RAND Behavioral Finance Forum 2022
The Behavioral Finance Forum will be held August 22–23, 2022 and will bring together leaders from academia, government, regulatory agencies, policy analysis, and industry to share the latest research on how to leverage behavioral principles to promote financial well-being. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - August 4, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
What Policy Changes Could Help Save Lives from Illicit Synthetic Opioids Overdose?
The RAND Corporation hosts a virtual event to discuss the findings from the Commission on Combatting Synthetic Opioid Trafficking and recommendations to reduce lives lost to illicit synthetic opioids. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Energy Resilience: How Energy Fits Into Disaster Preparation, Response, and Recovery
Energy is considered a lifeline service, essential to human health, safety, and economic security. This webinar will define and discuss resilience in the context of energy systems, and will explore policy, governance, and technical solutions and barriers to building more resilient energy systems. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 27, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center: Clean Energy and Resiliency Program Overview
A discussion with the RAND Corporation, Converge Strategies, GE Energy Consulting, and Nexant about their consulting work for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 11, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Is Los Angeles County Prepared for California's Edible Food Recovery Mandate?
A new state law, California Senate Bill 1383, came into effect on January 1, 2022. By 2025 California must reduce its organic waste by 75 percent and recover at least 20 percent of edible food that would otherwise have been disposed of. Join us for a presentation of the key findings from a RAND study, followed by a discussion and Q&A with experts in food recovery. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 1, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Creating Conditions for Teachers' Use of High-Quality Instructional Materials
RAND researchers partner with two state departments of education to talk through the work states and districts are doing to encourage and support use of high-quality materials. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - May 26, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Recent Trends Among the Unsheltered in Los Angeles
In this RAND Remote conversation, RAND experts Jason Ward, Rick Garvey, and Sarah Hunter will discuss their new report based on survey data collected from unhoused people in three Los Angeles neighborhoods. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - May 13, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Educating Newcomers: A Research-Practice Conversation About K & ndash;12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States
RAND Corporation researchers and administrators from two school systems will discuss K–12 public schooling for undocumented and asylum-seeking children in the United States. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - May 11, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
What is Climate Literacy? How Climate Science Can Support Disaster Resilience
As climate change is leading to increases in the number and severity of disasters, the nation ’ s emergency managers increasingly rely on climate science to inform their plans, decisions, and actions. A growing body of information is available to support climate-related decisions, and many public officials question how to access and apply this information. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - May 10, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
A Conversation with VA Secretary McDonough on the Department's Recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is about to release a study and issue recommendations for future investments in VA health care facilities. Ahead of this release, the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute is hosting a webinar featuring a discussion with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis R. McDonough. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - March 8, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
The Future of Space Cooperation Between the U.S. and Japan: March 7th and 8th
Please join us online or at RAND ' s Santa Monica office for a two-day series of conferences focused on the future of space cooperation between the U.S. and Japan. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - March 2, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Rethinking Readiness to 21st Century Disasters
COVID-19 has reminded us that despite our advances, we remain vulnerable to age-old disasters such as pandemics. We also find ourselves dealing with climate change, crumbling infrastructure, cyber threats, and the specter of terrorism and armed conflict. However, amidst these compounding challenges, we also have more knowledge available to us than ever before. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - March 2, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
A Snapshot of Anti-Bias Education in U.S. K – 12 Schools
RAND researchers will share new data from a national teacher survey administered in spring 2021 about the extent to which public school teachers report addressing anti-bias education in their K – 12 classrooms and what that looks like. [Virtual] (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - February 11, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Climate Change and Implications for Disasters in the United States: The Arctic, the Caribbean, the Northeast, and the Gulf States
Climate change is contributing to more frequent and more severe disasters. In this webinar, three climate researchers will talk about climate change and risks for disasters in the United States. They will in particular focus on several regions: the Arctic, the Caribbean, the Gulf coast, and the northeast (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - February 1, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Assessing Social Equity in Disaster Preparation, Response, and Recovery
Brigadier General Eric Shirley will tell the story of how the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, private sector companies, and others carried out Operation Warp Speed to develop, manufacture, and distribute COVID-19 vaccines. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - November 24, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
