Event: Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean: a Regional Conference in Muscat, Oman
Dates: 2015-Mar-22 to 2015-Mar-23

Scientific Committee

Ghazi AL RAWAS
Sultan Qaboos University

Oman



Sultan AL-YAHYAI
Mazoon Electricity Company

Shati Al Qurum
Muscat
Oman



Brian ATWATER
U.S. Geological Survey at Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington

U.S. Geological Survey at Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of WashingtonBox 351310
Seattle, Washington WA 98195-1310
United States

Tel: 206-553-2927
Fax: 206-553-8350


Sam HETTIARACHCHI
Professor
University of Moratuwa, Department of Civil Engineering

Bandaranayake Mawatha, Katubedda
Moratuwa
10400
Sri Lanka



Peter KOLTERMANN
Prof, Leading Scientist, Former Head of Section, Tsunami Unit (Ret.)
NRAL/AEL, Faculty of Geography
Lomonosov Moscow State University,GSP

MSU/NRAL/AEL
Bockhorst 129
Hamburg
Germany
22589
Russia

Tel: +49-40-806352


Joern LAUTERJUNG
Director
Scientific Infrastructure
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany

Tel: +49(0)3312881020


Vasily TITOV
Lead Scientist
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 3
Seattle, Washington WA 98115
United States

Tel: +1 (206) 526 4536


Lecturers

Zulkarnain ADNAN
Staff of Database Development Division
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA

P.O. Box 3540 Jkt.
Jl. Angkasa I No.2 Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat
DKI Jakarta
10720
Indonesia

Tel: +62 (0)21 4246321


Ahmed AL-HARTHI
Director Operations and Technical Sevices
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman

Tel: +96824519360


Hanan ALHINAI
GIS Applications Developer
GIS Department, Muscat Municipality

132 alkhoud
Muscat
Oman



Íñigo ANIEL-QUIROGA
researcher
Coastal engineering and Management
Environmental Hydraulics Institute

Universidad de Cantabria
PCTCAN
c) Isabel Torres 15

39011 Santander
Spain



Maria Ana BAPTISTA
Professor

1700 Lisboa,
1700 Lisboa
Portugal

Tel: +351217500809


Luis CARRIÇO
Professor
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, LASIGE

Portugal



Yahya DARMAWAN
Junior Researcher
Indonesia Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics

Jl. Ngumban Surbakti No. 15, Sempakata, Medan Selayang II
Medan
North Sumatra 20131
Indonesia

Tel: +886975713887


Issa EL-HUSSAIN
Sultan Qaboos University

123
Al-Khoudh
Oman

Tel: +968 24142642
Fax: +968 24413137


Hermann FRITZ
Associate Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355
United States

Tel: 1-404-385-1803


Mauricio GONZÁLEZ
Professor
Universidad de Cantabria – Ocean and Coastal Research Group

Av. Castros s/n
39005 Santander
Spain

Tel: +34 942 201 810
Fax: +34 942 201 860


Martin HAMMITZSCH
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany

Tel: +493312881717


Haider HASAN
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
NED University of Engineering and Technology

University Road
Karachi-75270
Pakistan

Tel: +92 21 9926 1261


Mohammad HEIDARZADEH
Brunel University London, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering, Brunel University London
Kingston Lane
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom



Thomas HELZEL
President
HELZEL Messtechnik GmbH

Carl-Benz-Straße 9
24568 Kaltenkirchen
Germany

Tel: +49 4191 95 20 31


Andreas HOECHNER
Postdoctoral researcher
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany

Tel: +493312881927


Goesta HOFFMAN
Associate Professor
German University of Technology

PC 130
Muscat
Oman



Din Muhammad KAKAR
Professor
Department of Geology
MaritimEA Research

C/O Najeebullah
lecturer, Geology Department
Quetta-Balochistan
Pakistan

Tel: +92 300 938 6556


Sahibzad KHAN
Director
Lahore, Punjab
Pakistan Meteorological Department, Headquarter

Headquarters Office
Pitras Bukhari RoadSector, H-8/2
Islamabad-
Pakistan

Tel: +92 4237 420 056


Hira LODHI
Lecturer
Physics
NED University of Engineering and Technology

University Road
Karachi-75270
Pakistan

Tel: +923342272379


Mohammad MOKHTARI
Director of National Center for Earthquake Prediction
Seismotectonic
International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering

Tehran,
P.O. Box: 19537-14453
No. 21, Arghavan St., North Dibajee, Farmanieh
Iran

