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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (AS OF 7 DEC 2017)

GOVERNMENT

Algeria

Mr. Tahar Melizi

Délégation Nationale aux Risques Majeurs

Argentina

Ms. Maria Agustina Rovasio

Secretariat of Civil Protection

Ms. Mariana Pais

White Helmets Commission-MoFA

Armenia

Ms. Margarita Hakobyan

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Australia

Ms. Julie Edwards

Attorney-General's Department

Bahrain

Mr. Ahmed Husain

National Committee for Disaster Management - (NCDM)

Mr. Hamad Swar

Ministry of Interior

Barbados

Mr. Wayne Davis

Barbados Statistical Service

Bhutan

Ms. Rinzin Dema

Policy and Planning Division, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs

Brazil

Mr. Osvaldo Moraes

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Director – CEMADEN

Bulgaria

Mr. Georgi Petrov

DG Fire Safety and Civil Protection

Burundi

Mr. Anicet Nibaruta

Executive Secretary - National Platform for DRM

Cabo Verde

Mr. Jeremias Cabral

Director of Risk - National Civil Protection and Fire Service

Mr. Renaldo Gomes Rodrigues

President - National Civil Protection

Cameroon

Mme. Aminatou Mimi Ngounga Mouchili

Department of Civil Protection MINATD

Ms. Mariatou Yap

Director - Civil Protection

Central African Republic

Dr. Eloge Armand Issa Gadenga

Ministère de l'action humanitaire et de la reconciliation Nationale

China

Mr. Chen Li

Ministry of Civil Affairs

Mr. Junfeng Hu

Director - Ministry of Civil Affairs

Mr. Xin Xiao

Deputy Director Ministry of Civil Affairs

Colombia

Ms. Carolina Diaz

Disaster Risk Management Coordinator - National Department of Planning

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Comoros

Mr. Soule Saadi Hamidi

Directeur - Observatoire Volcanologique du Karthala/CNDRS

Congo

Mr. Edmond Paul Makimouha

Ministère du Tourisme, de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

Mr. Guillau Blanchard Ottino

Ministère de la Défense Nationale

Mr. Jacques Maboundou

Ministère de la Défense National

Costa Rica

Carlos Picado

Disaster Risk Management Office

Croatia

Ms. Natasa Holcinger

National Protection and Rescue Directorate

Cuba

Mr. Wilfredo Cobas Dávila

Chief, Department of Operations, National Civil Defence

Czechia

Ms. Marie Adamkova

Ministry of the Environment

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mr. Laurent Tchelu Mwenyimali

Ministere de la Solidarite et Action Humanitaire

Ecuador

Ms. Jenny Arguello

Environmental and Agricultural Statistics - Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos

Egypt

Mr. Aly Haridy

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Director - Crisis Management and DRR Sector

Gabon

Mme. Hortense Togo ép Moussounda

Directeur Général de la Prévention des Risques - Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la

Sécurité, chargé de la Décentralisation et du Développement Local

Gambia

Mr. Ebrima Manneh

Bureau of Statistics (GBoS)

Mr. Sanna A. Dahaba

Executive Director - National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA)

Germany

Mr. Dirk Kamm

Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)

Mr. Joachim Post

DLR

Ms. Julia Borst

Academic staff -Federal Statistical Office

Ms. Laura Vanessa Mueller

Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)

Ms. Miriam Blumers

Academic Staff - Federal Statistical Office

Ms. Nina Köksalan

Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)

Mr. Steffen Helbing

Zentrum für Kultur und visuelle Kommunikation der Gehörlosen in

Berlin/Brandenburg e.V

Mr. Sven Kaumanns

Head of Section Environmental Economic Accounts and Sustainable Development

Indicators - Federal Statistical Office

Mr. Jens Danzeglocke

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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Ghana

