Thursday, January 16, 2014

Training opportunity: RAND Corp. Community Resilience. January 23, 2014. Santa Monica, CA

RAND Corporation


Date:

Community Resilience




January 23, 2014
Time:
6:00 p.m. – Registration
6:30 p.m. – Program
Location:
RAND Corporation
1776 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA

Program

The 20th anniversary of the 1994 Northridge earthquake in January will bring fresh memories of a local natural disaster, while November's Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines still hits home for many Filipinos living in Los Angeles. These events remind us that it's important to build community resilience for the sake of long-term recovery, but how do we make resilience happen? Anita Chandra will distill the extensive body of research on resilience-building into simple steps that communities and organizations can take to help strengthen themselves against all kinds of disasters.

Featured Speaker

Anita Chandra
Director, Behavioral and Policy Sciences Department, RAND Corporation

Register for This Program

Register online by January 20. Reserved seating is available for members of the RAND Policy Circle. If you are not currently a Policy Circle member, visit Support RAND to learn more about the benefits of membership.

About RAND

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND focuses on the issues that matter most such as health, education, national security, international affairs, law and business, the environment, and more. With a research staff consisting of some of the world's preeminent minds, RAND has been expanding the boundaries of human knowledge for more than 60 years.

Further Inquiries

Contact events@rand.org.

2014 Summer Programs for Students. Summer Language Programs

As students begin to make summer plans, be sure to share with them the following website that lists African language programs being offered in the US and abroad in Summer 2014. This list includes the Fulbright-Hays GPA Intensive Advanced Language programs in Swahili and Yoruba that the Association of African Studies Programs sponsors.

·  Summer 2014 African Language Programs: http://bit.ly/AfLangSum2014
A list of African-based programs that students have in the past attended for language study with FLAS fellowships is here: 
If your program is offering an African language in Summer 2014 and it is not already listed, you can include the information by completing the following online form:
Sincerely,
Martha Saavedra

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Martha Saavedra, PhD | Associate Director | Center for African Studies
356 Stephens Hall | University of California | Berkeley, CA 94720-2314
martha@berkeley.edu | tel 510.642.8338 | fax 510.642.9466
http://africa.berkeley.edu/ http://UnderstandingSudan.org/ http://africareportingproject.org/


Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Training Opportunity: Webinar. Transforming Oil and Gass with High Speed Data Transport


Complimentary Webinar:
Transforming Oil and Gas with High Speed Data Transport
Technology has transformed the oil and gas industry by improving the capability to find, extract, and process data more efficiently than ever before. These technological improvements have led to an explosion of data that, in most cases, still relies upon physical shipments of tape and hard drives.  
Internet bandwidth has become more available worldwide, and when paired with the appropriate transport technology, data can be moved quickly and efficiently over WAN ( wide area network).
 

Join this free webinar to learn how Aspera’s patented fasp™ (Fast, Adaptive, Secure, Protocol) transport technology can leverage your existing WAN infrastructure to:
  • Achieve speeds hundreds of times faster than traditional protocols such as FTP
  • Deliver end-to-end security for your systems
  • Ensure 100% reliability and adaptive bandwidth control

This webinar is essential if you work in any of the following functions:

  • Data analysis
  • Production
  • Reservoir engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Field Development
  • Operations
  • Corporate strategy
  • IT



Best Regards
Tim Haïdar
Editor-In-Chief
Oil & Gas IQ

Do you have a busy schedule?
Make sure you can attend by saving this webinar to your Outlook calendar


JANUARY
22

When
Wednesday, January 22, 2014,
When
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Where
Online
Cost
Complimentary
PRESENTED BY
Michelle Munson
CEO & Co-Founder
Aspera
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Stuart Baker
Greg Hess
Service Delivery Manager
Landmark
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Training Opportunity: Traumatic Brain Injury


ESRO - Traumatic Brain Injury


When
Wednesday January 29, 2014 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Wednesday January 29, 2014 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
  

Where
The Milestone
9630 Technology Drive
Easton, MD 21601
Traumatic Brain Injury
January 29, 2014 (Rescheduled Date)
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Speaker:  Anastasia Edmonston, MS, CRC

The Milestone
9630 Technology Drive
Easton, MD  21601

Click on the link below to register.
  
