This workshop examines the relationships between theory, energy conservation, and social and environmental factors for man-made and natural light applications. Two full days focus on the effective use of lighting the environment to augment other forms of security technology. The effects of light on human physiological and psychological behavior are discussed in detail.

Southeast U.S. Infrastructure Projects Meet Money, Policy, Innovation and Risk​Where federal, state and local gov't agencies convene with the private sector on the most critical issues facing the transportation and infrastructure markets today. Infraday Southeast is a powerful 1-day Forum uniting over 250 senior infrastructure executives. Local, State and Federal authorities will unite with some of the top financiers, consultants, constr...

Making Data Available Across Your Enterprise ArcGIS for Maritime Server provides powerful maritime web services that integrate into applications such as desktop, mobile, and cloud capabilities across the enterprise. Maritime organizations use these web services for enhanced planning and decision making. Organizations can now leverage configured charting products and near-time information using apps and dashboards to efficiently improve operat...

We live today in an uneven world, defined significantly by energy injustice. Moving from here to the Paris climate goals will require a ten-year, global transition towards clean energy. How can we create a just energy system in the transition? Join the Security and Sustainability Forum and Bard College in a sixty-minute session about how innovative city and state policy will be critical to ensure justice in the economic transformation needed...

Geography 2050 is a multi-year, strategic dialog about the vital trends reshaping the geography of our planet in the coming decades. Initially organized by the American Geographical Society (AGS) in 2014, the ongoing Geography 2050 dialogue convenes thought leaders from academia, government, industry, and the social sector to facilitate discussion of the major forces that will shape our planet’s future. In the late 20th century, talk of...

Receive a GWU Professional Education Certificate Evaluating, forecasting, and positioning for financial and diplomatic opportunities, conflicts, and environmental implications in the 21st Century requires an understanding of the current geopolitics of energy and the risks, vulnerabilities and possibilities posed by shifts in energy markets and political pressures. The current struggle among Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States is one clear...

Science is foundational to life and the planet as we know it. Policymakers understand this, as do scientists. However the boundary-spanning between policymakers and scientists does not come naturally. Given the current vulnerabilities faced by places, people, ecosystems, and markets, it is essential to create more opportunities for policymakers and scientists to work effectively together. The dynamic tension created by the “pull” o...

What occurs in a community is inherently geographically personal; everyone who lives in a place cares about that place. That means governments and citizens rely on each other to meet the community’s needs and shape its future. Esri’s GIS-based Smart Community Information System provides an opportunity to evolve how governments think about civic inclusion. It can help flag where people are speaking up and where are they not, which n...

Currently, community risks consider only a few parameters such as extreme weather, employment rates and business outlooks. The current practice is a singular standard ESG score for a country or region, ignoring significant sub-national spatial differences or differential importance of ESG factors in estimating the risk profile. The result are general assessments that lack the precision of more granular/investment-grade analyses. But, the world...

The BlueTech Expo is a unique two-tier marketing and networking event for the ocean technology and science industry! Join us on the eve of CHOW (Capitol Hill Ocean Week) for this unique business platform. The event brings together companies involved in ocean science & technology with government procurement officers and decision makers, global investors, and industry leaders from all over the world. Day one is the symposium featuring cuttin...