EMINENT PERSONALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFERENCE


1. Mr. P.M. Sayed, Hon'ble Minister for Power, Government of India
2. Mr. Masayuki Kitamoto, Executive Director, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC),
    Kobe, Japan
3. Dr. Haresh C. Shah, former Chairman, World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI)
4. Professor Ian Davis, Cranfield University, UK
5. Dr. Maryam Golnaraghi, Chief, Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation     Programme, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
6. Dr. Rodolfo A. de Guzman, Director, Strategic Planning Office, World Meteorological
    Organization (WMO)
7. Dr. Anslem Smolka, Head of Geological/Geophysical Risks, Geo Risks  Research     Department, Munich Reinsurance Company (Munich Re), Germany
8. Dr. Frederick Krimgold, Director, Disaster Risk Reduction Program (DRR) Virginia Tech,
    USA
9. Mr. J. J. Irani, Director, Tata Sons
10. Mr. F.C. Kohli, Former Deputy Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services
11. Mr. T. C. Venkat Subramanian, Chairman and Managing Director, Exim Bank
12. Mr. Prabhuu Sinha, Global Head, Satyam Computers Services Limited
13. Mr. Francesco Pisano, Head, Earth Observation Users Liaison Office within
      the Humanitarian Community, United Nations Institute for Training and Research
      (UNITAR)
14. Mr. K.C. Mishra, Director, National Insurance Academy (NIA)
15. Dr. Havidán Rodríguez, Director, Disaster Research Center (DRC), University of
      Delaware, USA
16. Mr. Jean Chu, Special Advisor to the Director, Special Unit for South-South
     Cooperation (SU/SSC), UNDP, New York
17. Professor Ravi Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
18. Professor Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University, Japan
19. Dr. P. Sekhar, Chairman and Managing Director, Micro Technologies
20. Dr. M. S. SriGowri Sanker, Kobe University, Japan
21. Ms. Dilruba Haider, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP, Dhaka
22. Dr. Ghulam Mohyuddin Sherani, Programme Officer, United Nations Development
     Program (UNDP), Kabul, Afghanistan
23. Professor D.K. Paul, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee
24. Professor R. Shankar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee
25. Ms. Mandira Shreshta, Water Resource Specialist, International Centre for
      Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
26. Dr. Krishna S. Vatsa, Secretary, Relief and Rehabilitation, Government of
     Maharashtra
27. Datuk Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, President, MERCY Malaysia
28. Ms. Madhavi Ariyabandu, Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG),
      Srilanka
29. Mr. Amod Mani Dixit, General Secretary & Executive Director, National Society
     for Earthquake Technology, Nepal (NSET)
30. Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, GIS Development
31. Mr. Emmanuel De Guzman, Philippines
32. Mr. Anshu Sharma, Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development
     Society (SEEDS)
33. Mr. Ramesh L Dalal, Chairman, R.L. Dalal & Company Pvt. Ltd.
34. Mr. P.K. Gupta, President, Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA)
35. Mr. K. M. Lal, Institute of Environmental and Social Development (IESD)

Presently, the conference is listed on the following links:

1. http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/dr/currentdr.html
2. http://www.adrc.or.jp/conferences.php
3. http://www.niapune.com
4. http://www.conferencealerts.com/seeconf.mv?q=ca1a03hm
5. http://www.undp.org/bcpr/disred/documents/wcdr/docs/enbsummary_eng.pdf
6. http://www.sidsnet.org/latestarc/other-newswire/msg00034.html
7. http://www.iisd.ca/download/asc/enb2609e.txt
8. http://www.worldbank.org/hazards/news/conferences.htm
9. http://www.unisdr.org/meeting-conference-2005.htm
10. http://www.ema.gov.au/agd/EMA/emaInternet.nsf/Page/SeminarsConferences
11. http://www.eeri.org
12. http://www.mail-archive.com/pedulibencana@yahoogroups.com/msg00663.html
13. http://a.hatena.ne.jp/seism
14. http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoService/enews/issues/0506/meetings.asp
15. http://www.cspr.se/content/1/c4/17/65/Hemsida%20conferences.pdf
16. http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoService/enews/issues/0506/meetings.asp