STAR-TIDES Technology Demo

Please join *TIDES (Transformative Innovation for Development and Emergency Support) at our 5th annual tecnology demonstration taking place at Fort McNair (Waterfront Metro) 4-7 October. The TIDES demo showcases innovative, low-cost, sustainable technologies for stressed populations, post-war, post-disaster, and impoverished. All activities will be independent of the power grid, and communications will be live. This event is free and will be live all week, so please feel free to visit anytime during normal working hours to interact, see, and discuss the policies, practices, technologies, and organizations that affect Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and Stabilization and Reconstruction efforts.

REGISTER: http://tidesdemo2011.eventbrite.com/

*The TIDES project (www.star-tides.net) conducts research, provides analysis, and is dedicated to open-source knowledge sharing to promote sustainable support to stressed populations under severe stress. The global STAR-TIDES network promotes distributed collaboration among public-private, whole of government and trans-national participants. TIDES has three main goals, to: 1. Leverage global talent 2. Promote integrated approaches 3. Sustain through the private sector.