Protect NY Event

On January 10th and 11th Levin hosted a conference organized by Protect New York, an academic and professional society devoted to research and education to safeguard New York State from Terrorism and Disaster. One hundred members of the group represented 20 colleges and universities from around the state and dozens of academic disciplines. Protect NY was originally founded in 2006 at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.

The following is a list of the panels:
Psychiatric Casualties of Disaster
Border Security and Identification Systems
Bridging the Divide: Academic Institutions and Law Enforcement Agencies
Medical Surge Capacity During Disaster
Education and Training for All Hazard Events
Transportation Security in NY
Ethical and Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness
Security Technologies: Prospects, Possibilities and Problems
Emergency Logistics
Radiation Emergencies: Threat, Response, and Consequences
Behavioral Approaches to Security
Securing Critical Infrastructures in NYS: Directions for Research and Application
New York: Risks, Threats, and Policy Options/ or Urban Terrorism: What's there to be Afraid of?

The event was a stress test of the capabilities of the Institute's new building and its classrooms and we are pleased all went extremely well.