The EntreTech Forum Presents… COUNTER-TERRORISM: Emerging Technological Solutions

BOSTON, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ — On September 15(th) a panel of experts will answer questions and provide useful insight into the business opportunities associated with combating terrorism with technology. Starting with an update on current government and international initiatives, we will quickly move to a discussion of some of the innovative technologies being deployed in the battle against domestic and international terrorism.

Though our memory of the events of 9/11 begins to fade, the lessons learned that day and afterward, are still with us.

Suitcase nuclear weapons, wide-scale chemical attacks, human-engineered pandemics, and debilitating cyber attacks were once the subject of spy movies and techno-thriller novels. Today they are all too real. What steps are being taken to detect, monitor, protect, and mitigate these threats? Are we safer now than eight years ago? What about four years ago? In the battle against terrorism, are our defensive technologies up to the task of countering such weapons?

If you are interested in learning about evolving national and international standards, what can and is being done to protect the public and business community against terrorist attacks, and the direction of technology, join our panel of distinguished guests for a lively discussion of these pressing questions.

    Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

    The Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag,
    The Bay Colony Corporate Center
    1000 Winter St., Ste. 4000
    Waltham, MA
    Cost: $25 -- public; $10 -- students & active military

For information, registration and directions visit our web site http://www.entretechforum.org/

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• Moderator:
  

Don Byrne, North River Solutions

• Panelists:
  

John Bagley, Mission Innovation, Raytheon Integrated Defense System

W. Russ Webster, Federal Preparedness Coordinator, DHS

Rich Pietravalle, Principal, Mitre Corp

Jim Burrell, Special Agent, FBI

About The EntreTech Forum

The EntreTech Forum consists of moderated monthly panel discussions on emerging academic research and the commercialization of this technology. It was designed for those interested in technology innovation and marketing collaboration and networking with fellow entrepreneurs, business and government executives, investors, and technology researchers.

The technology-innovation presentations feature entrepreneurial and corporate accomplishments along commercialization pathways with discussions of tech transfer and technology incubation and research from universities, industry and government. The multi-disciplinary subjects of raising and utilizing different forms of capital, building alliances and structuring deals are included as part of the programming, and serve as tools for the entrepreneur and researcher to commercialize science and technology.

The EntreTech Forum is an affiliate of Northeastern University’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship (STE) and is directed by a governing board of business principals, investors, and researchers.

For information and directions visit our web site at http://www.entretechforum.org/

CONTACT: Lawrence C. Grumer, Forum Chairman of The EntreTech Forum, +1-617-325-9852 (tel), +1-484-303-9852 (e-Fax), lgrumer@taacorp.com

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