The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be hosting the 16th Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium June 2-5, 2014 at its National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Representatives from higher education and stakeholder organizations with interest in hazard, disaster, and emergency management will cover preparedness topics, including:

• The status of accreditation in emergency management higher education programs
• Rules to research by - exploring formal research standards for the discipline of emergency management
• Emergency management as a unique academic discipline: What is it and what does it do?
• The effectiveness of climate and weather forecast information in teaching, learning about, and doing emergency management

This year's agenda includes a Public Health track led by the National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health. As part of the Public Health track, Public Health Foundation will be presenting on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, as part of the afternoon (3:00 - 5:00 PM) breakout sessions on Learning Through Neighbors: Networks of Preparedness and Response. This presentation will outline how TRAIN can serve as a model for cross-jurisdictional and cross-organizational competency-based knowledge and skill building within a workforce.

Connect with PHF at the symposium by attending our presentation or after by following PHF and TRAIN on Twitter or posting a message to the PHF and TRAIN Facebook pages. We welcome continued discussions about the interconnectedness of emergency management and public health.