The Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, the Maxwell School of Government at Sryacuse University, and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs will host a conference about early warning modeling. The goal of the conference is to provide a venue at which policy makers, IT specialists, and social science researchers from across different sectors (IT, health, intelligence, disaster management, etc.) and regions (particularly the US and Europe) can interact about advances in early warning modeling. [MORE]

LSU Executive Education and the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute are pleased to offer an informative two-day workshop on crisis management and business continuity at the Lod Cook Conference Center on the Louisiana State University campus. Every organization is likely to encounter a crisis at some point. “Crisis Management: Preparing Your Organization to Deal with Adversity” aims to enhance organizational resilience by teaching principles and practices of effective crisis management. [MORE]

LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, an integral part of the E. J. Ourso College of Business, was featured in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report article “Packaging Preparedness.” [MORE]