Institute News
Dr.
Evans speaks at Beijing Forum in October, 2006
Institute
Director Greg Evans was a featured speaker at the
prestigious Beijing Forum (read
the full story…)
Disaster
Preparedness Planning for Schools
Institute's Gene Carroll
was asked by the International Society for Technology
in Education to write a book
(read
the full story…)
Look
Inside Risk Assessment Course
Get
a glimpse inside the Risk Assessment
masters-level course. (read
the full story…)
Educational
Products
Are now available
through the Institute website
(read
the full story...)
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Masters
Degree Program, Spring 2007
Updates and Changes
The Master of Science in Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness program
has far exceeded our initial expectations...(read
the full story…)
Institute
to offer two concentrated one-week courses on site during
Summer, 2007
This
summer the Institute will host two one-week summer intensive courses
on the campus of Saint Louis University (read
the full story…)
Bioterrorism
and the SARS Experience conference summary
The
Institute for Biosecurity, in conjunction with the St. Louis County
Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Missouri Department
of Health and Senior Services, held a 2-day conference (read
the full story…)
Pandemic
Response for Prisons and Jails: Handbook
Recent
events have brought to the fore the importance of pandemic response
plans tailored for individuals, businesses, State, Federal and
Local agencies. (read
the full story…)
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Recommended
Links
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| http://www.siteinstitute.org/index.html links
to the home page of the Search for International Terrorists
Entities (SITE). SITE is the best open source intelligence
resource around. We have found the terrorist’s WMD
manuals that SITE has discovered are central to our efforts
to keep track of the evolving threat of the terrorists’ acquisition
of WMDs. |
| www.atlantic-storm.org will
introduce you to the exercise Atlantic Storm Interactive.
This exercise sets the bar as a meaningful simulation. “Atlantic
Storm Interactive is a web-based, multimedia presentation
that captures the essence of the day and is designed to
allow viewers to experience the exercise from the point
of view of either a world leader or an audience observer” |
| http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11800.html#toc will
take you to the National Academies page where you can download Modeling
Community Containment for Pandemic Influenza |
| Jihad Monitor is
a guide to open internet resources on Islamist radicalism
and Jihadism. It was created by a group of university
researchers. Members of the Jihad Monitor also provide
analysis in the JMA section of the website. |
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Conferences and Events of
Interest
A list of upcoming professional events
Disaster
Preparedness and Emergency Response Association (DERA)
Annual Meeting & Workshop 2007
Orlando, Florida - February 11, 2007
Strategic Planning for Emergency Management
http://www.disasters.org/dera/workshop.htm
Disaster
Recovery - Sponsored
byHomeland Defense Journal
January 31, 2007
NRECA Executive Conference Center - 1st Floor
Arlington, Virginia, USA
http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/
Homeland
Security: The Ripple Effect
February 6 - 7, 2007
National Press Club
Washington, D.C., USA
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