ICG/PTWS Steering Committee Meeting

16 - 18 September 2026,

United States

Annotated Agenda

1. WELCOME AND OPENING
2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
3. REVIEW OF ACTION ITEMS FROM THE ICG/PTWS-XXXI SESSION
4. CHAIR'S REPORT ON THE TOWS-WG XIX SESSION AND THE IOC 59TH EC
5. REPORT OF TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDERS
5.1 PTWC
5.2 NWPTAC
5.3 SCSTAC
5.4 CATAC
6. REPORT OF THE ITIC
7. REPORT OF WGs
7.1 WG 1 - UNDERSTANDING TSUNAMI RISK
7.2 WG 2 - TSUNAMI DETECTION, WARNING AND DISSEMINATION
7.3 WG 3 - DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS
7.4 REGIONAL WG ON TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM ON THE CENTRAL AMERICAN PACIFIC COAST (WG-CA)
7.5 REGIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH EAST PACIFIC (WG-SEP)
7.6 REGIONAL WORKING GRUOP ON TSUNAMI AND MITIGATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION (WG-SCS)
7.7 PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REGIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM (WG-PICT)
8. POLICY MATTERS
8.1 TSUNAMI DETECTION, WARNING AND DISSEMINATION
8.1.1 SEA-LEVEL OBSERVATIONS
8.1.2 SMART CABLE
8.1.3 SoP of TSUNAMI GENERATED BY VOLCANOES AND METEO-TSUNAMI
8.1.4 STANDARD METHODOLOGY FOR THE COLLECTION OF TNC/TWFP/NTWC CONTACT INFORMATION
8.2 TSUNAMI DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
8.2.1 TSUNAMI READY RECOGNITION PROGRAM
8.2.2 PTWS TSUNAMI READY EQUIVALENCY GUIDANCE
8.2.3 TSUNAMI READY COALITION
8.2.4 PACIFICWAVE 2026
8.3 TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDERS PRODUCTS AND MESSAGES
8.4 UN OCEAN DECADE TSUNAMI PROGRAM
8.5 ICG/PTWS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
9. IOC/UNESCAP CAPACITY ASSESSMENT OF TSUNAMI PREPAREDNESS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
10. 2025 KAMCHATKA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI POST EVENT ASSESSMENT
11. ICG/PTWS-XXXII SESSION
11.1 EXPECTED DATE OF THE ICG/PTWS-XXXII SESSION
11.2 DRAFT AGENDA OF THE ICG/PTWS-XXXII SESSION
11.3 PTWS-IUGG JOINT WORKSHOP
12. SECRETARIAT'S REPORT ON PTWS BUDGET
13. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
14. CLOSING