RCI 2015 - 2nd National Symposium on Resilient Critical Infrastructure

Creating and sustaining resilient critical infrastructure is a diverse and complex mission. Critical infrastructure systems in the United States consist of a diversity of interdependent networks, varied operating and ownership models, systems in both the physical world and cyberspace, and stakeholders from multi-jurisdictional levels. Methods to improve critical infrastructure resilience are advancing, but much more can be done. Large-scale disasters have revealed that decision makers often struggle to identify or determine key components and interdependency relationships in infrastructure systems, optimal resource allocation to increase resilience or reduce risk, and optimal response plans. The Resilient Critical Infrastructure Symposium seeks to bridge the gaps among local, city and state entities, infrastructure owner-operators, federal agencies, and researchers to advance a productive discussion of tools, technologies, and policies for improving critical infrastructure resilience.
Important Dates
Paper Submission Due: April 6, 2015
Notification of Paper Acceptance: June 15, 2015
Final Paper Submission: July 6, 2015
Topical Areas (including, but not limited to)
Metrics for measuring the resilience of critical infrastructure systems; Contrasts across infrastructure sectors; Perspectives from owner-operators, state, local, and federal agencies
Dependency or interdependency case studies and examinations of cascading impacts of infrastructure failures; Cyber-physical interdependencies in critical infrastructure analysis
Modeling, analytical techniques, and decision support tools to determine vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, assess resilience, and/or inform planning and investment
Strategic guidance, development and implementation of national policies: NIPP Rewrite, PPD 21, 2013 NIAC Regional Resilience Report
Best practices or case studies for critical infrastructure prior to, during, and after an event or incident; restoration of critical infrastructure systems following large scale disasters
Methods, policies, techniques and programs for working across jurisdictional lines to assess and assure resilient critical infrastructure