Ms. Ab ibatu Walenkaki

National Disaster Management Organisation

Mr. Abubakar Ramadan

Deputy Director General - National Disaster Management Organization

Mr. Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh

Director General - National Disaster Management Organization

Mr. Koranteng Abrokwa

National Disaster Management Organisation

Mr. Kwabena Nsenkyire

National Disaster Management Organisation

Ms. Matilda Acquah

National Disaster Management Organisation

Dr. Nii Amoo Darku

Chairman of National Platform -National Disaster Management Organisation

Greece

Mr. Ioannis Boukis

General Secretariat of Civil Protection/ International Relations Department

Mrs. Nektaria Toupadaki

Head of Research Documentation and Statistics Department

Guatemala

Mr. Leonel Galán Paniagua

Se-Conred - Director de Gestión Integral de Reducción de Riesgo a Desastres

Guinea-Bissau

Mr. Alsau Sambu

Service National de Protection Civile

Honduras

Ms. Dinoska Pérez

Comision Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO)

India

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H.E Bipin Mallick

Additional Secretary (Disaster Management), Ministry of Home Affairs

Ms. Richa Shanker

Director -Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics

Iraq

Mr. Ahmed Al-Ajaj

Ministry of Health and Environment

Israel

Ms. Anat Grimberg

Head of Planning Department NEMA

Italy

Sra.Valeria Silvestri

Policy advisor -Prime Minister's Office - Department of Civil Protection

Jordan

Mr. Ali Baniyasin

National Center for Security and Crisis Management

Mr. Ghassan Al-Zu'bi

The General Directorate of Civil Defence

Kazakhstan

Mr. Marat Khassenov

The Committee for Emergencies

Kuwait

Mr. Alfaras Meshari

Centre Operation Department - Kuwait Fire Service

Kyrgyzstan

Ms. Gulshat Kadyrova

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Mr. Vilayphong Sisomvang

Deputy Director General - Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare

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Latvia

Mr. Ivars Nakurts

Latvian State Fire and Rescue Services

Lebanon

Mr. Malek Mansour

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Emigrants

Malaysia

Mr. Mohd Khairul Zain Ismail

Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI) - Universiti

Kebangsaan

Maldives

Mr. Hisan Hassan

Director - National Disaster Management Centre

H.E. Mohamed Zuhair

Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and National Security

Mali

Dr. Fanta Mady Kone

Responsable des urgences Protection Civile

Mauritania

Mr. Ahmed Salem Benahi

Centre National du Lutte Antiacridienne

Mr. Mohamed Lemine Abdel Kader

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Mexico

Sr. Norlang Garcia

Social and Economic Studies - National Centre for Disasters Prevention

Mongolia

Ms. Bazarragchaa Duudgai

Senior Specialist - The National Emergency Management Agency

Mr. Ganzorig Tsogtbaatar

Deputy Chief - The National Emergency M anagement Agency

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Montenegro

Ms. Bojana Radojevic

Statistical Office of Montenegro

Mr. Ljuban Tmusic

Ministry of Interior

Morocco

Mr. Azzdine El Hammoudi

Ministry for General Affairs and Governance

Namibia

Mrs. Hellen Likando

Deputy Director - Office of the Prime Minister -

Nepal

Mr. Devaraj Kafle

Nepal Police

Mr. Pramod Gautam

Nepal Police

Netherlands

Cees van de Guchte

Deltares

New Zealand

Ms. Kim Wright

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

Nigeria

Mr. Alhassan Nuhu

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

Palestine

Mr. Ammar Salameh

Head of Disaster Management Department - Palestinian Civil Defence

Paraguay

Sra. Magda Elisa Gomez

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Director of Risk Management Council

Ms. Maria Elizabeth Barrios Kuck

National Statistics Office (NSO)

Peru

Mr. Hector Benavides Rullier

National Institute of Statistics and Informatics – INEI

Philippines

Ms. Ana Francesca Rosales

National Economic and Development Authority

Mr. Bernardo Rafaelito Iv Alejandro

Office of Civil Defense

Ms. Cheryl Loise Leal

Office of Civil Defense

Mr. Edwin Salonga

Office of Civil Defense

Mr. Kenneth Menor

Office of Civil Defense

Ms. Sharon Johnnette Agduma

Third Secretary and Vice Consul

Portugal

Ms. Patrícia Pires

Head of Unit - ANPC - Portuguese National Authority for Civil Protection

Republic of Korea

Ms. Byungim So

Ministry of Interior and Safety

Mr. Jaeyoung Lee

Senior Officerof Disaster Recovery Support

Ms. Jimin Son

Ministry of Interior and Safety

Ms. Sukyung Chae

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Ministry of Interior and Safety

