Black Swan-A Blast to the Past
(Room S330BCD)
29 Nov 17
4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Speaker(s):
Michael Simone, Professor and Director of the Nexus Laboratory for Transdisciplinary Informatics, Arizona State University; William Cole, Program Executive Officer, U.S. Army PEO STRI; Peter Schuck, Space Weather Laboratory, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; John Ross, Space Weather Operations Center, USAF 2nd Weather Squadron, Offutt AFB; Randy Taylor, Commanding General, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command & Senior Commander, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Continuing our Black Swan series of panel discussions, we propose the scenario of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and its solar geomagnetic storm hitting the earth and affecting our space and terrestrial communication systems. It is predicted that once the CME is detected we will have between one and four days to prepare for the electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) effects created by this solar event. Based on the similar Carrington event in 1859, it is estimated that this EMP would cause widespread electrical outages as well as damage to electrical circuitry on most communications devices and satellites.
We have brought together a panel of military and academic experts to discuss the broad technical and societal challenges in dealing with this type of event. Their modeling techniques and outcomes will be discussed as well as their plans to make our infrastructure and society more resilient to these effects.
Please join us for this engaging session!