Conference Overview
Protect New York will host Protecting New York from Terrororism and Disaster: Taking Stock, Setting Directions, Looking Forward January 10-11, 2007 in New York City, New York. MCEER and the New York State Office of Homeland Security are major sponsors of the event, which will be held at the Levin Institute of the State University of New York, 116-120 East 55th Street in Manhattan. The University Transportation Research Center, Region II, City College and Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Gevernment, State University of New York are co-sponsors.
The catastrophic risks that New York State faces from terrorism, pandemics, and natural and technological disasters will challenge us for generations. To create and disseminate knowledge on ever better ways of protecting ourselves, New York must foster excellence in research, education, and public service. Founded in 2006 at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Protect New York is dedicated to helping New York State and New York City meet this challenge.
With members representing 20 colleges and universities and dozens of academic disciplines, the conference will feature research results, research in progress, progress in theoretical frameworks, and innovations in training and education. The conference will highlight advances in knowledge, bridge researchers and practitioners, create opportunities for collaboration, encourage young investigators, and serve as a forum for open debate. To help protect states and urban regions from catastrophic loss, we intend our conference to promote the application of science and rigorous reasoning in public policy, journalism, and business.
Researchers, physicians, emergency responders and experts who are members of Protect NY will serve on panels addressing topics that can help safeguard New York from the risks it faces. Topics include pyschiatric casualties of disaster, law enforcement, medical surge capacity, transportation security, ethical and policy issues in disaster preparedness, emergency logistics, radiation emergencies, behavioral appproaches to security and securing critical infrastructures in New York State. Additional presentations and exercises will be held as well.
Attendees from multiple disciplines are expected from across the state.
Registration will include a box lunch on each day and refreshments.
