10 Security

The Federal Foreign Office of Germany will hold an international conference on 'Climate change as a security threat - strategies for policy-makers, science and business' in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, on November 6 and 7.

The event will focus on potential conflict constellations caused by climate change and the impacts these conflicts may have on peace and security. Moreover, the conference will bring these issues to the attention of a broader public and support opportunities for dialogue.

In a number of speeches and panel sessions, politicians and scientists will address such issues as:
- security implications of global climate change;
- climate change: challenges for global governance;
- technological responses to climate change;
- municipalities and climate change: responsibility and opportunity.

http://www.freiburg-konferenz.de/home_en.htm


Programme       

Wednesday, November 5    20:00    Benefit Concert given by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (proceeds will
go to the solar energy project "Lighting up Hope and Communities in Rural
Nicaragua"), Concert Hall Freiburg - Rolf Böhme Saal, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1


Thursday, November 6


8:00    Registration
9:45    Welcome addresses:

Dr h.c. Gernot Erler, Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office
Dr Dieter Salomon, Mayor of the City of Freiburg

10:00    Opening speech: Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Foreign Minister    Key note address:
Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2007, India

Discussion

UAV Information Workshop - 10 November 2008 BXL
CHAR S2 (room Lord Jenkins), Rue de la Loi 170, 1000, Brussels
While non-military use of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) seems to be economically attractive, investment in UAV technology is mainly financed through defence projects. In a study conducted by Frost & Sullivan for the European Commission (DG ENTR), the global situation is analysed and the challenges and opportunities for Europe are discussed.
The findings of this study will be presented at this information workshop, as well as other relevant European activities.
Registration is mandatory, please fill in your e-mail address in the box below and click "Register". This will take you to the registration form. Please note that your registration is not effective until you receive an e-mail entitled "Your registration to the UAV Information Workshop has been approved".
Agenda
13:00 Registration check and coffee
14:30 Welcome and Introduction (Commission, DG ENTR)
14:45 Presentation of a
study analysing worldwide
activities on civilian and military UAV, addressing the market segmentation as well as identifying the future industrial and market
challenges & opportunities for Europe (Frost and Sullivan)
16:00 Q&A on the study
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Presentation: the role of UAV in EUROSUR1 (Commission,  DG JLS)
17:00 Presentation of the findings of the  UAVnet project
17:15  Presentation by ASD on the Industry's interest
17:30  Presentation of the EDA funded Air4All project
17:45  Conclusions & final comments
18:00  End of the event

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/security/uav_info_workshop.htm

Next Generation Public Safety Communication Networks and Technologies (NGenSafe'09)

In conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on
Communications (IEEE ICC 2009), Dresden, Germany,

18 June 2009

Public Safety Communication (PSC) is currently receiving increasing attention of research community world wide. The performance and resilience of PSC systems directly impacts the level of coordination and efficiency of public safety agencies. The efficient communication is probably among the most important parts of emergency response and could affect the number of human lives saved in many parts of the world.

The PSC Europe Forum is promoting research interest and needs of public safety commmuniction.

Workshop Motivation

-  PCS communication today is mainly based on several different analog (VHF) and first generation digital radio access technologies (TETRA, TERAPOL, P25). The technological diversity creates an interoperability problem at different levels that reduces the efficiency of emergency operations; it increases the market fragmentation and equipment costs. It is important in the early research stages to consider the development of interoperable and harmonized technologies.

- There are cases when pubic safety agencies are using existing public communication networks and there is an obvious need of research towards the use and optimization of existing technologies that will take into account private public safety user requirements.

Second 2008 call for proposals
Simulation exercises in the field of the Community Civil Protection Mechanism
(2008/C 261/07)
I.1. The European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, Civil Protection Unit is launching a call for proposals with the aim of identifying civil protection simulation exercises which might be eligible for financial support in the framework of the Council Decision establishing a Civil Protection Financial Instrument adopted on 5 March 2007 (2007/162/EC, Euratom) and under the Council Decision
establishing a Community Civil Protection Mechanism (recast) adopted on 8 November 2007 (2007/779/EC, Euratom). This financial support will take the form of grants.
I.2. The fields concerned, the nature and content of the actions and the financing conditions are set out in the relevant Grant Application Guide, which also contains detailed instructions on where and when to submit a proposal. The Guide, as well as the relevant grant application forms can be downloaded from the Europa website at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/funding/intro_en.htm
I.3. Proposals must be sent to the Commission to the address indicated in the Grant Application Guide by 19 December 2008. Proposals must be submitted by post or private courier no later than 19 December 2008 (evidence shall be constituted by the date of dispatch, the postmark or the date of the deposit slip). They may also be delivered by hand to the specific address indicated in the Guide, no later than
19 December 2008 at 17.00 (evidence shall be the acknowledgement of receipt dated and signed by the responsible official).

The 6th Workshop on the Cross-border Disaster eResponse in the eRegion to be held in Slovenia

“Interoperability of Information Systems of the Organizations Involved” is the topic of the 6th Workshop on the Cross-border Disaster eResponse in the eRegion.