Tel: +98 9122115165


Muzli MUZLI
Reseacher
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA

P.O. Box 3540 Jkt.
Jl. Angkasa I No.2 Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat
DKI Jakarta
10720
Indonesia

Tel: +6281291339533


Emile OKAL
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University

Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3130
United States

Tel: +1-847-491-3238


Paul OLOO
Assistant Director
Oceanography & Marine Meteorological Services
Kenya Meteorological Department

P.O. Box 30259
Nairobi
00100
Kenya

Tel: +254 721 624918


Revathy PARAMESWARAN
PhD candidate
Centre for Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Science

Bangalore 560012
Karnataka
India

Fax: +918022933405


Irina RAFLIANA
Researcher
Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional

Gedung B.J. Habibie, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 8, Jakarta Pusat
Jakarta
Jakarta 10340
Indonesia

Tel: +62 813 10332282


Harkunti RAHAYU
Institut Teknologi Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology)

Campus
Jl. Ganesha no. 10

Bandung
West Java 40132
Indonesia



Bastian SCHNEIDER
Disaster Risk Management
German International Cooperation (GIZ)

Tacloban
Philippines



Tilo SCHÖNE
Senior Scientist
Geodesy
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany

Tel: +49-331-288 1739


Gemma SMITH
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

Waterfront Campus
European Way
Southampton
SO14 3ZH
United Kingdom



Thomas VERNET
Associate Professor
Institut des Mondes Africains

Centre Malher
9 rue Malher
75004 Paris
France

Tel: +33 6 78 93 94 41


Bernd WEBER
CEO; Scientist
gempa GmbH

Telegrafenberg C4
14473 Potsdam
Germany

Tel: +493312881929


Rahmi YUNITA
Freelance Consultant
Freelance Consultant

Jakarta Selatan
DKI Jakarta 12790
Indonesia



Participants

Fethi ABBASSI
Ass. Professor
Dhofar University

Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics
College of Engineering, UNIVERSITY
P.O Box 2509

211
Salalah
Oman

Tel: 0096892049100


Said AL ALJAMOUDI
Engineer
Royal Oman Police

Muscat
Oman

Tel: 0096895240921


Ahmed AL BARWANI
Water Resources Expert
Water Resources Monitoring
Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources

P.O.Box 2575, Ruwi, 112
Oman

112
Ruwi
Oman

Tel: 96899213984
Fax: 96824494453


Nasser AL DHAWYANI
Mr.
Governorate of Muscat

113
Muscat
Oman

Tel: 24745358


Nasser AL HAJRI
Water Resources Specialist
Monitoring

Oman
mascut
Oman

Tel: +96899355953


Khalil AL HASHAMI
daroctor
Ministry of Education

Boduthakurufaanu Magu
Male
Maldives

Tel: +960 99880948


Jokha AL HINAI
Ministry of Regional Municipalities & Water Resources

Oman

Tel: 0096899350286


Fatma AL HINAI
Assistant Secretary General- Oman National Commission

Muscat
Oman

Tel:


Saif AL HINAI
project Manager
Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm

Oman



Nasser AL JABRI
Specialist
Telecomunications Regulatory Authority

Muscat
Oman

Tel: 24222090
Fax: 24222081


Fathi AL JAHDHAMI
Director of projects
Projects
P.o.box 42 Postal Code 400 Ibra Oman

400
Ibra
Oman

Tel: +96895228474
Fax: Al Jahdhami


Wafa AL MAHRI
assissant director
The Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science

Mawalih.S
132
Seeb
Oman

Fax: 24759555


Walid AL-ABRI

Muscat
Oman

Tel: 92470008


Noora AL-BALUSHI
Graduate
German University of Technology

PO Box 1816
Athaibah

PC130
Muscat
Oman



Jaifar AL-BUSAIDI
weather forecaster & Early Warning System operator
Multi Hazard of Early Warning Center
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman

Tel: +96892111689


Mahmood AL-BUSAIDI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman



Sultan AL-HARRASI
R&D
Royal Oman Police

SEEP
Oman

Tel: 0096899350125


Said Abdullah AL-HARTHI
Asst. Director Operation and Technology
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman

Tel: +96824519360


Salam AL-HASHMI
Senior Engineer
Earthquake Monitoring Center
Sultan Qaboos University

Al Khoudh,Muscat 123
Seeb
Oman



Harith AL-KUBAISY
Student
German University of Technology

PO Box 1816
Athaibah

PC130
Muscat
Oman



Ali AL-LAWATI
Staff Officer Maritime Security
Royal Navy of Oman

114
Oman

Tel: 99883871


Sami AL-MAMARI
Meteorlogist
DGMAN
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman

