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The United States (U.S.) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) planned and hosted The Workshop on Managing Critical Disasters in the Transatlantic Domain - The Case of a Geomagnetic Storm in Boulder, Colorado, on February 23-24, 2010. The overarching goals of the Geomagnetic Storm Workshop were to allow senior government officials and representatives of both public and private entities from the U.S., Sweden, and the European Union (EU) to compare and contrast the current plans, policies, and procedures used to prepare for and respond to a widespread disaster in the U.S. and EU. The workshop also provided a means to discuss communications between the U.S. and EU in the event of a catastrophic disaster with Transatlantic implications. For this workshop, NOAA introduced a scenario of a geomagnetic storm, which could impact multiple nations simultaneously. The impact of the geomagnetic storm was discussed during both the detection and response phases. The workshop identified several issues in the international domain that need additional exploration and development. These include: Increasing the distribution and utility of space weather alerts and warnings; Opening international pathways between operations centers to routinely exchange threat and common operating picture information; Integrating experts and researchers into the emergency management sector; Working collaboratively on improving protection and resiliency of critical infrastructure; Developing plans for managing and prioritizing scarce critical resources in the international domain; Enhancing space weather education and communication for societal stakeholders; Creating a mechanism to share lessons learned from national and international disaster/crisis management exercise programs. The goals of the Geomagnetic Storm Workshop were to allow senior government officials and representatives of public-private entities from the U.S., Sweden, and the EU to compare and contrast the current plans, policies, and procedures used to prepare for and respond to a widespread disaster in the U.S. and EU and to discuss communications between the U.S. and EU in the event of a catastrophic disaster. The FEMA, MSB, and NOAA planning effort identified the following specific objectives for the senior participants in the Geomagnetic Storm Workshop: Emphasize supporting transatlantic ties at leadership levels in preparing for and responding to a widespread disaster; Improve U.S.-EU systems for communicating during a response to a disaster.

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