This one day workshop, scheduled on 12 November 2008 in Kranj (Slovenia), will be organized in cooperation of the Slovenian University of Maribor, the Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, the Slovenian Ministry of Defence, the Innovation for Life Quality – Slovenian Living Lab, the ALpe ADria INitiative Universitie’s Network (ALADIN), the Information Society and Media Directorate-General of the European Commission, the Embassy of the United States of America to the Republic of Slovenia and the Centre for eGovernance Development (CeGD).

The attendance to the workshop is free of charge, but registration is required.

For more information: http://elivinglab.org/Safe/Workshop/

For registration: http://eLivingLab.org/eLivingLab/Workshop/Registration

Best regards,


Marie-Christine BONNAMOUR

PSC Europe Forum
Nartus - Leader WP Communication
www.psc-europe.eu

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Today is the International Day for Disaster Reduction 

Hospitals and health facilities need to remain functional during disasters and efforts should be made to build disaster-safe hospitals or protect existing hospitals.

The World Disaster Reduction Campaign for 2008-2009 focuses on making “Hospitals Safe from Disasters”. The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), the WHO and national governments are working together to raise awareness of disaster risk reduction. 

The International Day for Disaster Reduction raises the profile of disaster risk reduction and encourages all stakeholders from citizens to governments to take part in building more resilient communities and nations.

III IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLS
• Call identifier: FP7-ENV-2009-1
• Date of publication: 3 September 2008
• Deadline: 8 January 2009 at 17.00.00, Brussels local time
• Indicative budget2728: EUR 193.5 million
• Topics called:
ACTIVITY 6.1. CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION AND RISKS
Sub-activity 6.1.1. Pressures on environment and climate (EUR 32.5 million)
1.1.1. ENV.2009.1.1.1.1 Climate dynamics and abrupt changes – analysis of the palaeorecord
Collaborative Project (largescale integrating project)
1.1.3. ENV.2009.1.1.3.1 Quantification and attribution of annual-to-decadal changes
of carbon and GHG budgets in European terrestrial ecosystems to human and
natural drivers and associated climatecarbon feedbacks
Collaborative Project (largescale integrating project)
1.1.4. ENV.2009.1.1.4.1 Process-oriented evaluation of Earth System Models with focused emphasis on climate feedbacks
Collaborative Project (small-or medium-scale  research project)
1.1.5. ENV.2009.1.1.5.1 Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa (east to
west), quantification of impacts and assessment of adequate adaptation measures
Collaborative Project (small-or medium-scale focused research project)

Chair: Barbas, Antonios
Maloney, Colette - Monteiro, Manuel
Organisers: European Commission, Information Society & Media Directorate-General (DG INFSO)
Themes: Theme B - Sustainable development: Regional responses to climate change
Speakers: Couturier, Martine - Gricar, Joze - Harmer, Dave - Reix, Claire-Anne - Simon, Patrice - Weets, Guy
Location: European Commission, Centre Borschette CCAB 1C
Date: 07/10/2008 [14:30-16:15]
Brief: Adapting to climate change in Europe, reinforcing the Union’s disaster response capacity, preventing natural and man-made disasters, and protecting citizens better against disaster risks by strengthening early warning systems, are now policy matters of high priority. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can dramatically improve the operations of emergency/civil protection agencies which have distinct legacy systems and depend largely on voice communication practices. There is also an increasing demand for reliable forecasting or prevention of riskprone conditions, launch of early warning systems and ICT-enabled preparedness strategies for timely interventions and cost-efficient resource management. Pilot
validations in urban and regional settings of emerging information exchange protocols and crisis communication technologies, permit interoperability in
operations between control rooms and field personnel as well as between the various agencies called for action after an incident.

Smart Event’08 offers the "one-stop" conferences and workshops for all the professionals concerned by Smart & Digital Security, Trusted Mobile Applications & Services, e-ID Management and Ambient Intelligence research.

Join the 750 worldwide delegates expected this year: researchers, academics, experts and innovation-makers will attend the 3 conferences, the educational program and the 4 workshops of Smart Event’08.

Smart Event’08 features more than 180 individual presentations, including 20 world-class keynotes, made by best-in-class researchers and experts from the industry, the standardization organizations and governmental bodies.

Learn and discuss the latest research & technology innovations, the industry trends analyses and the applications and roll-outs detailed in each complementary conferences of Smart Event’08:
- e-Smart for Smart Security Technology,
- Smart Mobility for Trusted Mobile Applications & Services,
- World e-ID for e-ID Management & e-Government applications
The Smart Event also hosts:
- Smart University, advanced educational modules on smart cards, e-ID, and mobile telecoms

- 4 research workshops: "EuroTRUSTAmI": 22 European Research projects supporting trusted Ambient Intelligence | "Serenity": system engineering for security and dependability | "The Internet of Things and Services": 1st research workshop by the HYDRA middleware project,"WearIT@work" the largest project worldwide in wearable computing research

Full overview of the Smart Event’08 conferences: www.smart-event.eu
Registering to any of the conferences/workshops entitles you full access to the Smart Event’08 conferences