6th Floor Conference Room
Bureau of Meteorology
700 Collins Street
Docklands
Melbourne VIC 3008
Australia
| 1. | WELCOME AND OPENING OF EIGHTH SESSION |
| 2. | ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION |
| 2.1 | ADOPTION OF AGENDA |
| 2.2 | DESIGNATION OF RAPPORTEUR |
| 2.3 | CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION |
| 3. | REPORT ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| 3.1 | IOC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S REPORT |
| 3.10 | REPORT FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS |
| 3.2 | ICG CHAIRMAN’S REPORT |
| 3.3 | REVIEW OF ICG/IOTWS DECISIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS |
| 3.4 | ICG/IOTWS SECRETARIAT REPORT |
| 3.5 | REPORT FROM 4TH MEETING OF THE TOWS WORKING GROUP |
| 3.6 | REPORT FROM THE INTERIM ADVISORY SERVICE |
| 3.7 | REPORT FROM JAKARTA TSUNAMI INFORMATION CENTRE (JTIC) |
| 3.8 | NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS |
| 3.9 | REPORTS FROM UN AGENCIES |
| 4. | WORKING GROUP PROGRESS REPORTS |
| 4.1 | WORKING GROUP 1 PROGRESS REPORT: TSUNAMI RISK ASSESSMENT AND REDUCTION |
| 4.2 | WORKING GROUP 2 PROGRESS REPORT: TSUNAMI DETECTION, WARNING AND DISSEMINATION, INCLUDING REPORT FROM RTWP TASK TEAM (RTT) |
| 4.3 | WORKING GROUP 3 PROGRESS REPORT: TSUNAMI AWARENESS AND RESPONSE |
| 5. | REGIONAL TSUNAMI WATCH PROVIDER (RTWP) STATUS REPORTS |
| 6. | POLICY MATTERS |
| 6.1 | ADOPTION OF TIMETABLE FOR TRANSITION FROM INTERIM ADVISORY SERVICE TO RTWP SERVICE |
| 6.2 | IOTWS MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY |
| 6.3 | EXPANSION OF ROLE OF JTIC TO BECOME A TSUNAMI INFORMATION CENTRE FOR THE IOTWS |
| 6.4 | IOTWS OUTREACH, CAPACITY BUILDING AND MEDIA INTERACTION |
| 7. | UPDATES TO THE IOTWS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN |
| 8. | PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2011-2012 |
| 9. | NEXT MEETING |
| 9.1 | CONFIRMATION OF DATE AND VENUE FOR ICG/IOTWS-IX |
| 9.2 | TARGET DATE AND VENUE FOR IOTWS-X |
| 10. | ELECTION OF OFFICERS |
| 11. | ANY OTHER BUSINESS |
| 12. | ADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS |
| 13. | CLOSE OF MEETING |