017 exercise will take place from July 17 - 22, 2017, at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho. DHS
Convened by Transportation Research Board, the 18th TRB Conference on Planning Applications (AppCon 2021) will be held in a virtual format June 21-25, 2021. AppCon attracts professionals from the academic, public, and private sectors to explore practical applications of transportation planning advances. The conference will include instructive and insightful presentation of the application of innovative
