Cascading Infrastructure Failures: Avoidance and Response

ONLINE Registration is CLOSED. You may register at the door between 8 and 8:30 a.m.

Please note that the Symposium will be webcast live at http://media.jmu.edu, except for General Honore's presentation.

No critical infrastructure is self-sufficient. The complexity inherent in the interdependent nature of infrastructure systems complicates planning and preparedness for system failures. Recent wide-scale disruption of infrastructure on the Gulf Coast due to weather, and in the Northeast due to electric power network failures dramatically illustrate the problems associated with mitigating cascading effects and responding to cascading infrastructure failures once they have occurred.

The major challenge associated with preparedness for cascading failures is that they transcend system, corporate, and political boundaries and necessitate coordination among multiple, disparate experts and authorities. The symposium brings together concerned communities including government and industry technical and policy principals with experience in cascading infrastructure failures. The forum is designed to illuminate best practices for avoiding and responding to cascading failure contingencies created by natural, accidental, or malicious infrastructure debilitation.

Download the 2007 Announcement Postcard here.

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Visit the 2006 Symposium Report page for 2006 proceedings details, on "Homeland Security: Engaging the Frontlines."

Symposium Registration is $100 per person.* Unfortunately we cannot accept credit card payment for this event. When you complete the on-line registration, instructions for sending a check or money order are included. Pre-registration is required to attend the event.
Symposium attendance is limited to the first 350 registrants.

Please see our schedule page for details on schedule, speakers and features.

Questions?? Please contact Cheryl Elliott.

*PLEASE NOTE: If you are a member of the Federal Facilities Council or from an academic institution, there is no registration fee. However, pre-registration is required for attending the event.

2007 Homeland Security Symposium is co-sponsored by the

The Federal Facilities Council of the National Academies

and

Institute for Infrastructure & Information Assurance
at James Madison University

May 16, 2007

The National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC