Fourth Annual DHS University Network Summit

Date:  March 10, 2010 - March 12, 2010

Location:  Washington, DC

Who Should Attend?

  •  First Responders and DHS operators
    • Research, academic, industry, government and international communities interested in homeland security science and technology research
    • Chief scientists, program analysts, portfolio managers and others who are subject matter experts in specific areas of homeland security science, technology, engineering and mathematics
    • Students interested in learning about homeland security science and technology research and education opportunities
    • Federal, state and municipal employees interested in learning about homeland security science and technology developments
    • Academic institutions interested in adding homeland security curriculum
    • Anyone interested in topics related to the following research and education areas:
      • Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response
      • Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
      • Risk and Decision Sciences
      • Human Factors
      • Chemical Threats and Countermeasures
      • Biological Threats and Countermeasures
      • Food and Agriculture Security
      • Transportation Security
      • Border Security
      • Immigration Studies
      • Maritime and Port Security
      • Infrastructure Protection
      • Natural Disasters and Related Geophysical Studies
      • Emergency Preparedness and Response
      • Communications and Interoperability
      • Advanced Data Analysis and Visualization

    For more information, please go to

     

    www.orau.gov/DHSSummit/attend.htm

 

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.