2019 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Summit for Place-Based Resilience

2019 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Summit for Place-Based Resilience

ACEP will host a summit on placed-based resilience organized by the from Sept. 4-6. The summit includes a workshop to identify high-impact projects with potential for collaboration between the Department of Defense and ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ community partners. Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines personnel from bases in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, Hawaii and California are expected to attend, as are research, entrepreneur support, and DOE National Lab personnel from ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, Hawaii and Arizona.

The primary objective of the effort is to help the attending DOD participants and ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥-based partners to coordinate activities and resilience efforts in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and to curate potential projects for future DOD and non-DOD federal funding opportunities related to base resilience.

The last morning of the summit (Sept. 6) will include a briefing session and opportunity for stakeholder feedback on the outputs from the workshop efforts. Those interested in viewing or participating in the stakeholder feedback session can email dayne@alaska.edu to be added to the stakeholder virtual meeting.

The summit is part of the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Regional Collaboration for Technology Innovation and Commercialization program. ARCTIC is designed to promote commerce and partnerships between ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and the Arctic and the Pacific regions, via energy advancements achieved through resiliency research, technology development/deployment and education. ARCTIC is an Office of Naval Research initiative. Additional information about ARCTIC is available at.