The National Seminar and Tabletop Exercise Series for Institutions of Higher Education (NTTX)

The National Seminar and Tabletop Exercise for Institutions of Higher Education (NTTX) is a series of campus-based events to test and promote campus resilience and emergency preparedness. The series brings together senior higher education leaders, as well as federal, state and local representatives from departments and agencies that support campus resilience to participate in workshops and work through a designed emergency scenario.

The 2016 National Seminar and Tabletop Exercise: Campus Violence

The 2016 NTTX event will take place at the University of Illinois at Chicago from November 16-17, 2016.

This two-day event will provide a forum for discussion about campus violence, including active shooter and other threats, and the higher education community. The event seeks to provide participants with insight into planning, preparedness and resilience best practices for the academic community when faced with campus violence, including:

• Workshop Sessions focusing on campus violence, including active shooter and other threats across the U.S. higher education community. 
• A Tabletop Exercise involving participant role play in response to an act of violence on campus. This exercise will be a facilitated discussion, directing conversation to uncover cross-cutting issues in the nation’s higher education community.
• A Virtual Session following the exercise to develop long-term decision-making tools for public safety officials.

For more information on the 2016 NTTX event, please visit the NTTX 2016 FAQs and Info Sheet for Participants

Please email the DHS Office of Academic Engagement (AcademicEngagement@hq.dhs.gov) should you have any other questions or would like further information.

Previous Events

NTTX 2015: Cyber Threats

The 2015 NTTX event took place at Indiana University and focused on the cyber threat landscape across the U.S. higher education community. More than 280 participants from 80 colleges and universities across 32 states and the District of Columbia attended the event.

NTTX 2014: Infectious Disease

The 2014 NTTX event took place at Northeastern University and provided insight into common planning, preparedness and resilience best practices and challenges of the academic community when faced with an infectious disease outbreak. More than 105 participants from 21 colleges and universities participated in the event.