Linn County supervisor Langston to serve on disaster panel in Washington, D.C.

Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston has been invited to serve as a panelist at the Disasters Roundtable of the National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences workshop, Integrating Disaster Recovery: What Should Long-Term Disaster Recovery Look Like? on March 21, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

The workshop aims to examine new strategies to integrate disaster recovery across disciplines, sectors and jurisdictions. The workshop will also address what integrated long-term recovery is or could be, advance understanding of how to measure the progress of recovery, and use interactive breakout groups to suggest strategies for integrative recovery from disasters.

“I'm honored to serve as a panelist and share Linn County's story of how we are overcoming the greatest natural disaster in our state's history,” said Langston. “While recovery is a long process, we have made tremendous progress rebuilding from the 2008 flood, and that experience will be a valuable piece of the conversation. The one thing that has been missing from many discussions is the perspective of local government. Other communities can learn from our experiences just as we will learn from theirs. This exchange of ideas will help all of us identify processes that work well, areas to improve and how to work together in our communities to form partnerships so we are even better prepared for the future.”

This workshop will be webcast. To pre-register for the video webcast, please use the following web link: http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/nas/120321/

For additional information, including the full agenda, visit:

http://dels.nas.edu/Upcoming-Event/Disasters-Roundtable-Workshop-Integrating-Disaster/AUTO-5-01-38-N  or contact:

dr@nas.edu