S&T Under Secretary for Science and Technology Dr. Reginald Brothers will speak at the upcoming Forum for Industry Innovators and Governments on Preparing First Responders for our Digital Future. Dr. Brothers will discuss: Enhancing First Responder Capabilities in the Digital Age.

Given rapid technological advances and trends of urbanization and climate change, governments are forced to think differently about how they can enhance the safety and security of citizens. Recognizing this new era, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) wants to work with innovators to apply cutting-edge smart technologies to make our communities more resilient and first responders safer. As communications and data become more digitized – how will first responders rely on information to make the right decisions, improve command and control operations or gain better situational awareness? We believe the answers to those questions come from many sources. At S&T, we want city planners, industry innovators, and technologists to better understand the capability gaps of first responders and how consider how rapid technological advances can offer wide-ranging solutions for responding to emergencies and saving lives.

Join S&T for an interactive conversation that connects industry innovators, startups, and technologists with first responders to discuss the art of the possible for enhancing the safety of the public and the first responders—those who put their lives on the line every day.

When: Wednesday, November 30, 2016: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: CIC Boston: 50 Milk St / 20th floor, Boston, MA 02109

Speakers:

• Dr. Reginald Brothers, Under Secretary, DHS S&T
• Professor Alex Pentland, MIT, City of Boston,
• Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS First Responders,
• Industry members from the Massachusetts High Tech Council, and
•  Innovators from the startup, entrepreneurial and venture community.

Get an inside look:

• Share insights on how digital networks being deployed today offer the potential to support completely new public safety use cases and applications.
• Hear from first responders on existing challenges and capability gaps and how to collaborate to ensure technologies make the right impacts.
• Tell S&T what is needed from government to operate at the pace of innovation and be a stronger partner in the digital age.
• Weigh in on how public safety and the business community can work together to share and analyze data to maximize emergency response operations?
• Share other opportunities for government and industry to work together and make a difference in your community.