Tuesday, July 11, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT
Location: Interlocken A/B

Emergency managers are grappling with how to prepare for a seemingly unending and rapidly expanding list of threats: climate catastrophe, global pandemic, cyberattack, and mass shootings, to name only a few. In addition, a spate of interlocking issues—from housing affordability and homelessness, drug addiction, lack of available mental health care, and migrant resettlement—have generated local emergency declarations and have raised questions about how the emergency management apparatus operates in an age of environmental extremes and extreme inequality. This plenary panel will feature emergency managers from some of our nation's largest cities who are working to effectively respond to compounding social and environmental disasters. Speakers will draw on their experiences to illustrate how ethical commitments influence compassionate emergency planning and response.