School Safety Symposium Acts of violence are occurring every day in our communities. Unfortunately schools are not immune from these senseless and seemingly random events that continue to occur across our nation. School administrators, teachers, parents and students all have roles to play in preventing acts of violence. When disaster does strike all school personnel must know and understand the roles they have in order to respond appropriately...

AWRA, the premier multidisciplinary water resources professional society, is coming to Portland, OR, for its 48th Annual Water Resources Conference. The AWRA Annual Conference hosts a diverse group of water resources professionals who present their latest research and case studies, discuss current hot topics, and share new ideas. Conference attendance is usually between 400-500 people. Important Dates General Call for Abstracts (with accepted...

SGTP features innovative education and the latest updates on government travel sector. Our goal is to bring government and industry together to collaborate to achieve World Class Managed Travel in the government workspace. The Educational Fall Meeting includes seminars, workshops in an educational environment to both government and industry participants.

The North Carolina Gang Investigators Association (NCGIA) is scheduled to host our 12th annual Gangs Across the Carolinas conference and the Gang Free North Carolina (GFNC) conference August 13th – 15th, 2013 at the Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons in Greensboro, North Carolina. Please feel free to visit our website at www.ncgangcops.org The NCGIA conference is open to local, state and federal law enforcement officials who have been t...

How valuable are forests--whether in the city, country, or wilderness-to the management of water resources? This is a hot topic and the AWRA Summer Specialty Conference on Healthy Forests=Healthy Waters will address the many issues associated with forest management for the protection of water supplies and aquatic communities. We are looking for oral and poster abstracts to be considered for presentation. Topics for the conference should addres...

An AWRA Summer Specialty Conference on Environmental Flows will be held in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 24-25, 2013. Environmental flows, also called ecological or instream flows, are defined as "the quantity, quality, and timing of water flows required to sustain freshwater ecosystems, human livelihoods, and the well-being of those who depend on them." The objective of the conference is to offer a professional forum on the latest issues con...

Already registered for this year's ASTD International Conference in Dallas? If so, do not miss this session in the Government Pavilion (Session T21GOV), featuring Dr. Haywood Spangler, co-developer of AMA Enterprise’s Critical Thinking for Government seminar. This session will provide attendees with the tools they need to develop the critical thinking skills necessary to tackle the unique challenges facing government today. Dr. Spangler...

Summary Stay on Par with Performance! During the transition from CPIC 2012 to CPIC 2013, we will experience an election year, and many changes can happen. An avid golfer can play any open course, but playing various courses on different terrains makes golf challenging – even for the pros. And sometimes golfers are challenged playing the same course even though the rules are the same, because external influences (i.e. weather, equipment,...

Developed by Human Capital Media, publishers of Chief Learning Officer, Talent Management and Diversity Executive magazines, Talent Strategies D.C. will be the first conference of its kind to bring together key human capital constituencies within various government agencies, branches of the military and leading private organizations, to explore the intersection between public and private industry human capital practice.This event will delve in...

SRC 2012 in Virginia’s mission is to update and support the urgent endeavors of the whole educational sectors & academe on developing effective action plans that are unique to their own communities and engage the widest range of local stakeholders to make our high schools and college campuses safe and secure and to contribute to the advancement of the local community thru the aspect of Prevention, Protection, Response, and Recovery....