Program Committee

• Keshav Adhikari, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• Iftekhar Ahmed, RMIT University, Australia
• David Alexander, University of Florence, Italy
• Lokuji Alfred, Associate Professor Management Sciences, Sudan
• Hamid Assilzadeh, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Canada
• Tamohide Atsumi, Center for the Study of Communication-Design, Osaka University, Japan
• Atta-ur-Rahman, Peshawar University, Pakistan
• Zeljko Bacic, State Geodetic Administration, Croatia
• Fabrizio Baiardi, Universita di Pisa, Italy
• Robert Bajek, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
• Stephanie Balaouras, Forrester Research, USA
• Pradhan Biswajeet, Faculty of Forstry, Geo and Hydro-Science, Germany
• Nena Bogdanic, Croatian Academy of science and art, Croatia
• Sandro Bologna, ENEA, Italy
• Delaina Bomhoff, Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• Gesine Bottcher, Institut fur Photogrammetrie und GeoInformation, Germany
• Edward Broughton, Columbia University, USA
• Beth Brunner, Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• Manfred Buchroithner, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
• Ian Burton, University of Toronto, Canada
• Omar Dario Cardona, University of Colombia, USA
• Martha Liliana Carreno, Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna, Spain
• Panayotis Carydis, University of Athens, Greece
• Emiliano Casalicchio, Universita di Roma TorVergata, Italy
• Jane Chantler, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
• Emilio Chuvieco, University of Alcala, Spain
• Andrew Collins, Disaster and Development Center, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, UK
• Charlie Collins, Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• Beverley Copland, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
• Nilay Cosgun, Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey
• Shawn Cowley, Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness, Canada
• Scott Cunliffe, James Cook University, UK
• Jerry N. Cutchens, Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• Susan L. Cutter, Department of Geography and Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina, USA
• Peter Dahlhaus, University of Ballarat, Australia
• Shri. Bhakta Charan Das, Indian National Congress, India
• Ian Davis, University of Oxford, USA
• Ms Ruth Dennett, ICE, UK
• Diane Diacon, BSHF, UK
• Marya L. Doerfel, School of Communication and Information Studies, Rutgers University, USA
• Giardini Domenico, Swiss Seismological Service, Switzerland
• Eric Dotten, Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• K. Harald Drager, TIEMS, Norway
• Mustafa Erdik, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Turkey
• Judith Eversley, RTPI, UK
• Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, UK
• Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran
• Andrian Gheorghe, Old Dominion University, City University of London, UK
• Carl Gibson, La Trobe University, Australia
• Mario A. Gomarasca, National Research Council, Italy
• Mark Goodwin, RICS, UK
• Ivan Gusic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Emdad Hacque, University of Manitoba, Canada
• James Hagen, Saint Xavier University, USA
• Nick Hall, Plan International, UK
• Feng Han, School of Management, Shenyang Jian Zhu University, China
• John R. Harrald, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA
• Haruo Hayashi, Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Professor, Japan
• Vishaka Hidellage, Practical Action South Asia Chief, Sri Lanka
• Tomoharu Hori, Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
• Wesley Elizabeth Houtz, BS Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• Saburo Ikeda, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan
• Sirajul Islam, ICDDR, Bangladesh
• Teodora Ivanusa, Logistic University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Yasamin O. Izadkhah, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran
• Jennifer Jensen, Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• Cassidy Johnson, University College London, UK
• S. N. Jonkman, Delft University and Royal Haskoning, Netherlands
• Nida-Ruemelin Julian, University of Munich, Germany
• Hiroyuki Kameda, Kyoto University, Professors Emeritus, Representative of DRH consortium, Japan
• Toshitaka Katada, Gunma University, Japan
• Sokratis Katsikas, University of the Aegean, Greece
• Senipisi Langi Kavaliku, University of the South Pacific, Tonga
• Hiroshi Kawase, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
• Razavi Khadija-Catherine, Center for Sustainable Development, Iran
• Bernard Kilonsky, University of Hawaii, USA
• David King, James Cook University, UK
• Rudiger Klein, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
• Snjezana Knezic, University of Split, Croatia
• Raija Koivisto, VTT, Finland
• Ivan Landek, State Geodetic Administration, Croatia
• Marc Langer, Recovery Point, USA
• Scott Leckie, COHRE, Switzerland
• Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, IIASA, Austria
• Tony Lloyd-Jones, University of Westminster, UK
• Uwe Nikolai Lorenzen, Local Government Denmark, Denmark
• Shri. Shyam Prasad Mainali, Ministry of Labour and Transport Management, Nepal
• Fuad Mallick, BRAC University, Bangladesh
• Andre' Marcal, University of Porto, Portugal
• Mutagamba Maria, Minister for Water and Environment, Uganda
• Dolly Mathew, School of social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
• Yoko Matsuda, Rescue Stock Yard, Nagoya, and Kyoto University, Japan
• Haller Matthias, President Foundation Risk-Dialogue, Switzerland
• David A. McEntire, University of North Texas, USA
• J. K. Von Meding, Queen's University Belfast, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, UK
• Freek van der Meer, Asian Institue of Technology, Netherlands
• Bob Mellinger, Bircham-Global, New Zealand
• Irene Moreno Millan, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
• Mira MOROVIC, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia
• Kim Mullard, Homeless International, UK
• Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Linkoping University, Sweden
• Pios Ncube, Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction Studies for Africa, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
• Hans J. Niebergall, Attorney, Germany
• Fran H. Norris, Dartmouth Medical School, USA
• Bonacci Ognien, Split University,, Croatia
• Norio OKADA, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
• Phil O'Keefe, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, UK
• Marinko Oluic, Scientific Council for Remote Sensing, Croatia
• Bimul Kanti Paul, Kansas State University, USA
• Geoffrey Payne, Geoffrey Payne and Associates, UK
• Shi Peijun, Beijing Normal University, China
• E. L. Quarantelli, University of Delaware Disaster Research Center, USA
• Shaw Rajib, Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Japan
• Kamga Rameline, Financial Consultant to the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Congo, Congo
• Halbheer Roger, Microsoft, Switzerland
• Bahadir Sahin, University of Central Florida, USA
• Rahman Saifur, Virginia Tech, USA
• Sujata Satapathy, National Institute of Disaster Management, India
• Antun Schaller, Hazardous waste management agency, Croatia
• Seree Supharatid, Rangsit University, Thailand
• Rajib Shaw, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Japan
• Claire Shiell, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
• Vladimir Skracic, Forest Research Institute, Croatia
• Mihallaq Spirollari, Disaster Management Program, Albania
• Rahmstorf Stefan, Potsdam University, Germany
• Chauhan Sunil, Centre for strategic Studies and Simulation, United Service Institution of India, India
• Kaoru Takara, Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Professor, Japan
• Takeyoshi Tanaka, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
• Mike Theis, Max Lock Centre, University of Westminster, UK
• John Todaro, Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, USA
• Kenzo Toki, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng, Department of Business Administration, Kainan University, Taiwan
• Giovanni Ulivi, DIA Universita di Roma Tre, Italy
• Henk Voogd, University of Groningen, Netherlands
• Jean-Jacques Wagner, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Patrick Wakely, UCL, UK
• Alyson Warhurst, Strategy and International Development, Warwick Business School, UK
• Gary R. Webb, Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University, USA
• James D. White, University of Otago, New Zealand
• D. Clay Whybark, University of North Carolina, USA
• Ben Wisner, Oberlin College, USA
• Stefan Wrobel, University of Bonn and Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
• Guan-Yuan Wu, Department of Fire Science, Central Police University, Taiwan
• Jiang Xu, Chongqing University, China