Mark your Calendar:

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Catastrophic Event Resource Planning Workshop

To foster dialogue among community leaders, industry and organizations in the Northwestern
part of Virginia, please participate in a Catastrophic Event Resource Planning Workshop. While an all-hazards approach provides the backdrop for this workshop, we will investigate the potential impact of a catastrophic event on Shenandoah Valley localities and how advance preparation can be instigated. Visit www.jmu.edu/iiia/CERPWorkshop for additional information. Reserve your place today. This event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. This event is hosted by IIIA with Central Shenandoah Health District and Lord Fairfax Health District of the Virginia Dept. of Health.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the National Academies, Washington, DC.
2008 Homeland Security Symposium "Fostering Public Private Partnerships"

General Russel Honore, who led the National Guard's response to Hurricane Katrina, has said, "We need the partnering between local, state, and federal governments; but the biggest partner should be industry…because people in industry, if they understand the problems, can take them on as business opportunities."

To foster the development of public-private-partnerships, this event program illuminates successful public-private partnerships at the local, regional, and national level as models and considers steps to develop and improve future public-private partnerships.

See the 2008 Symposium website for details!

About the Institute...
The Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA) facilitates development, coordination, integration and funding of homeland security activities and capabilities of the James Madison University academic community to enhance information and critical infrastructure assurance at the federal, state and local levels.

IIIA emphasizes collaborative interdisciplinary research that focuses on developing technologies with student participation and that have potential for public benefit and possible commercialization. Further, the Institute focuses on the integrative, interdisciplinary nature of real-world problems and strives to bridge traditional academic departments to develop solutions to the critical security problems facing our nation.

IIIA Vision is a society strengthened and enriched by increasingly dependable infrastructure fostered by a strong university role in leadership, interdisciplinary education, research and problem-solving.