Ms. Sukyung Lee

Ministry of Interior and Safety

Republic of Moldova

Ms. Ludmila Lungu

National Bureau of Statistics

Russian Federation

Ms. Irina Oltyan

Head of Scientific Center Defence and Emergency Situations

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Mrs. Sekai Bowman

Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Sustainable Development

Senegal

Mr. Mouhamadou Bamba Ka

Local Development Officer - Commune of Keur Maba Diakhou

Mme. Rokhaya Tanor Dieng Diop

Chef de projet Environnement - Commune of Keur Maba Diakhou

Serbia

Ms. Jelena Dimić

Sector for Emergency Management - Ministry of Interior

Seychelles

Mr. Paul Labaleine

Director General - Department of Risk and Disaster Management

Slovenia

Mrs. Katja Banovec Juroš

Sendai Framework National Focal Point

South Sudan

Mr. Banak Wal

Director General Disaster Management - Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and

Disaster Management

Spain

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Mr. Fernando Prieto

Direccion General de Proteccion Civil y Emergencias

Sri Lanka

Dr. Amalanathan Sithamparapillai

Additional Secretary - Ministry of Disaster Management

Mr. Sunil Jayaweera

Director Preparedness - Disaster Management Center (DMC)

Sudan

H.E. Hassan Hamid

Ambassador

Swaziland

Mr. Sihle Mzileni

Operations Manager - National Disaster Management Agency

Switzerland

Ms. Helen Gosteli

Managing Director PLANAT

Sweden

Ms. Janet Edwards

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB

Thailand

Ms. Kanokporn Chucherd

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation

Trinidad and Tobago

Mr. Allan Stewart

Director - Tobago House of Assembly / Tobago Emergency Management Agency

Tunisia

Mr. Hedi Chebili

Director - Ministry of Local Affairs and Environment

Mr. Hedi Shili

Sous directeur -Ministère des affaires locales et de l'environnement

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Turkey

Ms. Cigdem Tetik Bicer

Management Presidency (AFAD) - Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency

Ms. Gozde Bayramoglu Cabuk

Disaster and Emergency - The Presidency -

Ms. Derya Polat

Management Presidency (AFAD) - Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency

Ms. Yeliz Teker

Management Presidency (AFAD) - Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency

Mr. Özgür Tuna Özmen

Prime Ministry Disaster & Emergency Management Authority (AFAD)

Uganda

Mr. Stephen Kasumba

National Identification and Registration Authority

Ukraine

Mr. Petro Kropotov

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine

United Republic of Tanzania

Mr. Charles Msangi

Prime Minister's Office, Disaster Management Department

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Mr. Michael González

Viceministerio de Gestión de Riesgo y Protección Civil

Zimbabwe

Mr. Lameck Betera

The Department of Civil Protection - Ministry of Local Government, Public Works &

National Housing

Mr. Nathan Nkomo

Director - Civil Protection Department

ACADEMIA

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Mr. Adrian Strauch

Senior Researcher - University of Bonn - Germany

Mr. Arturo Italo Salazar Toledo

The United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security

(UNU-EHS) - Germany

Ms. Esther Makabe

The United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security

(UNU-EHS) - Germany

Prof. Helene Jacot Des Combes

University of South Pacific - Fiji

Mr. Ian Phil Canlas

University of Central Asia - Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Javier Francisco Gonzalez Patino

Postdoctoral Researcher - Bonn University –ZFL – Germany

Prof. Kana Moriyama

Tohoku University - Japan

Ms. Karen Dall

Research Associate -UNU – Germany

Mr. Lukas Edbauer

The United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security

(UNU-EHS) – Germany

Mr. Marco Massabo

Research Director - CIMA Research Foundation

Ms. Regina Fleischmann

University of Bonn – Germany

Ms. Sally Janzen

The United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security

(UNU-EHS) – Germany

Dr. Valerie Graw

Research Associate Center for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL)

