22nd International Tsunami Symposium

Committees

International Steering Committee
Co-Chairmen
G.A. Papadopoulos, Greece
K. Satake, Japan

Members
K. Abe, Japan
E. Bernard, USA
J. Bourgois, USA
F. Imamura, Japan
F. Gonzalez, USA
S. Gusiakov, Russia
K. Kawata, Japan
Ch. Koutitas, Greece
B. Levin, Russia
K. Minoura, Japan
E. Okal, USA
E. Pelinofski, Russia
N. Shuto, Japan
F. Stephenson, Canada
C. Synolakis, USA
D. Tappin, UK
S. Tinti, Italy
Y. Tsuji, Japan
A. Yalciner, Turkey
H. Yeh, USA

Local Organizing Committee

Chairman
G.A. Papadopoulos, Greece

Members
V.K. Karastathis
E. Daskalaki
G. Diakogiani
A. Fokaefs
K. Orfanogiannaki
E. Papadimitriou

Sponsors

• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• National Observatory of Athens, Greece
• International Natural Hazards Society

Other sponsors are expected to support the Symposium.
Financial Support
People that need financial support to attend the Symposium may apply to either of the Symposium Co-Chairmen G. A. Papadopoulos (g.papad@gein.noa.gr) and K. Satake (kenji.satake@aist.go.jp). Funds are limited and, therefore, priority will be given to students and females, to participants coming from the countires hit by the recent Indian Ocean tsunami as well as from other tsunami-prone countries. No priority will be given to participants coming from Australia, European Union, Japan and North America.

The IUGG Tsunami Commission

Scope
The IUGG Tsunami Commission covers various aspects of tsunamis from their generation, propagation and coastal run-up. The tsunamis are generated by various submarine processes such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and submarine landslides, hence studied in seismology, volcanology, and marine geology and geophysics. The tsunami propagation is theoretically studied, numerically modeled and observed by various instruments set in deep ocean, coastal water and on coasts. Coastal studies include trace of tsunamis in geological records or historical documents, and tsunami risk calculation, mitigation and countermeasures.
The Tsunami Commission is a joint commission sponsored by IASPEI, IAPSO and IAVCEI. It was established at the 12th General Assembly of IUGG in Helsinki, Finland in 1960 to promote the exchange of scientific and technical information about tsunamis among nations concerned with the tsunami hazard. Since then, the Commission held 21 Tsunami Symposia as a part of the IUGG General Assemblies and independently in an alternate order.

Officers
Chair: Dr.Kenji Satake (Japan), kenji.satake@aist.go.jp
Vice-Chair: Dr.Frank Gonzalez (USA), Frank.I.Gonzalez@noaa.gov
Vice-Chair: Dr.Gerassimos Papadopoulos (Greece), g.papad@gein.noa.gr
Secretary: Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Japan), imamura@tsunami2.civil. tohoku.ac.jp