Tuesday, July 15, 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT
Location: Interlocken A/B

Please join us for this interactive plenary session that will help us to imagine future possibilities for our community while also identifying steps that must be taken to move from vision to reality. We will start with the example of disaster research pioneer Bill Anderson’s vision of a more inclusive field. The work of the Bill Anderson Fund—which was established to increase the number of underrepresented professionals in disaster research and hazards mitigation—is a testament to what we can do when we commit ourselves to imagining and cultivating the future we want to see. Please join Bill Anderson Fund fellows and alumni in this plenary where they will share their ideas about where research and applications could go in the next 50 years. Audience members will also be asked to envision possibilities for the decades to come.

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