Tel: 0096892510109


Majid AL-MAQBALI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman

Tel: 0096892925502


Hamed AL-NABHANI
ROP

Oman



Khalid AL-NAJAR
Director of meteorological services -salalah
public authority of civil aviation
Public Authority of Civil Aviation

Muscat International Airport
P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman

Tel: 0096899492340


Ahmed AL-NASRI
Engineer
Royal Oman Police

Muscat
Oman



Ahmed AL-SAWAFI
Student
Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Marine Science and Fisheries

Muscat
Oman



Ahmed AL-SHAMI
Director of Monitoring & Control Dept. DG of Environmental Emergencies & Disasters.
Ministry of Water & Environment

P.O. Box 19237
Sana'a
Yemen

Tel: +967-777396002


Yousuf Mohammed AL-SHIJBI
SQU/EMC

Oman



Mohammed AL-SINANI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

P.O. Box 1
P.C. 111
Muscat
Oman



Khalfan AL-TOUBI
Engineer
Earthquake Monitoring Center
Sultan Qaboos University

Al Khoudh,Muscat 123
Seeb
Oman

Tel: 00968-99378161


Sultan ALALAWI
social worker
Ministry of Social Development (MoSD)

Oman

Tel: 0096899820102
Fax: 24697627


Sultan ALFARSI

x
x
Muscat
Oman

Tel: 00968 99888767


Jamal ALHINAI
meteorologist
Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Meteorology

Civil Aviation AffairsMinistry of Transport and Communications
Muscat
Oman

Tel: 99659554


Saifou-Dine ALIANI TOIHA
In-Charge of Research
Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie

Route d'Itsambouni
Moroni
Comoros

Tel: +269 3343924


Talal ALJABRI
supervisor activtis
minstry of education

483
muscat
Oman

Tel: +96895339295


Hamid ALKATHIRI
Deputy General Manager
Port of Salalah

salalah
Oman



Musallam ALKATHIRI
Genral supervisour
Dhofar Municipslty

Salalah p.o.box 50
211
salalah
Oman

Tel: 99483341


Khalil ALLAWATI
Haydrologist
Ministry of Rigional Municapilities and Water Resources

Muscat
320
Matrah
Oman

Tel: 99373626
Fax: 24494148


Hafidh ALMAAMARI
Ministry of Education

3234/111
Oman

Tel: 00968 99388364


Mohammed ALMUQAIMI
translator
Ministry of Social Development (MoSD)

Oman

Tel: 0096892000354
Fax: 24692803


Mohammad ALOBIDANI
Ministry of Education

Oman

Tel: 00968 99422992


Jean Bernardo ANDRIANAIVOARISOA
Researcher
Institute and Observatory of Geophysics in Antananarivo (IOGA)

P.O. Box 3843
101 Antananarivo
Madagascar

Tel: +261 223 0182


Russell ARTHURTON
Coastal Geoscience

5a Church Lane
Melton Mowbray
LE14 3BY
United Kingdom

Tel: +44-1664-810024


Alpaslan AYDINGAKKO
Senior Coastal/Marine Eng.
Centrilized Utilities Company

Qurm
Oman
Oman

Tel: +968 97709640


Rick BAILEY
Head of Tsunami Warning & Ocean Services
Hazard Prediction Branch
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne

700 Collins Street, Docklands
GPO Box 1289
Melbourne VIC 3001
Australia

Tel: 61 3 9669 4103


Edgard CABRERA
Chief, Marine Meteorology and Ocean Affairs Division

1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 730 82 37
Fax: +41 22 730 81 28


Yassine CHARABI
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts and Social Science

Department of Geography
Po.Box 42

123
Muscat
Oman



Peter COBURN
Operations Manager, Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne

700 Collins Street, Docklands
GPO Box 1289
Melbourne VIC 3001
Australia



Yedi DERMADI
Earthquake Management Operation Subdivision
Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA

P.O. Box 3540 Jkt.
Jl. Angkasa I No.2 Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat
DKI Jakarta
10720
Indonesia



Nora GALE
ICG/IOTWMS Secretariat

IOC/UNESCO Perth Regional Programme Office
WA 6872 PO Box 1370, West Perth
Australia



Malte GIESENOW

Germany<br />
Germany



Dennis GONGUEZ
Director/Chief Meteorologist
National Meteorological Service of Belize

Belize

Tel: 501 225 2012
Fax: +501 225 2101


Mohamad Taufik GUNAWAN
Head of Earthquake and Tsunami Operation Management
Earthquake and Tsunami Center
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA

