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Recent Workshops
- Recovering from Disaster: A Summary of the October 17, 2007 Workshop of the Disasters Roundtable (2008)
- Disaster Risk Management in an Age of Climate Change: A Summary of the April 3, 2008 Workshop of the Disasters Roundtable (2009)
- How Communities Can Use Risk Assessment Results: Making Ends Meet: A Summary of the June 3, 2010 Workshop of the Disasters Roundtable (2011)
Coexisting with Risk from Natural Disasters
No area is risk-free. All segments of society assume some level of risk
and coexist with it. Often times, those living in high-natural disaster
risk areas expect, explicitly or implicitly, that the government will
provide assistance if and when a disaster event occurs. This workshop aims to discuss questions that become
particularly pressing during or after a disaster.
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Using Lessons from Haiti and Chile to Reduce Global Risk
This workshop focused on the role of pre-existing conditions in the impact, response, and recovery of these earthquake events; what was learned from the expected and the unexpected outcomes of these earthquakes; and how to use lessons from Haiti and Chile to reduce disaster risk in the future.
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From Reality 2010 to Vision 2020: Remotely Sensed Data Workshop
This workshop identified ways to improve the flow, understanding, and utility of remotely sensed images and data before, during, and after disasters occur.
Disaster Resilient Design Workshop
Bringing together thought-leaders and experts in the design and disaster communities, this workshop identified ways to integrate principles of sustainability and disaster resilience in building, site, and community planning and design.
Presidential Policy Directive on National Preparedness
A new Presidential Policy Directive aims to strengthen the security and resilience of the United States through systematic preparation for the threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the nation.