Call for Abstracts: 2021 Preparedness Summit
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 The abstract submission period for the 2021 Preparedness Summit (April 12-15; Atlanta, GA) is officially open! As the enduring COVID-19 pandemic continues to intersect with other crises, from hurricanes to wildfires and beyond, we are reminded that public health threats are always looming and crises are just around the corner. This year’s theme, When Crisis is Commonplace: Transforming Your Community’s Public Health Preparedness Practices, will focus on how we must adapt our preparedness and response infrastructure to this reality and will highlight tools, resources, and policies that enable us to meet the many challenges we as public health professionals continue to face every day.
About the Theme
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic became a public health emergency in January 2020, our public health preparedness and response mechanisms have been tested in extraordinary ways. Not only has this response lasted longer than others we have faced — from H1N1 to Zika virus disease — we are managing it while balancing our day-to-day public health practice and preparing for and responding to a range of other threats such as extreme weather and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events.
As crisis has become commonplace, this need for simultaneous and multipronged response has stretched our infrastructure and our personal capacity. We have pushed our preparedness plans and deployment capabilities as far as they will go, and now we must strategize new and transform existing approaches that better equip us for future events.
By bringing our experiences to the forefront, we can evaluate our preparedness and response efforts to date, recognize changes and trends in how we respond, and realize opportunities to grow and adapt our public health preparedness practices.
Abstract Submission Guidelines
The abstract submission period is open through October 31, 2020 (11:59pm PT). This year’s Summit Planning Committee invites public health, healthcare, disaster relief, emergency management, and other professionals nationwide to showcase and share their research findings, best practice training models, tools, or other resources that advance the field of public health and healthcare preparedness and response. The committee seeks sessions that are:
- Evidence-based;
- Highlight programs or model practices that have proven effective in building and sustaining public health and healthcare preparedness at the local, state, tribal, or national level; and
- Demonstrate tools and resources that are replicable and scalable at the local, state, tribal, or national level.
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Five Reasons to Submit an Abstract
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- Join a distinguished list of presenters who've helped advance the field at the nation's premier conference for public health preparedness and emergency response.
- Share practical strategies and best practices that can help your peers in the field address systemic vulnerabilities to meet the requirements of the ever-changing threat environment.
- Contribute to the advancement of national health security by sharing your agency’s best practices and expertise with colleagues from the healthcare, emergency management, and public health preparedness fields.
- Build partnerships with these life-saving industries and strengthen your agency’s capacity to address systemic vulnerabilities and support more prepared, resilient communities.
- Expand your network by connecting with more than 1,900 attendees—who work in all levels of government (local, state, and federal), emergency management, volunteer organizations, healthcare coalitions, and academia.
Visit the Prep Summit website to learn more about this year's abstract submission categories, preview the application, and submit your abstract!
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