At the request of the Centers for Disease Control’s Center for Preparedness and Response, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) will convene a planning committee to plan and conduct a two-day public workshop to examine issues of building public knowledge of and trust in the public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) science enterprise—the institutions, the research process, and the researchers and practitioners. Specifically, the workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions and be designed to:

1. Learn about the public's current knowledge of and attitudes towards PHEPR science. For example, which information sources do they rely on; what do they know about PHEPR science already; do they have any misconceptions about PHEPR science?
2. Explore empirical evidence on effective strategies to create and maintain public confidence and trust in PHEPR science.
3. Understand how public confidence and trust in PHEPR science can be lost and how it can be rebuilt.
4. Gain information that would contribute to the design of an effective strategy to communicate with the public about PHEPR science in a way that builds and maintains trust and counters disinformation.
5. Discuss the role that key stakeholders have in creating and maintaining public confidence and trust in PHEPR science.
6. Examine best practices in complementary fields on how to establish and maintain public confidence and trust.

The planning committee will define the specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, and select and invite speakers and other participants. After the workshop, a proceedings of a workshop—in brief will be prepared by designated rapporteurs in accordance with National Academies guidelines and shall be released to the public.