Upcoming Events

Homeland Security Events

Fourth Annual DHS University Network Summit

Date:  3/10/10 - 3/12/10

Location:  Washington, DC

Who Should Attend?

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Date:  3/18/10 - 3/21/10

Location:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Join your colleagues in the City of Brotherly Love for NSTA's 58th National Conference on Science Education. Conference registration and exhibits will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Most sessions and events have been scheduled at the Convention Center and the Doubletree Philadelphia Hotel, Loew’s Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, and Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel.

239th American Chemical Society National Meeting

Date:  3/23/10 - 3/25/10

Location:  San Francisco, California

Plan to attend the Spring National Meeting in San Francisco, California. The city is known as home to some of the world's most innovative environmental legislation and initiatives, making it the most appropriate host city for our sustainability program theme.

National Hurricane Conference

Date:  3/29/10 - 4/2/10

Location:  Orlando, Florida

The primary goal of the National Hurricane Conference is to improve hurricane preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation in order to save lives and property in the United States and the tropical islands of the Caribbean and Pacific. In addition, the conference serves as a national forum for federal, state and local officials to exchange ideas and recommend new policies to improve Emergency Management.

26th Annual Logistics Conference & Exhibition

Date:  4/12/10 - 4/15/10

Location:  Miami, Florida

"Defense Logistics in an Era of Change: Strategically Focused, Operationally Engaged, and Committed to Professional Development"

The Challenge

The task of assuring the security of our homeland involves protecting the citizens of the United States, the nation's critical infrastructure and key assets. This is necessary to sustain the nation's vitality against terrorism and other threats. This protection must originate at the community level. It requires discovering, developing and deploying new technology that will support first responders and key decision makers in local communities.

The Mission

NIHS' mission is to discover, develop and deploy solutions that protect and preserve the critical infrastructure of the nation's communities.

The Institute

NIHS aligns projects and research objectives with the needs and requirements of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The strategy is to manage a distributed research enterprise that effectively transitions research and development into solutions. NIHS works with DHS to determine technology needs at the community level. Then, teams are quickly assembled from multiple universities to develop solutions to the needs.

The Strategy

Through management of the Kentucky Critical Infrastructure Protections Program (KCI), the National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS) provides an ongoing, integrated program dedicated to developing new technologies and devices. NIHS works through qualified academic institutions to accomplish the technological objectives.