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Global Security Challenges and Opportunities
Overview
The 2008 Global Security Conference brings together thought leaders, policymakers, scholars, corporate and government executives, and venture capitalists for an examination of security issues at both corporate and national levels – addressing some of the most important challenges (and opportunities!) facing business and government today.
Topics to Be Addressed
Topics to be addressed include:
-Global security, enterprise resilience, and international competitiveness
-Opportunities arising from the 2008 Congressional appropriations for homeland security
-Breaking through the barriers of government procurement and VC funding
-Organizational defenses against data security and cybersecurity threats
-Organizational responses to security challenges arising from catastrophic and disruptive events – natural, accidental, or deliberate
-Global security and technological innovation
Date(s)
6/16/2008- 6/17/2008
Location
Marriott at Metro Center
Washington, DC
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Target Audience
-Executives from business, government, and non-profit organizations
-University professors; graduate students
-Diplomats
Sponsor
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Co-sponsors
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Commerce
World Trade Center Institute
TiE-DC: The Innovation Ecosystem
Greater Baltimore Technology Council
CIBERs at:
UCLA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of South Carolina
The Ohio State University
University of Memphis
Texas A&M University
University of Connecticut
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Florida
Michigan State University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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