P.O. Box 3540 Jkt.
Jl. Angkasa I No.2 Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat
DKI Jakarta
10720
Indonesia

Tel: +6281381273891


Premini HETTIARACHCHI
Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering
University of Moratuwa, Department of Civil Engineering

Bandaranayake Mawatha, Katubedda
Moratuwa
10400
Sri Lanka

Tel: +94 112650567


Malcolm HOOD
International Training Manager
Met Office

FitzRoy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1392 884748
Fax: +44 (0)1392 885681


Julia ILLIGNER
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany

Tel: 0331/288-1740
Fax: 0331/288-1775


Daniel JAKSA
Australian Datum Modernisation Manager
Geodesy Section
Geoscience Australia

Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Drive
Symonston
Canberra ACT 2609
Australia

Tel: +61 (0)2 6249 9685
Fax: +61 (0)2 6249 9984


Ramis KASHOOB
operations manager
Port of Salalah

salalah
Oman



Andre KLOTH
Managing Director
DiGOS Potsdam GmbH

August-Bebel-Str 68
14482 Potsdam
Germany



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


Mark LEONARD
Research Scientist
Geoscience Australia

Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Drive
Symonston
Canberra ACT 2609
Australia

Tel: +61 2 6249 9111


Asinta MANYELE
Lecturer
Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology

P.O. Box 2958 Dar Es Salaam, Morogoro Rd
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania

Tel: +255 786122449


Samwel MBUYA
Manger Meteorological Infrastructure
Meteorological Infrastructure
Tanzania Meteorological Authority

Morogoro Road ,Ubungo Plaza Third Floor, P. O. Box 3056, Dar es Salaam
Morogoro Road ,Ubungo Plaza Third Floor
P. O. Box 3056 Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania

Tel: +255 764750980


Adel MOHAMED
Researcher
Earthquake Monitoring Center, Sultan Qaboos University

Al-Khoudh, Muscat
Muscat
Oman

Tel: +968 93269724


Amierali MOHAMED FIROZALI
National Data Centre operator/Analyst
Ministry of Public Works

Paramaribo
Suriname

Tel: +597492980
Fax: +597490627


Ghazala NAEEM
Consultant
Unknown Paksitan

-
Islamabad--
Pakistan

Tel: +92-300-4250695


Katie POGI
Senior Scientific Officer
Meteorology Division
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa

Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi - Sogi
Mulinu'u Road
Apia
Samoa



Elnazir RAMADAN
Assistant Professor
SQU

Oman

Tel: 24142954


Wagner E. RIVERA ESTEVEZ
Forecaster Assistant and Member Tsunamis Warning Unit.
ONAMET: Oficina Nacional de Meteorologia - National Meteorological Service

809 Santo Domingo, Provincia Santo Domingo<br />
809 Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

Tel: 8098177034


Mochammad RIYADI
Director for Earthquake and Tsunami Center
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA

P.O. Box 3540 Jkt.
Jl. Angkasa I No.2 Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat
DKI Jakarta
10720
Indonesia



Nimal SARATHSENA
Director Emergency Operation
Disaster Management Centre

3rd, 4th Floor, 120/2 Vidya Mawatha
Colombo
00700
Sri Lanka

Tel: +94 773957903


Hla SAW
Deputy Director, Head of National Earthquake Data Centre and Tsunami Early Warning System
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Nay Pyi Taw

No. 50, Kaba-Aye Pagoda Road
Mayangone Township,
Myanmar (Burma)



Paulo SIGAUQUE
Thecnical Oceanographer
Oceanography
Insituto Nacional de Hidrografia e Navegaco

PO Box 2098
Karl Marx Avenue 153
Maputo
Mozambique

Tel: +258 828011910


Harald SPAHN
Consultant
Consulting Services & Training

Natural Resources and Environmental Management
xxxxx Disaster Risk Reduction
Germany

Tel: +49 404 9176


Waleed THANOON
University of Nizwa

Nizwa
PC616
Birkat Al Mouz
Oman

Tel: 00968-99847257


Nicolas THOMAS
Deputy head of earth observation group
Actimar

36, quai de la douane
29200 Brest
France

Tel: +33 2 90 26 20 12


Abdullah USMAN
District Coordinator
Gwadar Disaster Management Authority

Prime Minister’s Office,2nd FloorSector G-5-1, Constitution Avenue
Islamabad-44000
Pakistan

Tel: +92 3008983360


Masahiro YAMAMOTO
retired IOC

Funabashi, Chiba
274-0077
Japan

Tel: +81(0)474634403
Fax: +81(0)474634403