Event: TOWS Task Team on Disaster Management and Preparedness
Dates: 2025-Feb-21 to 2025-Feb-22

Secretariat

Derya VENNIN
Assoc. Project Officer at IOC-UNESCO
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France

Tel: +331456 81874


Members

Ignacio AGUIRRE AYERBE
Researcher
Coastal Management and Engineering
Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de Cantabria

Calle Isabel Torres 15
IHCantabria
39011 Santander Cantabria
Spain

Tel: +34942201616


Alison BROME
Programme Officer for Coastal Hazards, Tsunami Unit, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Tsunami Information Centre
Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre

C/O Coastal Zone Management Unit
8th Floor Warrens Tower II, Warrens, St Michael
Bridgetown, BB12001
Barbados

Tel: +246 535-5700/5703


Silvia CHACON BARRANTES
Professor and Researcher
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis (SINAMOT)

Universidad Nacional, Campus Omar Dengo
Avenida 1, Calle 9. Apartado Postal: 86-3000
Heredia
Costa Rica

Tel: +506 83096690


Marinos CHARALAMPAKIS
Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens

P.O. Box 20048
11810 Athens
Greece

Tel: +30 2103 490 175


Ashleigh FROMONT
Team Leader, Hazard Risk Management
Risk and Recovery
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

PO Box 5010
Wellington
Wellington 6145
New Zealand



Amr HAMOUDA
President of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Cairo

101 Kasr El Ainy St.
Cairo
Egypt

Tel: 00201006620230


Ardito M. KODIJAT
Head of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre
UNESCO Office Jakarta

Jl. Galuh II no 5
Kebayoran Baru

Jakarta Selatan
DKI 12110
Indonesia

Tel: +62-21-7399818 Ext 878


Laura KONG
Director ITIC
UNESCO IOC NOAA International Tsunami Information Centre

1845 Wasp Blvd, Bldg 176
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 USA
United States

Tel: 1-808-725-6051


Observers

Rosalind COOK
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

UN House
Rue Montoyer 14
1000 Brussel
Belgium



Elena DASKALAKI
Research Assistant, Earthquake and Tsunami Analyst
National Tsunami Warning Center
Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens

P.O. Box 20048
11810 Athens
Greece

Tel: +30 210 34 90 123


Sarah GRIMES
Head, Marine Services Division; Coordinator, WMO Ocean Activities
Marine Services
World Meteorological Organization

Case Postale 2300
7bis, avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 730 81 11


Regina KHANBEKOVA
Communications
United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction

UNISDR
9-11 Rue de Varembé
CH 1202 Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: +41766232027


Fujiang YU
Director-General
National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC)/Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR)

No.8 Dahuisi Road, Haidian District
Beijing
100081
China

Tel: +861062105732


Secretariat & Member

Denis CHANG SENG
Programme Specialist (Ocean Observation & Services Section /Tsunami Unit)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France

Tel: +33 1 45 68 09 51


Chairperson

Harkunti RAHAYU
Institut Teknologi Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology)

Campus
Jl. Ganesha no. 10

Bandung
West Java 40132
Indonesia