Call for Abstracts: 2025 Hazard Mitigation (HM)Partners Workshop

The 2025 Hazard Mitigation Partners Workshop will be held in-person in Rosemont, Illinois, April 22-24, 2025. This year's theme is: Stronger Tomorrow, Together. To build our strongest agenda, we are seeking abstracts that support the theme.

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Event Details

Topics of the 2025 Hazard Mitigation (HM) Partners Workshop will focus on building mitigation champions, driving community resiliency, providing technical assistance for grant programs, and supporting overall mitigation. In line with key workshop themes, abstracts highlighting efforts to reach or build capacity within disadvantaged communities are encouraged.  This event will bring together hazard mitigation and floodplain stakeholders from across the country to foster collaboration and strengthen partnerships between FEMA and its key partners. Learn more about this event. 

Hazard Mitigation is, "any action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to human life and property from natural hazards." 

To align, abstracts examining the following topics are desired:  

• Community risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment
• Natural infrastructure and resilience
• Community mitigation planning
• Building codes, standards and property protection
• Capacity-building/direct technical assistance
• Partnership building and reaching frontline communities

Abstract Submission Process

Abstract submissions must be sent by email. The Call for Abstracts submission period deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

The process for submitting abstracts is as follows:

1. Send an email to fema-hmpartners@fema.dhs.gov.
2. The Subject Line should say, “2025 HM Workshop Abstract Submission.”
3. Please list the following:
   1. Session title.
   2. 200-500 words describing your session, its alignment with workshop themes and topics, and, if applicable, how it serves to include perspectives of disadvantaged communities in the workshop.
   3. Topic type: Indicate which topic type from the above list aligns with your session.
   4. Identify your intended audience, "This session is designed for [insert audience type]."
   5. Session type (see below):
      1. Session - A single speaker (or two) who speaks on a specific topic together with or without a question-and-answer period. 
      2. Panel Discussion - A panel discussion is typically facilitated by a skilled panel moderator who guides the panel and the audience through a lively conversation about a specific topic, with or without a question and answer period. 
      3. Training - A short-term process utilizing systematic and organized procedures for individuals to acquire technical knowledge and skills. 
   6. Session objectives and intended outcomes.
   7. Timing preferences: 45 or 60 minutes.
   8. If a question-and-answer period is planned for your session.  

Review the full HM Partners Workshop Program for insight into the topics covered during the 2024 virtual workshop.  

Registration for the workshop will open in January 2025. 

We look forward to seeing you in Rosemont! 

Event Contact

For questions about the HM Partners Workshop, please email fema-hmpartners@fema.dhs.gov