The rescheduled date is January 29, 2014.

This course will cover:
-Brain Anatomy-Form and Function
-Brain Injury-How many and Who is Affected
-Types of Brain Injury
-The Physical, Emotional, Cognative and Behavioral Aftermath of Brain Injury.
  
Please join us at The Milestone for a course on Traumatic Brain Injury. 

If you have any questions on this workshop or any other training on the Eastern Shore, please contact me.

I look forward to seeing you at the TBI workshop.
  
Sincerely,
  
Andrea Jones
DDA/ESRO
410-572-5945

Monday, January 13, 2014

Summer Leadership Program. The Institute. Applications due on or before February 7, 2014

The Institute -- Summer Leadership Program 
The Institute prepares high-achieving African American men to be leaders of great character who make significant contributions to their communities, our country, and the world.  http://www.theinstitute.net/apply
OUR INTENSIVE TWO-SUMMER PROGRAM INCLUDES:
  • High-level paid internships
  • Rigorous academic coursework
  • Comprehensive leadership and professional development workshops
  • Private briefings with influential leaders
  • Housing provided by the Institute
  • Service as teachers and mentors in the Institute's Youth Scholar Academy
Participants join a network of more than 150 talented African American men across the world.
For more information about the Institute, please contact us at info@theinstitute.net or 202-660-6975

 To apply to the Institute, applicants must submit all materials listed below. All application materials are due on or before February 7, 2014.


Webinar: Infrastructure Security Partnership. January 22, 2014

The Infrastructure Security Partnership

Improving Resilience of the Nation’s Infrastructure 

January 22, 2014 -- 12:00 Noon Eastern

For our first program of the New Year, EMForum.org is pleased to host a one hour presentation and interactive discussion Wednesday, January 22, 2014, beginning at 12:00 Noon Eastern time (please convert to your local time)

Our topic will be The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) and its ongoing efforts to improve the resilience of our nation's built environment. Among its many achievements since its founding in 2001, 

TISP has published the widely used Regional Disaster Resilience Guide and other related resources. The partnership was also actively engaged in the recent update of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Our guest will be William B. Anderson, TISP Director and Chief Operating Officer for over five years.

Please make plans to join us, and see the Background Page for links to related resources and participant Instructions. On the day of the program, use the Webinar Login link not more than 30 minutes before the scheduled time. As always, please feel free to extend this invitation to your colleagues.


In partnership with Jacksonville State University, EIIP offers CEUs for attending EMForum.org Webinars.  See http://www.emforum.org/CEUs.htm for details.

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Virtual Symposium. January 9, 2014. Emergency Management Higher Education Program

v  Emergency Management Higher Education Program - Virtual Symposium Session 4
“Getting Students Experience”

January 9, 2014                     1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST

Disaster Mitigation and Preparation; Sustainable Development in Ile-a-Vache, Haiti –Working Across the Curriculum – Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s Emergency Management Program’s Cooperative Education Model

By Prof. Thomas F. Lennon, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
In January 2010, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) initiated a cooperative education program through its Emergency Management major for students interested in international relief and disaster assistance.  The location – Haiti!! MMA partnered with the EDEM Foundation, a Haiti-based non-governmental organization, to support a program focused on sustainable development issues for the small island community of Ile-a-Vache, Haiti. How was the program developed? How do you establish the relationships required to sustain a vigorous international undergraduate cooperative education program? What are the program goals and how do you critically evaluate both the program and student performance? What about institutional support?  These and more questions will be answered in Prof. Lennon’s presentation.

Engaging Students in Disaster Relief Training Exercises

By Dr. John Fisher, Utah Valley University
For 5 years emergency services students have been involved in disaster relief exercises in the United States and Macedonia.  What learning outcomes have resulted from these exercises?  What have students learned by participating in these exercises?  Have students honed or developed skills that are readily transferable to “real world” response? In this case study presentation, Dr. Fisher describes how students have developed emergency response capabilities through practical application of knowledge in simulated incidents. Join us to learn one more way for students to obtain needed experience in emergency management.


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Questions?  Contact Dr. Houston Polson, Director FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Program Houston.polson@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-1262.

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