Reshaping the Emergency Management Cycle. While the emergency management cycle of Prepare—Incident—Respond—Recover is graphically represented by three equal length arrows in a circle, our National Strategy for Homeland Security and the associated implementing documents seek to minimize the time spent in the Respond and Recovery phases. The West Point Student Critical Infrastructure Symposium invites presentations into all activities in the three phases to minimize the time spent in the Respond and Recovery phases. Changing a graphic has the power to change how we see a problem. The Symposium will assemble 60 undergraduate and masters level students from colleges and universities to present student projects and research on critical infrastructure protection in 5 divisions, each moderated by an invited critical infrastructure protection professional. After their presentations, students will discuss a current critical infrastructure issue and formulate a recommendation. The best papers and the combined recommendations will be presented on May 5, 2010 in Washington DC at a forum hosted by The Infrastructure Security Partnership. Divisions and Moderators Understanding the All-Hazards Environment Dr. Paul Mlakar, US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center Network and Target Assessments Eve Hinman, President and Founder, Hinman Consulting Engineers Building a Resilient Society Dr. Mike Chumer, Research Professor, College of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology Rapid Restoration Dr. Dale Jones, Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Virginia Commonwealth University Implementing Security, Protection, & Resiliency Solutions Dennis Schrader, former Deputy Administrator of theNational Preparedness Directorate in FEMA Key Dates March 1, 2010—Title, abstracts, and author information due March 19, 2010—Notification of accepted abstract April 2, 2010—Registration fee due April 26, 2010—Final Papers and Presentations due April 29 and 30, 2010—West Point Student Critical Infrastructure Symposium The Symposium Host is the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. The Symposium organizer is Lieutenant Colonel Steven D. Hart, 845-938-3084 and steven.hart@usma.edu. Please call or email with questions. | 
