National First Responder's
Conference
September 5, 2007
The Center for Homeland Security
will be co-sponsoring two events hosted
by the National Homeland Defense
Foundation, an organization
dedicated to “Securing the Future
of Liberty™ through the sharing
of innovation, research, and
education”. The events will be
held October 1-4 and include the
National First Responder’s
Conference and the National Homeland
Defense Foundation’s 5th Annual
Symposium.
The National First
Responder’s Conference will
be held on Monday, October 1, and the
scheduled topics include “The
Impact of 4th Generation Warfare on
First Responders”,
“Building a Regional Response
Team”, “Bio-Psychological
Hazards”, and other timely
subjects. CHS’s Joseph Ruffini
will present information relating to
his book, “When Terror Comes to
Main Street”, and Charles C.
Benight, PhD. Director of UCCS's
Trauma, Health & Hazards Center,
will speak about the psychological
stressors common to first
responders.
The 5th Annual NHDF
Symposium will run October 2-4
and is scheduled to cover topics such
as maritime domain/port security, an
international perspective on HD/HS,
education initiatives, “The
Promise of Technology to Securing our
Homelands”, a discussion of
“Winning the War of Ideas”,
and a Media Panel discussing the
influence of the media on the war of
ideas. UCCS’s Chancellor Pam
Shockley-Zabalak, and Jeremy Haefner,
Dean of the College of Engineering and
Applied Sciences, will take part in Day
2 discussions on the initiatives in
HS/HD education.
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