ICF International has invited expert panelists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Center for Health Statistics to discuss cancer-related knowledge, awareness, and statistics. The discussion will be moderated by ICF's Dr. Lewis Berman, and the panelists will provide key insights on the background and future direction of the following prog...

ICF International has invited expert panelists from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to discuss findings from the 2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The survey suggests that 25 percent of all American households have mobile phones only. A 2012 survey by Nielsen also suggests that almos...

During this Energy and Environment Breakfast, ICF International welcomes Dr. John Felmy, chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute (API), who will draw on his unique perspective to discuss issues affecting the U.S. petroleum industry, the economy, and consumers. The U.S. petroleum markets are in an unprecedented period of transition. New supplies from fracking, oil sand developments, lower gasoline demands, Corporate Average Fuel Ec...

During this Energy and Environment Breakfast, ICF International welcomes Jay Caspary, senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and member of DOE's Grid Tech Team, who will explore challenging issues facing the electric transmission grid and potential solutions to these problems. Substantial portions of the grid—including lines, transformers, substations, and more—are reaching a condition that will necessitate th...

During this Energy and Environment Breakfast, ICF welcomes Janet Gellici, CEO of the American Coal Council (ACC), to discuss the range of issues currently facing the coal industry, including: How does the coal industry see implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) environmental regulations playing out? How will dramatic changes in natural gas prices and availability affect coal generation? What are the prospects for ge...

ICF International has invited expert panelists from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) to discuss their organizations’ scientific priorities related to social media and behavioral informatics. Attendees will hear how NCI employs a scientific approach to understanding social media usage and its application to health communication research and practice. With the rapid evolution of technology pla...

ICF International and the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) will cohost a live Twitter chat featuring NIH's Dr. Abdul Shaikh in preparation for ICF's Health Information Forum on November 14th. During this chat, we'll discuss: The state of health communication, big data, and the tools/technologies used to engage and inform the public Struggles and challenges in public engagement, dissemination, and harmoniza...

In partnership with ICF International, and as part of the Capstone Series on Cyber Strategy, The George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) will host the Honorable Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs (HD&ASA). Dr. Stockton will discuss U.S. federal leadership and guiding doctrine as it relates to the electric power grid, the U.S. Department of Defen...

At CEQ, Ms. Shah has been helping to lead the Green Button Initiative, a White House-inspired and industry-led effort to empower customers with their own energy usage information in an easy-to-use, computer-friendly format. Part of the federal government's role has been to not only encourage utilities and other industry players to adopt the data standard but also to spur an ecosystem of innovation such as customer-facing tools, products, and s...

ICF International's Network Science and Reconfigurable Systems for Cybersecurity (NSRSC) Conference will examine network science and reconfigurable technologies for emerging next generation and future cybersecurity applications and solutions. The goal of NSRSC 2012 is to provide a venue for U.S. government, industry, academia, and students to discuss current and visionary technological developments that will meet the growing and changing requ...