GlobalOptions Group Partners with NIMSAT to Host Gulf Coast Critical Infrastructure Conference
GlobalOptions Group Partners with NIMSAT to Host Gulf Coast Critical Infrastructure Conference
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Nation's Luminaries to Address Issues to Protect the Gulf Coast from Natural Disasters
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Preparedness and Crisis Management Division, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), will participate in UL Lafayette's inaugural National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies' (NIMSAT) Gulf Coast National Conference from April 22 - April 24. James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer of JLWA, will give a keynote address about critical infrastructure protection.
The conference, "Secure the Coast- Protect the Nation," presented by James Lee Witt Associates, NIMSAT and the Maritime Institute for Emergency Monitoring and Response (MIEMAR), will address how to protect the critical assets and infrastructures of the Gulf Coast that impact our nation's economy. Dozens of the nation's top experts in critical infrastructure protection will speak at the event.
"Several hundred attendees will be at this groundbreaking Gulf South conference, which is focused on the issues of critical infrastructure risk, protection and resiliency," said James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer, James Lee Witt Associates. "This will be the first time that the best minds in critical asset protection have been brought together with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the importance of this region to our nation's economic health and security and of finding ways to protect it from future disasters."
Other participants include Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La), Jeanne Meserve, CNN's Homeland Security Correspondent, the Governors of Louisiana and Mississippi, and the heads of LA and Mississippi's recovery efforts. Also in attendance will be several representatives from the Department of Homeland Security and senior executives from Wal-Mart, CISCO, and the energy and utility industries. Representatives from the Gulf of Mexico, The Red Cross, United Way of America and the Fritz Institute will participate in the Conference. For a complete list of speakers visit; http://www.maritime-conference.com/who_pg1.
"There is no other region in the US that possesses critical assets and infrastructures of the magnitude and scope as the Gulf Coast," said Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, NIMSAT's executive director. "NIMSAT and our partner organizations have come together with the nation's top public and private sector leaders who deal with energy, shipbuilding, logistics, retail, construction, coastal restoration, emergency management, and technology to start a dialogue and to better prepare and protect Gulf Coast assets from disasters."
GlobalOptions Group
GlobalOptions Group, with headquarters in New York City and offices in 16 cities, is a provider of high-end risk assessment and mitigation services to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental organizations and high-profile individuals throughout the world. GlobalOptions Group's services currently include risk management and security, investigations and litigation support, and crisis management. These engagements take GlobalOptions Group staff around the world and are typically highly-sensitive engagements where GlobalOptions Group is interacting with senior leaders in corporations and governments. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic initiatives for corporations or governments. Additional information can be found at
UL Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is the second largest university in the state and is the largest of the eight institutions that comprise the University of Louisiana System. More than 16,000 students attend this public institution, which awards bachelors, master's and doctoral degrees.
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