In this 13th annual LEAPS Technology Forum, AFCEA Bethesda provides an interactive environment in which government and industry stakeholders share ideas and experiences on how law enforcement and public safety agencies can leverage digital technology to sustain rapid innovation and be better positioned to protect the nation and all of its communities. Featuring a keynote address, executive panels and interactive roundtable discussions, the LEA...

Defense Strategies Institute’s 8th Annual EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium will bring together members of the various Military branches & Federal Government agencies to discuss the current state of advancing domestic and international counter-IED missions in support of US National Security interests. Senior level speakers at this forum will detail the many ways they are collaborating on disarming the threat that these various type...

CISA Region IX invites you to join the next quarterly Los Angeles Area UAS Working Group Meeting which will be held on May 13, 2021 from 9:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m. (PST). The Spring 2021 L.A. Area UAS Working Group Meeting will feature guest speakers from the following organizations : FAA, CISA, Los Angeles Port Police, University of Southern California (USC) Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) and will cover updates on the following topics:...

Is your business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategy receiving the attention it needs in 2021? Protecting your business-critical applications and data should undoubtedly be at the top of your IT organization’s list of strategic initiatives. A flexible BCDR strategy will help you continue to operate throughout a variety of threats to your business—be it a health crisis, a natural disaster, or possibly a ransomware attac...

Fortunately, COVID vaccines have been developed at a record pace. How has that been done, were any testing corners cut, safety standards violated and vaccines rushed into the public domain? In the second Public Health webinar in the series with the American Public Health Association, the Milken Institute, MDB and SSF, will convene vaccine research, manufacturing, and regulatory experts to answer these questions and provide you with important i...

This is an interactive course designed to help participants learn about key tools that will help improve emergency preparedness and enhance communication during dam and levee failures and incidents. Participants will gain a better understanding of the emergency action planning process, including evacuation planning and emergency response methods. Key takeaways attendees will receive from this course: Learn how to improve the integrated operati...

Many dam failures have been averted by dam owners and engineers taking quick and effective action to intervene and stop an active dam failure from progressing. The focus of this webinar is to present the most common failure modes at dams and provide information on actions that can be taken to prevent or delay each failure mode. Case studies will be used to show examples of successful interventions. Actions that could potentially do harm and ma...

Dam engineering is about dams, but is done by and for people. As a result, in order to achieve dam safety, we need to understand not just dams, but also the people (including ourselves) involved in designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and benefitting from them. Social scientists have been studying people scientifically for more than a century, and we are now at a point historically where the social sciences have generated valuable...

Hypersonic Weapons are accelerating the pace at DoD for the evaluation of potential weapon system concepts and mission sets. As DoD is preparing for $10 billion to enable fielding of Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) within the next five years, this has created a surge of a rapid R&D for Hypersonic Technologies. Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) are launched from a rocket before gliding to a target and alternatively, Hypersonic cruise missiles...

When responding to a disaster or when evaluating risks to prepare for the next one, you need really good data, or more specifically, actionable insights that will empower your first responders, recovery teams, leaders, and the public with the situational awareness and predictive foresight to speed up recovery, mitigate risks, and optimize preparation and response. When dual hurricanes hit Puerto Rico in 2017, Atkins and Alteryx Partner used th...