Sunday, June 14, 2026
Registration
Concurrent Sessions
Sharing and Co-Creating Disaster Scholarship Through Zines
Creating Guardrails for Using Artificial Intelligence in Crisis Situations
Building Resilient, Practice-Ready Disaster Medicine Programs
Putting Community First When Building Resilience
Disaster Planning With Systems-Impacted Communities
Resilience Through Effective Early Warnings
Break
Enhancing Education and Training for Disaster Risk Reduction
Co-Producing Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Housing, Climate, and Health in Florida
Enhancing Emergency Alerts: Capacity Building and Resources to Strengthen More Inclusive Outreach
Mapping Connections: Interactive Strategies for Coalition Building in Disaster Risk Reduction
Leveraging Community Capitals to Improve Disaster Outcomes
Portraits and Portals—Disability, Disaster Justice, and Artistic Expression
Break
Harnessing Philanthropic Partnerships for Robust Disaster Planning
Disaster Risk Reduction: Tools, Theory, and Technology for a Safer World
Rural Strengths and Capacities for Flood Resilience
Animal Inclusive Approaches to Disaster Response
Strengthening Community and Volunteer Networks for Disaster Response
Improving Risk Communication Through Monitoring and Evaluation
Break
Poster Session and Welcome Reception
First-Timers’ Orientation
Student Orientation
Monday, June 15, 2026
Registration
Coffee
Welcome and Self-Introductions
Keynote Address: TBD
Break
Plenary: Processes for Culturally Responsive Coalition Building
Lunch in the Outdoor Pavilion
Transpacific Coalitions: Strengthening U.S.-Japan Partnerships in Disaster Science
Concurrent Sessions
Partnerships for the Long Haul: Lessons From Disaster Recovery Groups
Helping the Helpers: The People Behind Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Durable Disaster Resilience: Lessons From a 20-Year Collaboration
Building Partnerships Through Data Collection and Sharing
From Research to Real-World Resilience: Coalitions for a Hazard Ready Nation
Publishing for Disaster Risk Reduction
Break
Coalition-Driven Research: Insights from Campaigns to End Inhumane Incarceration in a Changing Climate
Collaborations to Strengthen Resilience at Home and Abroad
Enhancing Preparedness for Volcanic Eruptions
Understanding the State of Emergency Management in the United States
Partnerships for Urban Transformation
Women of Invention: Pioneering Contributions to Hazards Research and Its Applications
Break
Awards Ceremony
Poster Session and Hosted Reception
Natural Hazards Center Solutions Fund Special Session
Bill Anderson Fund Reception
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Registration
Coffee
Plenary: Scientific Coalitions for Disaster Risk Reduction
Break
Plenary: Sparking Coalitions for Wildfire Risk Reduction and Resilience
Break
Plenary: Disaster Risk Reduction from the Heart
Lunch in the Outdoor Pavilion
Concurrent Sessions
Third Assessment
Purpose Driven Planning and Coordination Strategies
Establishing a Unified Approach for Disaster Data Collection
Shaping Federal Interventions for Future Coastal Flood Hazards
Filling Funding Gaps: Collaborations, Networks, and Private Support
Building Wildfire Coalitions to Reduce Risk
Break
Rooted in People and Place: Lessons From Successful Disaster Nonprofits
Engaging Communities in Risk Reduction Through the Built Environment
Creative Approaches for Disaster Communication
Commitment to Communities: Duwamish Valley Coalition Building
International Practices to Estimate Hazards Losses
Professional Pathways in the Hazards and Disaster Field
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Registration
Coffee
New Research, Policy, and Practice Sessions
Highlights From the Gulf Research Program
From Perishable Data to Disaster Preparedness: Quick Response Research in Texas
Protecting Health and Reducing Harm: The Heath and Extreme Weather Research Award Program
Advancing Social and Physical Science Data to Reduce Flood Losses
Planning for Complex, Cascading Drought Hazards
Purpose and Pathways for More Impactful Natural Hazards Research
Break
Organizational Structures, Staffing, and Capacity in Emergency Management
Key Moments and Methods for Wildfire Risk Messaging
A Community Cultural Framework for Equitable Disaster Recovery
Improving Tools to Understand, Monitor, and Respond to Geologic Hazards
Research, Practice, and Policy Session
Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks
Break
Wrap-Up and Call to Action
Adjourn
Lunch in the Outdoor Pavilion
Thursday, June 18, 2026