Monday, July 15, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT
Location: Interlocken A/B
Rigorous social science research has long informed emergency management risk communication strategies. But we are in a new era—one marked by cascading and compounding disasters and public mistrust in officials. This changing atmosphere calls for a recommitment to time-proven risk communication principles as well as new and creative strategies for reaching a disaster-weary public.
We hope you will join this plenary session, which will open with remarks from the 12th Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell. She will be joined on stage by a panel of experts who will speak about their novel communication efforts after recent disasters. They will also highlight new strategies designed to reach diverse populations and ensure that they have the information they need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazards.