Presidents science advisor to address
IEEE International Homeland Security
Conference
WASHINGTON (17 March 2008)-- Dr. John
Marburger, science adviser to President
Bush, will be the keynote speaker at the
2008 IEEE International Conference on
Technologies for Homeland Security.
The eighth-annual conference is
scheduled for 12-13 May at the Westin
Hotel in Waltham, Mass. For more
information and to register, go to
http://www.ieeehomelandsecurityconference.org/.
The National Science and Technology
Council, Nuclear Defense Research and
Development Subcommittee, calls the
conference “the key homeland security
conference in 2008 to share the U.S.
nuclear defense research and development
roadmap with the global technology
innovation community.”
Marburger, director of the Office of
Science and Technology, came to the
Executive Office of the President after
serving as director of the Brookhaven
National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y. He
was president of the State University of
New York at Stony Brook from 1980-84,
and before that a professor of physics
and electrical engineering at the
University of Southern California. While
at the Los Angeles school, he developed
theory for various laser phenomena and
co-founded USC’s Center for Laser
Studies.
General themes of the conference are:
- Transportation security focused
on chemical, biological and high
explosives, with special sessions on
radiological and nuclear areas
- Infrastructure protection and
cyber security, with emphasis on
protecting the financial sector,
communications and electric power
networks, and focusing on threats to
the chemical and refinery sectors
- Information sharing,
interoperability and incident
management technologies, high-level
risk assessment and supporting
technologies of modeling and
simulation, emphasizing tools
development
- Software assurance focused on
software development, testing,
legacy systems and infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Science and Technology
(S&T) Directorate, is providing
technical assistance to support the
conference. Robert Hooks, Director of
Transition, DHS S&T Directorate, is the
featured speaker and participated in the
technical paper review committee.
About 200 selected technical papers
from around the world will be featured,
and more than 500 technology experts are
expected to attend.
The conference is organized by the
IEEE Boston Section and IEEE-USA.
Industry sponsors include Massport, SAIC,
Raytheon, IBM, EADS, AXSYS Technologies,
and Avert. Affiliate sponsors
include PSSG and Venture Business
Research.
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Contact: Chris McManes
c.mcmanes@ieee.org
202-530-8356
IEEE-USA
ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY
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has been an affiliate sponsor of the
annual IEEE Conference Series on
Technologies for Homeland Security since
2002. PSSG provides funding development,
market research, market intelligence,
market and business plan development,
strategic partnering and and strategic
marketing programs to the public safety and broader homeland
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