The NEEDS conference aims to explore the status quo of disaster research and management. The conference wishes to harness its broad, interdisciplinary expertise by gathering disaster researchers from academic institutions and practitioners from the disaster management community (European and beyond) to build networks and to discuss the most pressing issues in disaster research across the academic and practical disciplines. In addition to keynotes, workshops, and discussions, the event will feature a screening on Shareable's film "The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People".