ICG/PTWS Steering Committee Meeting
Meeting
16 - 20 September 2024
Location
Organiser(s) & Staff
Participation
United States
Organiser(s) & Staff
Organiser
Staff
Participation
Open attendance.
ICG/PTWS Steering Committee Meeting
Summary
Established in 2005 by the IOC Assembly through Resolution XXIII-13, the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) includes a PTWS Steering Committee (PTWS SC) which act in an advisory capacity to the Chair of the ICG/PTWS during the inter-sessional period. It coordinates and integrate the work of ICG/PTWS in the inter-sessional periods, as implemented through the various technical and regional working groups and task teams, including but not limited to:
a) Maintain the PTWS Medium Term Strategic Plan
b) Monitor, maintain and update the PTWS Implementation Plan
c) Develop a Strategy for funding PTWS activities
d) Monitor the performance of the PTWS
The Steering Committee will meet during 18-20 September 2024, followed by the dedicated ICG/PTWS WG and TT meetings on 16-17 September 2024, as reflected in the Draft Agenda and Draft Timetable documents provided on this site. Presentations and documentations related to the Steering Committee will be available under the respective agenda items, whereas presentations and documentations of the WG and TT meetings will be available under the Documents section.
Remote participation links will be sent to the members directly by the Technical Secretariat.

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- 1 - Welcome and Opening
- 2 - Adoption of Agenda
- 3 - Review of Action Items from the ICG/PTWS-XXX session
PTWS Action Monitor (as of 18 September 2024) - 4 - Chair’s Report on the TOWS-WG XVII session and the IOC 57th EC
Chair’s Report on the TOWS-WG XVII session and the IOC 57th EC - 5 - Report of Tsunami Service Providers
- 5.1 - PTWC
PTWC Presentation - 5.2 - NWPTAC
NWPTAC Presentation - 5.3 - SCSTAC
SCSTAC Report - 5.4 - CATAC
- 6 - Report of the ITIC
ITIC Presentation - 7 - Report of WGs
- 7.1 - Working Group 1 - Understanding Tsunami Risk
WG-1 Presentation - 7.2 - Working Group 2 - Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination
WG2 Presentation - 7.3 - Working Group 3 - Disaster Risk Management and Preparedness
WG-3 Presentation - 7.4 - Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System on the Central American Pacific Coast
- 7.5 - Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South East Pacific Region
- 7.6 - Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region
WG-SCS Report - 7.7 - Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in Pacific Island Countries and Territories
WG-PICT Presentation
- 8 - Policy Matters
- 8.1 - Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination
- 8.1.1 - Sea Level Observations
- 8.1.2 - SMART Cable
SMART Cables - 8.1.3 - SoP of Tsunami Generated by Volcanoes and Meteo-tsunami
- 8.1.4 - Common Format for Tsunami Products from TSPs
- 8.1.5 - Expansion of the ICG/PTWS ESZ
- 8.2 - Tsunami Disaster Preparedness
- 8.2.1 - Tsunami Ready Recognition Program
TRRP Presentation - 8.2.2 - Minimum NTWC Competency Framework
- 8.2.3 - Pacific Wave 2024
PacWave24 Presentation
- 8.3 - Tsunami Service Providers’ Products and Messages
- 8.3.1 - Users’ Guide
Users’ Guide - 8.3.2 - Cease Telefax Transmission
- 8.3.3 - Tsunami Threat Message of the PTWC
- 8.3.4 - Termination of Notification of Regular Communication Test from TSPs by Circular Letter
- 8.3.5 - Provision of special tsunami maritime safety products to the NAVAREA coordinators
8.3.5-TSP Maritime Messages Update.pptx - 8.3.6 - Status of the CATAC
- 8.4 - UN Ocean Decade Tsunami Program
- 8.5 - 2nd Tsunami Global Symposium
2nd Tsunami Global Symposium
- 10 - ICG/PTWS-XXXI Session
- 10.1 - Expected Date of the ICG/PTWS-XXXI session
Preparations for ICG/PTWS-XXXI - 10.2 - Draft Agenda of the ICG/PTWS-XXXI session
- 10.3 - ICG/PTWS 60 year anniversary workshop
- 11 - Any Other Business
- 12 - Special Lecture: Nankai Trough Earthquake Information presented by the JMA
Special Lecture: Nankai Trough Earthquake - 13 - Closing
Report
Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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Report of the ICG/PTWS Steering Committee Meeting (2024/09) | 03/03/2025 |
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Agenda Documents
Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
3 | PTWS Action Monitor (as of 18 September 2024) | 16/09/24 |
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4 | Chair’s Report on the TOWS-WG XVII session and the IOC 57th EC | 18/09/24 |
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5.1 | PTWC Presentation | 01/10/24 |
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5.2 | NWPTAC Presentation | 24/09/24 |
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5.3 | SCSTAC Report | 21/09/24 |
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6 | ITIC Presentation | 19/09/24 |
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7.1 | WG-1 Presentation | 18/09/24 |
