Virtual worlds, simulation technology and modelling software are among the topics at a RUSI event on April 8 titled: Virtual emergencies: simulation technology for emergency planning and response.
Such software can recreate major disasters and emergencies from severe flooding and earthquakes, to large-scale terrorist attacks and CBRN dispersal events. How are emergency planners and responders using this technology to plan for such events, to train to respond to them, and to understand how actual incidents might have been approached differently?
Organisers say that this one day conference will include presentations and technology demonstrations from software developers, end-users of both the technology and the training it can provide, government departments including the Department of Health, the Met Office and DSTL and government training colleges including the Emergency Planning College and the Defence Academy College.
Discussions will focus on current and future use of virtual worlds and simulation technology. As budgets are tightened, and less money is made available for live exercising, will technology increasingly be expected to fill the gap and, if so, how can this best be achieved?
For sponsorship opportunities – contact Jennifer Cole, Head of Emergency Management on [email protected].
