The 8th edition of the Secured Cities conference will be held November 15 – 17, 2016 in Houston, TX. Recognized as the largest and only conference dedicated to the public/private partnership initiatives in the Public Safety and emergency management sectors, Secured Cities delivers a unique blend of peer-to-peer learning on hands on experience. Coordinating efforts among public and private municipal stakeholders allows for a cohesive secu...

We are pleased to invite you to attend SANS Houston 2016 on May 9-14 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston, located in the heart of the Galleria area of Uptown Houston. We have selected eight of our top information security courses to provide you with the training and certification that you need to boost your career by learning from the best! SANS instructors are industry professionals who will ensure that you not only learn the material, but tha...

The One Event Built to Keep Your City Safe If you can only attend one event this year, Secured Cities is your MUST ATTEND event that offers real solutions for a real world. Funding and rapid technology advancement are two issues both public safety and security personnel are challenged with when it comes to today’s strategic planning. As public and private partnerships emerge across the country, having a venue where law enforcement, emerg...

With production in the Permian increasing by 93,000 barrels a day year on year and accounting for 68% of overall production in Texas, the basin is without doubt re-establishing itself as one of the most prolific areas within North America for oil & gas exploration. While high liquid rich reserves, horizontal drilling and completions techniques have played a key part in this success, the continued high ultimate recoveries being seen in the...

Network with Peers and Share Your Experiences The continuous threat hurricanes and other natural disasters pose for the Houston area require emergency management officials to constantly update plans and collaborate on best practices. As a Tier 1 UASI region, there is a heightened need to improve the city’s capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist incidents. This is truly a must attend event for all res...

The Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, in coordination with HospitalityLawyer.com, is producing the first-ever Global Congress on Legal, Safety, and Security Solutions in Travel - the only conference that places legal, safety and security solutions for the travel industry under one roof. What is the Global Congress? "This conference enables all aspects of the travel equation to share their legal, safety, and security experience...

2nd annual Houston All-Hazards, All-Stakeholders Summit Join your regional peers for a complimentary summit designed to facilitate best practices and solutions for disaster preparedness and response in crisis – natural catastrophes, terrorism, attacks on strategic sites and other emergencies – specific to the Houston region. Topics Include: Innovative solutions and technology for improving community preparedness Best practices on c...

If your facility generates hazardous waste in the state of Texas, you must comply not only with the Texas hazardous and industrial waste regulations, but also with federal regulations that have not yet been incorporated into the Texas rules. This two-day seminar meets the Texas and federal annual training requirements for generators of hazardous waste in Texas. Topics covered include waste characterization, on-site management, manifesting, lan...