The Disaster Medicine Interest Group at ESEM aims to provide up-to-date, accurate, and useful information as well as guidance to all emergency medicine professionals regarding their role in disaster research and preparedness and response activities. Members will be encouraged to present at the annual meeting on disaster topics of interest including educational topics, ongoing or completed research, published articles, or successful disaster planning protocols or strategies. It will open to ESEM members who are active in or interested in becoming involved in disaster preparedness and response or disaster research.