The Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health will co-host the 2nd Annual Disaster & Emergency Management Conference: “Resilience & Sustainability in Action,” August 7-9, 2025. The Chulabhorn Royal Academy's Disaster and Emergency Medicine Center will co-host the event.

The conference will take place in Bangkok, Thailand but can be attended virtually from anywhere around the world. The scope of the conference will be:

• Resilient Health Systems
• Disaster Risk Reduction in Health Policy
• Civil-Military Collaboration in Disasters
• Logistics and Supply Chain for Health Emergencies
• Paramedic and Prehospital Disaster Response
• Data-driven Decision-making in Disaster Response
• Emerging Infectious Diseases & Public Health Emergencies
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
• Field Operations and Simulation Readiness

Confirmed speakers include:

• Amir Khorram-Manesh, MD, PhD, Senior University Lecturer in Surgery/Disaster Medicine, Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences and Center for Disaster Medicine (CKM), Sahlgrenska Academy and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, who will deliver the Frederick M. “Skip” Burkle Distinguished Lecture (virtual)

• Stephen S. Morse, PhD, Editor in Chief, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal, “Situation Awareness for Public Health Emergencies” (virtual)

• Space Medicine: Defending Life Beyond Earth's Limits - Taha Masri, MD, MS, Director of Disaster Medicine, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital

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