The purpose of this award: to provide USDA aphis sponsorship of the MAY24-26, 2022 national summit on animal emergency management (summit), tobe held in minneapolis, MN

The summit will provide an opportunity forenhancing technical expertise, building partnerships and trust andfacilitating collaboration among state, tribal, territorial, federal, academic, local and non-governmental attendees. Activities to beperformed under the agreement: plan and promote the summit; collect andselect speaker proposals, contract for travel agent and provide travelsupport for state, tribal and territorial representatives, non-sponsoredspeakers (on a limited basis), nasaaep board of directors engaged insummit planning and operations; attendance of one nasaaep representativeat the national animal rescue and sheltering coalition partners meeting held on the day before the summit; and ensure hotel accommodations meetfederal per-diem standards; provide exhibit space to aphis as an elementof the sponsorship. Additionally, nasaaep will provide onsitemanagement for the conference. Deliverables and expected outcomes: theoverarching goal is to provide the animal emergency management communitywith an in-person professional development and networking opportunity. This type of opportunity goes a long way towards buildingcommunication, trust and the working relationships that empower a moreeffective response during major disasters. The specific deliverablesinclude screening speaker proposals and planning and producing aconference agenda; promoting the conference and providing registration; managing travel assistance for the groups noted above; conducting theconference; and providing a summary accomplishment report and financialsummary. While not required in the agreement, nasaaep is working toprovide virtual attendance for some key presentations to increase theaccessibility to the conference for those who cannot attend in person.intended beneficiaries: a wide variety of stakeholders, including animalhealth officials and emergency management officials from states, tribalnations, and territories, international participants (typically canada, new zealand, but sometimes others); academia (colleges of veterinarymedicine and extension educators), local jurisdictions, federal agencyrepresentatives, and non-governmental/industry partners. In-personinterface among all these sectors promotes a "whole community" approachto animal and agricultural emergency management.there are no sub-recipient subawards, although nasaaep employs a travelagency to assist with meeting planning, hotel negotiations and travelarrangements.