UAE operators of electricity, communication and other infrastructure, academics and disaster management agencies are invited to a workshop to discuss the risk to UAE critical infrastructure from space weather. Graduate student Alia Al Hazami will lead the workshop as part of her Master鈥檚 in听International and Civil Security, under Dr. Athol Yates, Institute of International and Civil Security.
Space weather can seriously disrupt power grids, pipelines, transportation and communication and radar among other important infrastructure assets. The workshop aims to build an assessment of space weather risks and mitigation measures.
Speaker:听Alia Al Hazami, MA in International and Civil Security Student
Date: Thursday, 9 September 2021
Time:听12pm to 2:30pm听
Location: KU Main Campus, Building L,听L03007
To attend, please email Alia directly at听100052951@ku.ac.ae
