Engaging Plenary Session
The 2026 Preparedness Summit's plenary sessions will discuss next steps in the evolution of preparedness. The topics seek to engage with you and provide expert guidance on how the field is thinking about next steps.
The first day of the conference opens with the timely conversation, "Stronger Together: Evolving Models of State and Local Collaboration."
About the Session
The goal of community preparedness is to equip communities to prepare for, withstand, and recover from incidents through coordination and engagement at the state, local, and tribal levels. This session will focus on new and emerging models for state and local collaboration between the public health, healthcare, and emergency management sectors.
On Wednesday, April 15, the plenary conversation focuses on "Staying Alert: New Models for State and Local Situational Awareness."
About the Session
Maintaining situational awareness data, including the routine sharing of information, is vital to the public health preparedness enterprise. This session will discuss new and emerging strategies related to health security and data sharing.
On Thursday, April 16, the closing plenary conversation focuses on "At the Ready: Stockpiling in Your State."
About the Session
The ability of state and local jurisdictions to administer medical countermeasures to their communities will be impacted by their capacity to sustain medical countermeasure caches. This session will discuss changes to federal support for the Strategic National Stockpile and how state and local governments can achieve efficiencies while keeping their communities safe.