Homeland Security Education @ TAMU

The Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University has issued a call for papers and panelists for its upcoming symposium on Immigration Law and Policy.  Papers may cover any aspect of immigration, but are encouraged to focus on “undocumented immigrant status, employment, education, criminal procedure, race and the law, [and] racial profiling”.  Papers that are accepted for the symposium will also be published in a future edition of the Thurgood Marshall Law Review. 

For more information about the symposium, including deadlines and submission instructions, click here.

Sponsored by the Homeland Defense Journal, the Grant Writing Boot Camp will take place September 11-12, in Arlington VA.  The purpose of the boot camp is to provide participants with information on all stages of grant writing, but especially the researching and writing portions of the grant proposal.  The Boot Camp will be focused real project ideas, and participants are encouraged to bring with them actual grant ideas and uspporting documents, so that they are able to complete the majority of the grant proposal at the workshop.

For more information about the Grant Writing Boot Camp, including registration information, and cost to attend, click here. 

On June 23rd, the International Association for Intelligence Education  (IAFIE) will hold its 4th annual conference on “Creating Intelligence Studies Education Programs and Academic Standards.”  The goals of the conference include exchanging ideas, curriculum, methodologies and best practices on intelligence education, as well as providing a forum for an exchange of research, and ideas on intelligence.  Speakers at the conference will include high level individuals in the intelligence community as well as influential individuals from academic and university settings. 

For more information on the conference, including agendas, registration information, and contact information, visit the IAFIE’s website by clicking here. 

On July 25, the University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) will hold their fifth annual “Public Policy and Biological Threats” workshop.  The workshop is designed to help train individuals involved in future biosecurity research and policy development on topics such as: “the science of biological threat agents and weapons;”  “introduction to infectious diseases (both human and animal), epidemiology and public health;” “biosecurity intelligence and forensics;” and “ethical and legal aspects.”  The program is open to graduate students, academics, and professionals. 

The deadline to apply for the conference is May 9.  For more information about the program, visit the IGCC’s website at http://igcc.ucsd.edu/PPBT.php.  Further questions may be directed to PPBT Program Manager Raymond Clark (raclark@ucsd.edu, 858-822-1944).

The University of Oklahoma will be hosting its fourth annual “Summer Workshop on Teaching About Terrorism” (SWOTT) from June 4-11, and June 23-30.  SWOTT is designed for individuals that are actively teaching about terrorism, or senior graduate students that plan on teaching about the subject in the future, and is not intended for a casual audience.  The workshop is designed to be an intensive week long emersion into the intricacies of terrorism, and its countermeasures, as well as how best to teach and conduct research in this area. 

Individuals are accepted based on a competitive basis and applications are due by April 18.  The cost of attending is $150, which includes lodging, some food, and training.  Travel costs may be reimbursed. 

For more information about the program including application details and a full list of speakers, visit SWOTT’s website at: http://www.swott.com/.  Further questions about the program may be directed to info@swott.com. 

On May 5-6 Texas A&M University, along with the Task Force on Campus Emergencies will sponsor the “Workplace Violence Threat Assessment Training Seminar.”  Critical Response Associates is leading the training that will provide attendees with information about: the sources and nature of workplace and campus violence; how the process of violence occurs; how to identify high-risk indicators and individuals; an understanding of threat assessment procedures; and how to establish a post-incident monitoring and victim management program. 

The training will take place from 8:30 until 4:30 on both days, and will occur in the General Services Complex, Assembly Room A.  Attending the training is free of cost, and lunch will be provided.  However, individuals that wish to attend must still register by April 22.  To register for the training, or with further questions, please contact Dr. Anna Satterfield at (979) 845-3711 or via email at annas@tamu.edu.  

The Cambridge Healthtech Institute will hold its seventh annual Systems Integration in Biodefense meeting on August 18-19.  The conference will focus on filling gaps in current biodefense and clinic technology, covering specific topics in the areas such as: threat assessment, building partnerships between the private sector and the state, challenges in biological threat characterization, and issues surrounding the collection of biological samples. 

For more information on the conference, including registration information and a detailed list of presentations, go to the conference website at: http://www.healthtech.com/btr/overview.aspx. 

The Second Annual Global Border Security Conference and Expo will be held May 21-22 in Austin Texas.  The conference will cover border security issues such as new unmanned technology that will be used to secure borders in the near future, accredited training programs for law enforcement personal, meetings of regional governments, and presentations geared towards senior homeland security personnel. 

For more information about the conference, including a full list of exhibits, sponsors, and registration information visit the conference website at http://www.globalbordersecurity.com/.

The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate recently hosted the second annual DHS University Network Summit in Washington DC.  The conference focused on the need for cooperation between universities and various levels of government, as well as the importance of innovations developed through university research.  The conference also served as an opportunity for individuals within DHS to meet and network with individuals from diverse academic backgrounds from around the world.

To read the full article about the conference, visit the Government Security News Magazine website at: http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/features/news-analysis/619.html. 

The Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference (TRISC) will be held in San Antonio from April 21-23.  The conference will focus on six main areas of infrastructure protection, including: business continuity, forensics, audit tools and techniques, infrastructure and physical security, information security, and homeland security.  Individuals interested in any of these topics from the public or private sphere are encouraged to attend.  

To register for the conference, or for more information, go to http://www.trisc.org/.