2018 National Disaster Resilience Conference (NDRC) Call for Presentations Now Open

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) is calling for presentations for the 2018 National Disaster Resilience Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice (NDRC). The NDRC is the premier leadership conference on disaster resilience and will take place in Clearwater Beach, FL from November 7 to November 9, 2018. The deadline for presentation submission is February 15, 2018.

The NDRC will bring together the nation's foremost voices in the disaster safety and resilience movement to share best practices, inspire, and collaborate. Attendees will include leaders, professionals, and practitioners from a cross-section of private and public organizations who share the mission of strengthening homes and safeguarding families from disasters of all kinds.

The conference planning committee is seeking presenter abstracts with a focus on:

Science – to support preparedness, response, recovery and/or mitigation;
Policy – to advance resilience through strong building codes, smart finance, marketplace incentive programs, tax benefits, and innovation, e.g. Big Data and smart home technology; and
Practice – to include advocates, building and fire code officials, communicators, emergency managers, engineers, futurists, insurance professionals, journalists, leaders, merchants, meteorologists, product manufacturers, public officials, researchers, and scientists.

Past NDRC presenters have included Director of Public Policy for The Economist Intelligence Unit, Leo Abruzzese, The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore and Dr. Rick Knabb, Lt. General Russel L. Honoré, Hurricane Hunters Lt. Col. Jon Talbot and Dr. Jim McFadden, Executive Director of the Global ShakeOut, The Weather Channel CEO Dave Shull, leaders from the American Institute of Architects, FEMA, the International Code Council, State Farm Insurance, USAA, and many others.

For more information on the NDRC visit www.nationaldisasterresilienceconference.org To submit your presentation visit http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/836.

About FLASH

The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) is the country's leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and manmade disasters. The FLASH partnership includes more than 100 innovative and diverse organizations that share a vision of making America a more disaster-resilient nation including: BASF Corporation, FEMA, Florida Division of Emergency Management, The Home Depot, Huber Engineered Woods, International Code Council, Kohler Generators, National Weather Service, Portland Cement Association, Simpson Strong-Tie, State Farm, and USAA. In 2008, FLASH, and Disney opened the interactive weather experience StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes, in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Learn more about FLASH and access free consumer resources by visiting www.flash.org, calling toll-free (877) 221- SAFE (7233), following @federalalliance on Twitter, Facebook.com/federalalliance, and the FLASH blog – Protect Your Home in a FLASH.