Natural Hazards Center || 2021 Natural Hazards Workshop Schedule

Sun, July 11
8:00 a.m. MDT

Welcome to Your 46th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop

Sun, July 11
8:00 to 11:00 a.m. MDT

Getting the Most Out of Your Workshop Experience

Sun, July 11
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. MDT

Meeting of the North American Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes

Sun, July 11
1:00 to 1:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Sun, July 11
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. MDT

Training Session: Grant Writing for Academics and Practitioners

Training Session: Identifying Legal Issues and Resources for Low-Income Disaster Survivors

Sun, July 11
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. MDT

Training Session: Natural Disaster Awareness for Community Leaders (AWR-310)

Sun, July 11
3:00 to 3:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Sun, July 11
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. MDT

Training Session: Communication Strategies to Improve Public Information in Disasters

Training Session: Pawsitive Interactions—Helping Responders Work with Service Dogs

Career Kickstarter

Sun, July 11
5:00 to 5:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Sun, July 11
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. MDT

Poster Session

New Reads—Meet the Authors Event

Mon, July 12
8:15 to 8:55 a.m. MDT

Welcome and Gratitude

Mon, July 12
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. MDT

Keynote Address: The Best Kept Secret

Mon, July 12
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. MDT

Break

Mon, July 12
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT

Plenary: The Future—Big Ideas to Strengthen the Hazards and Disaster Workforce

Mon, July 12
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. MDT

Lunch Break

Concurrent Sessions

Track 1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Track 2: Supporting Organizations

Track 3: Workforce Skills

Track 4: Cross-Sector Collaboration

Track 5: Professional Development

Track 6: Working with Disasters

Mon, July 12
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. MDT

Building the Workforce for Community Needs

Big Issues for Small Businesses: Building a Resilience-Informed Workforce

Science Communication for Policy and the Public

Breaking the Silos: Cross-Sector Collaboration on the Ground

Mentoring New Professionals: Bill Anderson Fund and Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship

Mass Sheltering During Multiple Extreme Events

Mon, July 12
3:00 to 3:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Mon, July 12
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. MDT

Workforce Diversity: Four Considerations

Creating Experts: Building Workforce Capacity Through Outside Collaboration

Managing Disaster Data for Social Change

Putting People First in Built Environments

Developing, Measuring, and Sustaining Competencies for the Disaster Workforce

Compound Disasters: Assisting Survivors with Displacement and Recovery

Mon, July 12
5:00 to 5:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Mon, July 12
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. MDT

Poster Session

New Reads—Meet the Authors Event

Tue, July 13
7:15 to 8:15 a.m. MDT

Gender and Disasters Coffee Hour and Roundtable

Partnering with Practitioners Coffee Hour and Roundtable

Tue, July 13
8:15 to 8:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Tue, July 13
8:30 to 10:00 a.m. MDT

Plenary: Burnout—Mounting Pressures and Workforce Shortages in an Age of Extremes

Tue, July 13
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. MDT

Break

Tue, July 13
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT

Plenary: Sustainability—Harnessing Local Capacity and Context to Advance Risk Reduction Efforts

Tue, July 13
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. MDT

Lunch Break

Concurrent Sessions

Track 1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Track 2: Supporting Organizations

Track 3: Workforce Skills

Track 4: Cross-Sector Collaboration

Track 5: Professional Development

Track 6: Working with Disasters

Tue, July 13
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. MDT

Expanding Diversity for an Equitable and Inclusive Workforce

Surviving the Strain: Self-Care and Stress Reduction for Workers in Disaster

Nothing About Us Without Us: How to Do More Engaging Outreach

Collaborating Globally on Disaster Risk Reduction

Support for the Next Generation From the National Academies: Gulf Research Program and LabX

Homeward: Heading Toward Disaster Knowledge for All Residents

Tue, July 13
3:00 to 3:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Tue, July 13
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. MDT

Incorporating Climate Change, Equity, and Risk into the Existing Workforce

'Round the Clock: Addressing Staff Shortages During Disasters

The Value of Relationships in Hazards and Disaster Work

Modeling Post-Earthquake Population Displacement and Long-Term Community Recovery Challenges

Helping Hands: Including Community Members as Disaster Experts

Human-Centered Data for Resilience: Perspectives From Japan and the United States

Tue, July 13
5:00 to 5:30 p.m. MDT

Break

Tue, July 13
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. MDT

The Mileti Effect: A Session in Memory of Dennis Mileti

Wed, July 14
12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. MDT

Bill Anderson Fund Disaster Dash—Virtual Fun Run!

Recent Research and Projects Sessions

Wed, July 14
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. MDT

Social Science Advances and Weather Warnings

Disaster Management in Indigenous Communities

CoolKids: Helping Youth Turn Up the Heat on Climate Policy

Policy Progress: A Listening Session on the National Landslide Preparedness Act

Joining Forces: Mutual Aid Options for Rebuilding After Disasters

Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Wed, July 14
9:30 to 9:45 a.m. MDT

Break

Wed, July 14
9:45 to 10:45 a.m. MDT

ShakeAlert and SAFRR: The Role of Evaluation in Reshaping Federal Hazards Programs

Science in Service of Society: The American Meteorological Society Policy Program

Forced Migration and Resilience in Relocation

Incorporating Social and Behavioral Science at NOAA: Implications From the Research To Operations Workshop

Adaptive Mind Project

Hazards Research by New Professionals

Wed, July 14
10:45 to 11:15 a.m. MDT

Break

Wed, July 14
11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MDT

Plenary: Engagement—Community-Based Approaches to Expanding the Hazards Field

Wed, July 14
12:30 to 12:45 p.m. MDT

Wrap-Up and a Call to Action

Wed, July 14
12:45 p.m. MDT

Adjourn

Wed, July 14
12:45 to 2:00 p.m. MDT

Lunch Break

Wed, July 14
2:00 p.m. MDT

Researchers Meeting

2021 Natural Hazards Workshop Schedule

All sessions will be held VIRTUALLY this year!