Disasters Roundtable

灾害圆桌会议的使命是促进和加强科学家、从业者和决策者之间的沟通和思想交流，以确定与自然、技术和其他灾害有关的新问题。圆桌会议是审查与减灾有关的紧急和重要问题的论坛。它强调思想交流，促进联邦机构和相关领域专家之间的个人工作关系。在“圆桌会议”形式中，联邦官员作为成员充分参与，从而使他们更密切地参与这一过程。圆桌会议每年召开三次，为讨论与了解和减轻灾害有关的问题提供一个论坛。它汇集了与灾害相关的科学和技术领域以及相关的社会和政策科学的专家，以确定、讨论和推进需要国家或区域关注的问题。圆桌会议是科学家、从业者和决策者交流信息和想法的中立会议场所。圆桌会议成员确定主题，制定议程，招募专家演讲者，并为公开研讨会的讨论收集信息。讲习班会议经过精心安排，以适当的介绍和讨论与科学发展和与灾害有关的及时政策问题。作为当然成员的政府官员是发起联邦机构的现任官员，他们在圆桌会议面前的问题的相关方面负有项目责任。一个由大约13名成员（5名指定成员和8名赞助成员）组成的指导委员会为讲习班制定议程，这些讲习班都是免费向公众开放的。研讨会的总结报告发布在国家科学院网站上。

The mission of the Disasters Roundtable is to facilitate and enhance communication and the exchange of ideas among scientists, practitioners, and policy makers in order to identify emerging issues related to natural, technological, and other disasters. The Roundtable is a forum for examining urgent and important issues related to disaster reduction. It emphasizes the exchange of ideas and facilitates personal working relationships between the federal agencies and experts in related fields. In the "roundtable" format, federal officials participate fully as members, thus engaging them more closely in the process. The Roundtable convenes three times a year to provide a forum for discussion on issues related to the understanding and mitigation of disasters. It brings together experts in the scientific and technical fields related to hazards and the relevant social and policy sciences to identify, discuss, and advance issues that require national or regional attention. The Roundtable is a neutral meeting ground for scientists, practitioners, and policy makers to exchange information and ideas. The Roundtable members identify topics, create agendas, recruit expert speakers, and assemble information for discussion for open workshops. Workshop sessions are carefully structured to feature appropriate presentations and discussions relevant to scientific developments and timely policy issues related to disasters. Government officials who serve as ex officio members are incumbents of the sponsoring federal agencies that have program responsibilities in pertinent aspects of the issues before the Roundtable. A steering committee of approximately 13 members (5 appointed members and 8 sponsoring members) set the agenda for the workshops, which are all open and free to the public. The workshops result in summary reports which are posted on the National Academies website.