Invitation to Symposium S_HUARD@xxxxxx 18 Feb 1999 10:57 EST
I am posting the following invitation from our VP for Research. Please distribute to interested parties at your institutions. ----------------------- Dear Colleague: On May 3-5, 1999 the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is hosting the first annual "Non-Lethal Technology Academic Research (NTAR) Symposium" to be held at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Quantico, VA. The symposium is co-sponsored by the U.S. DoD's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate and the U.S. DoJ's National Institute of Justice. The field of non-lethal weapons technology is an emerging one and this symposium represents a UNIQUE opportunity for attendees to: 1) learn more about the field, 2) identify potential areas of basic and applied research, and 3) HELP SHAPE FUTURE FUNDING DIRECTIONS. (The URL for the Symposium's website is below.) Government funding representatives and industry R&D officials will be in attendance. Please note that the sponsors are looking for fresh ideas and fresh faces from a broad range of the physical, social, life and medical sciences, as well as engineering. To attend, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE WORKED IN THIS AREA BEFORE. In fact, not many have. The draft agenda available at the following URL outlines some broad topical areas. Subareas would include (but are not limited to): + research into social/ethical implications; + modeling/simulation efforts; + work in various "disabling" mechanisms - physical entrapment devices, vehicle disabling devices, area and/or facilities denial, etc; + new "smart" delivery mechanisms. In short, THE SPONSORS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN ENGAGING A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS. There will be a poster session and there is an opportunity to submit briefing papers for several plenary sessions. There is NO registration fee for the symposium, but all expenses must be borne by the attendees. URL - http://www.unh.edu/orps/nonlethality Sincerely, Don ---------- Donald C. Sundberg Vice President for Research and Public Service University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzanne Huard Mgr, Information Systems & Technology Tel: 603-862-2005 Office of Sponsored Research Fax: 603-862-3564 University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 Mailto:xxxxxx@unh.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================