Disasters Roundtable

灾害圆桌会议摘要灾害圆桌会议的使命是促进和加强科学家、从业人员和决策者之间的沟通和思想交流，以确定与自然灾害、技术灾害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迫和重要问题的论坛。 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进程。 圆桌会议每年举行三次会议，为讨论与了解和减轻灾害有关的问题提供论坛。 它汇集了与灾害有关的科学和技术领域以及相关社会和政策科学的专家，以确定、讨论和推动需要国家或区域关注的问题。圆桌会议是科学家、从业者和政策制定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，创建议程，招募专家演讲者，并收集信息供公开研讨会讨论。 讲习班各次会议的安排经过精心安排，以适当介绍和讨论与科学发展和与灾害有关的及时政策问题有关的情况。 担任当然成员的政府官员是主办联邦机构的现任成员，这些机构对圆桌会议所讨论问题的相关方面负有方案责任。 由大约13名成员组成的指导委员会（5名任命成员和8名赞助成员）确定了讲习班的议程，讲习班全部向公众免费开放。 讲习班的成果是在国家科学院网站上公布的摘要报告。

Disasters RoundtableAbstract 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.