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Subject: Fwd: In case you have colleages/associates who might be interested in attending
Begin forwarded message: > From: "Eisenberg, Jon" <JEisenbe@NAS.EDU> > Date: June 7, 2005 12:30:38 PM PDT > To: FEMA@LSW.NAS.EDU > Subject: In case you have colleages/associates who might be > interested in attending > Reply-To: "Eisenberg, Jon" <JEisenbe@NAS.EDU> > > > Please feel free to forward this invitation to interested > colleages/associates... > > WORKSHOP ON USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE CRISIS MANAGEMENT > > JUNE 22-23, 2005 > The National Academies Keck Center > 500 5th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. > > You are invited to attend a National Academies workshop on using > information technology to enhance crisis management. This event is > organized by the National Research Council's Computer Science and > Telecommunications Board and sponsored by the Federal Emergency > Management Agency. > > The goals of the workshop are to explore emerging requirements, > identify > opportunities for more effective use of technologies, and consider > opportunities for research and associated research management and > transition considerations to yield enhanced crisis response > capabilities. Speakers will address issues they see as critical to > enhancing the future application of IT in preparedness, response, and > consequence management of natural and human-made disasters. > > Questions to be explored at this event include: > > The Critical and Evolving Role of Information & Communication > Technologies (ICTs) in Crisis Management: How might we better manage > future crises? What impact will major technology trends have on how > disaster management is handled in the future? How can we leverage > commercial technology cost-performance curves yet meet special > requirements? What new technologies, approaches, and policies would > help, and what research directions are promising? > > Research Directions for ICTs in Crisis Management: What research areas > have application to crisis management? How might leading edge > research > be applied to crisis management? How should the research agenda be > established and evolved? How can research results best be > transitioned > into deployed capabilities? What are the commonalities between > commercial, civilian, and military capabilities and research and > development activities, and how can technology advances and > knowledge be > transferred from one to the other? > > Collaboration, Coordination, and Interoperability: Pressing Issues > in a > Need-to-Share World: What policy and technical initiatives are > currently > underway to improve wireless interoperability across federal, > state, and > local levels? What results are anticipated, and over what time > frames? > How is data (including voice) generated, used, and shared across > organizational boundaries today? How do communication systems > relate to > other information management systems related to disaster management? > What kinds of interoperability are desired in the future? > What technical, operational, economic and policy challenges are likely > to be unresolved, and merit further research? What obstacles to > technology transition must be overcome? What can be learned in > terms of > technology and practice from efforts to forge more interoperable > systems > in other contexts? > > If you wish to attend, please send an e-mail to Gloria Westbrook, > <gwestbrook@nas.edu>, providing your name, affiliation, address, e- > mail > address, and phone number. She will reply with a confirmation of your > registration along with logistical information. There is no charge to > attend this event, but space is limited. > > Please direct non-logistical questions about this event to Jon > Eisenberg, <jeisenbe@nas.edu>, or Ted Schmitt, <tschmitt@nas.edu>. > > Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues who may be > interested. > > Sincerely, > > Jon Eisenberg > > ================ > Jon Eisenberg, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer > Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies > jeisenbe@nas.edu, 202-334-2689, or 202-334-2605 (main office) > 500 Fifth Street NW, Keck 914, Washington, DC 20001 > > cstb.org - Where the nation turns for independent, expert > assessments of > computing, communications, and public policy >
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