Welcome to Natural Disasters Expo Houston! For its fifth year, Natural Disasters Expo USA comes back to Houston on October 14–15, 2026, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. And there’s no better place for it. This city knows what it takes to prepare for disasters, respond, and rebuild afterward. For two days, industry leaders, government agencies, first responders, and resilience professionals will come together with one shared goal: helping communities’ weather the next storm stronger than the last. Explore new solutions and technology, learn from experts who have been on the front lines, and meet the partners who will help you turn preparedness into action. Whether you’re here to learn, share, or collaborate, you are part of the effort to build a more resilient nation.
In this speaker series, Tom Fox interviews retired US Navy Reserve officer Amy Forsythe ahead of her Disaster Expo keynote, “When Crisis Calls: Leadership, Communication, and Community in the Moments That Matter.”
Forsythe describes her 33 years of service, beginning as a Marine Corps combat photographer and later retiring as a Navy public affairs officer, with extensive experience coaching senior leaders on media engagement and crisis response. She and co-presenter Mandi Fine will combine Fine’s firsthand experience from the Red Hill fuel spill crisis in Hawaii with Forsythe’s lessons on building trust, honest communication, humility, and effective interagency coordination during disasters. Forsythe notes these principles apply to businesses and leaders whose viability can be impacted by crisis communication, including the risk of “one bad interview.” She aims to share hard-learned lessons, including from the 2017 Santa Rosa, California fires, and to connect with practitioners in Houston.
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