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7.2 | WG2 Presentation | 18/09/24 |
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7.3 | WG-3 Presentation | 20/09/24 |
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7.6 | WG-SCS Report | 02/11/24 |
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7.7 | WG-PICT Presentation | 18/09/24 |
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8.2.1 | TRRP Presentation | 20/09/24 |
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8.3.1 | Users’ Guide | 23/09/24 |
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8.5 | 2nd Tsunami Global Symposium | 02/11/24 |
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9 | 2025 PTWS Capacity Assessment Tsunami Preparedness | 23/09/24 |
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9 | 2024 IOTWMS Capacity Assessment Survey | 23/09/24 |
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9 | 2024 Tsunami Preparedness Capacity Assessment in Asia and the Pacific (Indian Ocean) | 02/11/24 |
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10.1 | Preparations for ICG/PTWS-XXXI | 21/09/24 |
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12 | Special Lecture: Nankai Trough Earthquake | 24/09/24 |
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8.1.2 | SMART Cables | 19/09/24 |
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8.2.3 | PacWave24 Presentation | 04/11/24 |
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8.3.5 | 8.3.5-TSP Maritime Messages Update.pptx | 30/10/24 |
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Background Documents
Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
IOC TOWS-WG-XVII - DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 17/02/2025 |
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IOC/EC-57/Decisions | Adopted Decisions and Resolutions (EC-57) - Non-edited compilation | 29/06/2024 |
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IOC/ICG/PTWS-XXX/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXX), 11–15 September 2023, Nuku’alofa, Tonga | 18/06/2024 |
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IOC/ICG-CARIBE EWS-XVII/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Seventeenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS), 6–9 May 2024, Managua, Nicaragua | 11/06/2024 |
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PTWS-SC Meeting Report (26 March 2024) | 11/09/2024 |
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Other Documents
Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
WG3 Preparatory Meeting Presentation | 02/11/2024 |
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WG2 Preparatory Meeting Presentation | 02/11/2024 |
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TT-TR Preparatory Meeting Presentation | 02/11/2024 |
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PTWS Organisational Structure (as of 20 September 2024) | 25/09/2024 |
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JTF Smart Cables - WG2 Presentation | 02/11/2024 |
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Draft Timetable | 19/08/2024 |
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Draft Agenda | 19/08/2024 |
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There are 29 participants associated with ICG/PTWS Steering Committee Meeting .
Member
Name | Country |
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ANUGRAH Suci | Indonesia |
ARREAGA VARGAS Patricia | Ecuador |
BLAND Lara | New Zealand |
CHACON BARRANTES Silvia | Costa Rica |
FROMONT Ashleigh | New Zealand |
FRY Bill | New Zealand |
JAMELOT Anthony | French Polynesia |
KONG Laura | United States of America |
MARTINEZ Margarita | Chile |
MCCREERY Charles | United States of America |
MELBOURNE Timothy | United States of America |
MOORE Christopher | United States of America |
MORALES AUZ Luis | Ecuador |
MOSELEY Adrienne | Australia |
NISHIMAE Yuji | Japan |
SIFON Matias | Chile |
STRAUCH Wilfried | Nicaragua |
TITOV Vasily | United States of America |
USHIDA Shingo | Japan |
WANG Dakui | China |
XU Zhiguo | China |
Observer
Name | Country |
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ALLEN Corina | United States of America |
BAKER Temily | Thailand |
HÉBERT Hélène | France |
HOWE Bruce | United States of America |
PERONTO James | United States of America |
SATO Takeshi | Japan |
SCHOOR Gregory | United States of America |
WEINSTEIN Stuart | United States of America |
= Person has confirmed their participation and been approved to participate.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 29
Confirmed: 29
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 29
Confirmed: 29
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Group(s):
IOC,
ITIC,
Tsunami.
Label(s): Tsunami Official meeting
Created at 13:59 on 23 May 2024 by Öcal Necmioglu
Last Updated at 23:29 on 19 Feb 2025 by Öcal Necmioglu
Label(s): Tsunami Official meeting
Created at 13:59 on 23 May 2024 by Öcal Necmioglu
Last Updated at 23:29 on 19 Feb 2025 by Öcal Necmioglu