Event: Expert Meeting for Establishment of a Regional Working Group and Working Process between North West Indian Ocean Countries on Risk Knowledge
Dates: 2019-Sep-03 to 2019-Sep-06

Member State Participants

Mahmood Reza AKBARPOUR JANNAT
Dr., Academic Staff
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science

Tehran,
No.3 Etemad Zadeh St.
Fatemi Ave.
014155-4781
Iran

Tel: +98 21 66944873-6
Fax: +98 21 66944873-6


Faisal AL HAJRI
Director Executive Office
National Committee for Civil Defense

Muscat Airport
P.O. Box 256 Code: 112
Muscat
Oman



Noura AL KAABI
Meteorologist
Directorate General of Meteorology
Public Authority of Civil Aviation

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


Zaid AL-HABSI
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)

Al Khoudh
Muscat
Oman



Abdullah AL-HASHMI
National Committee for Civil Defense

Muscat Airport
P.O. Box 256 Code: 112
Muscat
Oman



Badar AL-KINDI
Public Authority for Radio and Television

P.O. Box - 1130
Madinat Al Ilam
PC 133
Muscat
Oman



Juma AL-MASKARI
Director General for Meteorology and PR of the Sultanate of Oman with WMO
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

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

Tel: 0 968 24354555


Salim AL-RASBI
National Committee for Civil Defense

Muscat Airport
P.O. Box 256 Code: 112
Muscat
Oman



Yousuf Mohammed AL-SHIJBI
SQU/EMC

Oman



Alyaqdhan AL-SIYABI
Emergency Planning Officer
National Committee for Civil Defense

Muscat Airport
P.O. Box 256 Code: 112
Muscat
Oman

Tel: +968-96208882


Khalifa AL-SUDAIRI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

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



Khalid Ahmed AL-WAHAIBI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

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



Humaid ALBADI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

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



Khalifa ALEBRI
Head Of Earthquake Monitoring Section
Seismology
National Center of Meteorology

19th Street
Al Shawamekh
United Arab Emirates



Malik ALGHAFRI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

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



Moosa ALQARAWASHI
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

Seeb International AirportP.O. Box 1, Code: 111
Muscat
Oman



Badar ALRUMHI
Director Forecasting and Observing Practices
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation

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

Tel: 0096824519610


Sultan ALSAADI
GIS Expert
National Committee for Civil Defense

Muscat Airport
P.O. Box 256 Code: 112
Muscat
Oman

Tel: +968 9785 55 13


Patanjali Kumar CHODAVARAPU
Scientist
Indian National Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC), Applied Research and Research to Operations (AOR)
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

Ocean Valley, Pragathi Nagar , Nizampet
Hyderabad 500 090
Telangana
India

Tel: +91-40-23886067


Sumer CHOPRA
Director
Science and Technology
Institute of Seismological Research

Knowledge Corridor, Raisan
Gandhinagar 382 009
India

Tel: +91 9426564038


Issa EL-HUSSAIN
Sultan Qaboos University

123
Al-Khoudh
Oman

Tel: +968 24142642
Fax: +968 24413137


Sedigheh FARAHI GHASRE ABOONASR
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science

Tehran,
No.3 Etemad Zadeh St.
Fatemi Ave.
014155-4781
Iran



Fahimeh FOROUGHI
Head of International Cooperation Office
International Cooperation Office
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science

Tehran,
No.3 Etemad Zadeh St.
Fatemi Ave.
014155-4781
Iran

Tel: +982166566793


Ahmed Deif GOMAA ABDULLAH
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)

Al Khoudh
Muscat
Oman



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

University Road
Karachi-75270
Pakistan

Tel: +92 21 9926 1261


Ali KHOSHKHOLGH
Assistant Professor
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science

Tehran,
No.3 Etemad Zadeh St.
Fatemi Ave.
014155-4781
Iran

Tel: +98 9126 208 073


Hira LODHI
Lecturer
Physics
NED University of Engineering and Technology

University Road
Karachi-75270
Pakistan

Tel: +923342272379


Vijaya Sunanda MANNEELA
Scientist
Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

Ocean Valley, Pragathi Nagar , Nizampet
Hyderabad 500 090
Telangana
India



Mehdi MASOODI
Structural geologist & Hazard Researcher
Tsunami and Earthquake Research Center
University of Hormozgan

Hormozgan
Bandar Abbas,
P.O. Box 3995
9 km of road Minab
Iran

Tel: 009809126945118


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


Tariq UJJAN
Meteorologist
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), National Seismic Monitoring and Tsunami Early Warning Centre, Karachi

Pakistan Meteorological Department
National Seismic Monitoring and Tsunami Early Warning Centre
Karachi-
Pakistan

Tel: +922199261423


Invited Experts

Andrey BABEYKO
Group Leader, Geodynamic Modelling
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany



Rick BAILEY
Director
Tsunami Aware & Prepare

5 Hobart Street
Bentleigh Victoria 3204
Australia

Tel: +61 4080 275 94


Gareth DAVIES
Hydrodynamic Modeller
Geoscience Australia

Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Drive
Symonston
Canberra ACT 2609
Australia



Carl HARBITZ
Discipline leader tsunami
Natural Hazards

N-0806 OSLO
Norway

Tel: +47 22023091
Fax: +47 22230448


Stefano LORITO
Researcher
Seismology and Tectonophysics

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Via di Vigna Murata, 605
00143 Roma
Italy

Tel: +390651860584


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


Harald SPAHN
Consultant
Consulting Services & Training

Natural Resources and Environmental Management
xxxxx Disaster Risk Reduction
Germany

Tel: +49 404 9176


UN Agencies

Ingrid DISPERT
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok
10200
Thailand



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


Srinivasa Kumar TUMMALA
Head
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Secretariat
UNESCO IOC Perth Programme Office

Level 3, 1 Ord Street
West Perth 6005
Australia

Tel: +919441229297