Highlight: Researchers Develop More Efficient Conversion Method For Solar Energy

The HDIAC Currents are now available The Currents newsletter is a biweekly digest of news from worldwide sources, showing headlines of innovative, emerging technologies in HDIAC's eight focus areas.  View or Download the Currents Highlight: Researchers Develop More Efficient Conversion Method For Solar Energy “Researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology have made significant efficiency improvements to the technology used to generate solar fuels. This involves the direct conversion of energy from sunlight into a usable fuel (in this case, hydrogen). Using only earth-abundant materials, they developed the most efficient conversion method to date. The trick was to decouple the site where sunlight is captured from the site where the conversion reaction takes place.”

Human Trafficking and the Opioid Crisis Webinar Wednesday, January 31, 2018 | 1–2:30 p.m. Eastern Time

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Human Trafficking and the Opioid Crisis Webinar Wednesday, January 31, 2018 | 1–2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Join the Administration for Children and Families and SAMHSA during National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month for a webinar that highlights emerging trends, case studies, and research on human trafficking and substance use, with a specific focus on the opioid crisis. Grantees will discuss the role of substance use by individuals at risk of, currently experiencing, or recovering from human trafficking; examine trauma-informed approaches from multiple perspectives to understand contributing factors to vulnerability; identify promising practices; and recommend spotlight treatment options that address the underlying issues that can put victims and survivors at risk.  Register for the Webinar

CONDEMN RACISM and SLAVERY in the 21st Century.

Racism, like 21st Slavery you either condemn it, condone it, or pratice.

Which are you?

Just the word 'CONDEMN' on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, OR LinkedIn is enough.

CONDEMN.

Charles D. Sharp
CEO
Black Emergency Managers Association International
Washington, D.C.

CONDEMN

PrepTalks Symposium to be held from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Washington, D.C. on January 29, 2018

For those that can attend.  See you there.   CDS

BTW:  

I just love the diversity and inclusion. 

Regrettably BEMA International is not a partner in the emergency management community, but we survive.

INVITATION

You are invited to attend the PrepTalks Symposium  to be held from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Washington, D.C. on January 29, 2018 at the Jack Morton Auditorium School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, 805 21st Street, NW.  You must complete a registration to attend and seating is limited. PrepTalks are given by subject matter experts and thought leaders to spread new ideas, spark conversation, and promote innovative leadership for the issues confronting emergency managers now and over the next 20 years. PrepTalks are a partnership of the emergency management community: ·        The Federal Emergency Management Agency ·        The International Association of Emergency Managers  ·        The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security ·        The National Emergency Management Association ·        The National Homeland Security Consortium The registration page for the January 29, 2018 Symposium is now live at: https://www.onvcp.org/private/training/events/preptalks2018/ It is important for attendees to know: · The PrepTalk presentations will be filmed, so attendees will not be able to enter or leave the auditorium during the program.  Attendees are expected to stay for the duration of the program, from 12:00pm to 5:00 pm.  · There will be a short Q&A after each presentation and audience members will be able to ask questions. Speakers:  Speaker/Time Slot Title/Position Topic Publication Dr. Daniel Aldrich Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Masters Program in Security and Resilience, Northwestern University The Importance of Social Capital and How to Build It Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery Amanda Ripley Journalist and author Understanding Personal Response to Disaster The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why Dr. Dennis Mileti Director Emeritus, Natural Hazards Center Effective Messaging to the Public A Guide to Public Alerts and Warnings for Dam and Levee Emergencies; extensive social science research John Hope Bryant Founder and CEO, Operation HOPE Financial Literacy and Overcoming Liquid Asset Poverty The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation STRETCH BREAK Dr. Robert Chen Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University Manager, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Using Data to Understand your Community NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center Dr. Phil Berke Professor, Land Use and Environmental Planning. Director, Institute of Sustainable Coastal Communities at College Station, Texas A&M Land Use and Environmental Planning Academic publications Francis Ghesquiere Head of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank The Making of A Riskier Future: How our Decisions are Shaping Future Disaster Risk The Making of A Riskier Future: How our Decisions are Shaping Future Disaster Risk John Barry Author Non-pharmaceutical Interventions for Pandemics The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

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