Organizing Committee

International Organizing Committee

• Takashi Onishi, President, Science Council of Japan

• Gordon McBean, President, International Council for Science / Professor, Institute of Catastrophic Loss Reduction, University of Western Ontario, Canada / Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
• David Johnston, Chair of Science Committee, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) / Director of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand
• Margareta Wahlström , United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disastesr Risk Reduction

Local Organizing Committee

• Toshio Koike, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
• Fumiko Kasuga, Advisor to the President, Science Council of Japan / Director, National Institute of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

• Koichi Miki, Professor, Keio University Law School
• Mitsuo Yamakawa, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Teikyo University
• Keisuke Hanaki, Vice-President, Science Council of Japan
• Tatsuro Irimura, Director, Institute for Medical Innovation ST. Luke's International Hospital Center
• Kenji Satake, Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
• Kennichi Tsukahara, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Kyushu University
• Haruo Hayashi, Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
• Shigeko Haruyama, Professor, Graduate School & Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University
• Hiroko Minami, President, University of Kochi
• Masako Yoneda, Project Professor, Keio University
• Yusuke Amano, Director, International Affairs Office, Water and Disaster Management Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
• Chu Ishida, Acting Senior Chief Officer of Int’l Affairs for Satellite Applications, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
• Fumihiko Imamura, Director and Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
• Yuichi Ono, Assistant Director and Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
• Akiyuki Kawasaki, Project Associate Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
• Kaoru Saito, Director, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
• Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, Advisor, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
• Masafumi Nagaishi, Senior Advisor to the Director General, Global Environment Department. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• Satoru Nishikawa, Vice-President, Japan Water Agency
• Kenzo Hiroki, Director, Water Resources Planning Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
• Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Director, Department of Integrated Research on Disaster Prevention, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention