While piracy has drawn the media's attention, maritime security is much more all-encompassing. Africa in particular has seen many discussions about maritime security issues in recent years and various documents have been signed on the regional and continental level. Translating good intentions into practice, however, will take time. Short-term capability gaps will have to be addressed much sooner; private maritime security companies could play...

Air Force IT Day, the annual one-day conference focused on timely issues and challenges facing the future U.S. Air Force. The theme is “Strengthening War-Fighter Capabilities Through Military/Industry Partnerships”. A select mix of senior government thought-leaders will provide the Air Force current vision, share positions on evolving requirements, acquisition strategies and finally for industry’s benefit, the contract opport...

Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), MICC-White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) plans to conduct an Acquisition Forecast Open House. The purpose of the event is to allow MICC-WSMR contracting officials and representatives from WSMR units to present their anticipated acquisition opportunities for FY 2015.

With a growing number of offshore wind projects being planned and constructed, it is important to assess and learn from the challenges encountered throughout the consenting process and assess what progress is being made. The Offshore Consenting Conference will address the issues surrounding the consenting process in the UK for offshore wind farm projects. The agenda will focus on strategic environmental assessment requirements and will look at...

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This course will provide a new or relatively new entrant into the mining industry with a clear understanding of the fundamentals, workings and technical components of mining in general, and its application in the Australian and global industry. Participants will learn about the technical aspects of mining ranging from exploration methods, geology, resource estimation, surface mining and underground mining to mine planning, mining methods and m...

One year further into Biosimilars, this 2-day conference will provide an update on the current status for biosimilars in EU. The conference will give an overview of the current regulatory, scientific and market perspectives for biosimilars, including discussion on a number of Hot Topics in the field. In addition to plenary lectures with panel discussions the conference will include interactive break-out sessions providing participants an oppor...

SMi Group’s 15th Annual Military Airlift: Current Missions and Capability 2014 will be held on 2nd-3rd December 2014 in Italy's capital Rome. The conference will focus particularly on ongoing missions being carried out across the world and how the correct and appropriate airlift capability is deployed and the development of new capability. There will also be an emphasis on the changing landscape of airlift with changes in multinational c...

The 3rd Annual Legal Compliance Of The Total Tendering Process takes place on December 2-3, Gallagher Estate, Midrand. This platform will highlight the importance for government to strengthen its tendering policies. The conference will equip delegates with which systems to use in an attempt to circumvent challenges, such as bid rigging or any other misleading corrupt activities that negatively impact the tendering process.

Batteries remain the most important single element in the growing future market of electric vehicles and hybrids. For some years now, Li-Ion batteries have become the current standard, providing a lot of power due to their reactive components. On the other hand these materials might cause safety issues like thermal runaways or short circuits. A few incidents have resulted in growing public concern. In order to reach the mass market for electr...