Dr. Wadid Erian

Director, Land and Water Uses Division LAS - Egypt

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Prof. Yuichi Ono

Professor - Tohoku University – Japan

Dr. Yvonne Walz

Associate Academic Officer - UNU-EHS – Germany

Dr. Matthias Garschagen

Head of Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management and Adaptive Planning

(VARMAP) - UNU-EHS

IGO

Ms. Hana Kolic

European Commission

Ms. Nomsa Dube

African Union Commission (AUC)

Ms. Samal Bekmaganbetova

Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction - Kazakhstan

NGO

Sra. Andrea Ortiz Vargas

United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY) – Germany

Dr. Babu Ram Gautam

Executive Director - Urban Health Resource Center

Mr. Dipak Kumar Biswakarma

Chief Executive Director - Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) - Nepal

Ms. Eltinay Nuha

Urban Planning and Sustainable Development - Arab Urban Development Institute

Mr. Kamal Bahadur Bk

Dalit NGO Federation (DNF) – Nepal

Mr. Kushal K C

Disaster Reduction Nepal (DRN)

Mr. Manabendra Nath Bandyopadhyay

Institute for Sustainable Development and Research

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Ms. Sara Vicario

Focal Point, Young Scientists Platform on Disaster Risk - Reduction. UN Major

Group for Children and Youth - Spain

Mr. Shraban Kumar Sop

Disaster Reduction Nepal (DRN)

Dr. Syed Teker

Earth Aid - United Kingdom

PRIVATE SECTOR

Mr. Hidemi Tanaka

FUJITSU Ltd. - Japan

Ms. Kaoru Onaya

Senior Director - FUJITSU Ltd. - Japan

Mr. Nadir Rehan

General Manager - Intishar for Tourist Patches - Sudan

Dr. Pino Gonzalez Riancho

GFA Consulting Group - Germany

Dr. Solveig Thorvaldsdottir

Rainrace Consultancy – Iceland

Fabian Löw

Founder & Managing Partner MapTailor Geospatial Consulting GbR - Germany

UNITED NATIONS

Mr. Alasdair Hainsworth

Disaster Risk Reduction Services - World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)

Mr. Daniel Tsegai

Drought Policy Officer – UNCCD

Mr. Jonathan Abrahams

WHO

Mr. Juan Carlos Villagran de Leon

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United Nations Platform for Disaster Management and Emergency Response – UN-

SPIDER

Ms. Maria Schade

Global Monitoring Specialist – UN-WATER

Ms. Mira Markova

Statistician – Disaster Impact Assessment - FAO

Mr. Radu Botez

United Nations Platform for Disaster Management and Emergency Response – UN-

SPIDER

Ms. Sasha Alexander

Drought Policy Officer - UNCCD

Ms. Wirya Khim

Natural Resources Officer - FAO

SECRETRIAT (UNISDR)

Adam Fysh

Programme Officer – Regional Office for Africa

Cesar Velasquez

System Development Consultant – UNISDR Bonn Office

David Stevens

Head, UNISDR Bonn Office

Elina Palm

Senior Programme Officer – Geneva

Jennifer Guralnick

Programme Officer – Regional Office for the Americas

Julia Chernavskaia

Communications Consultant – UNISDR Bonn Office

Julio Serje

Programme Officer – UNISDR Bonn Office

Marc Gordon

Programme Officer – Geneva

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Mohammed Fadi Jannan

Deputy Chief of Office – Regional Office for Arab States

Rahul Sengupta

Programme Officer – UNISDR Bonn Office

Ricardo Mena

Chief of Branch, Geneva

Ritsuko Yamazaki-Honda

Programme Officer – UNISDR Bonn Office

Sandra Kemeh

Programme Support Consultant – UNISDR Bonn Office

Sarah Wade-Apicella

Programme Officer – UNISDR GETI Incheon

Sebastien Penzini

Programme Officer – Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Timothy Wilcox

Programme Officer – Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific