15th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN SAFETY OF MEGA CITIES IN ASIA
7‐9 November 2016 Tacloban City, Philippines

CHAIRPERSON &CO-CHAIRPERSON

Mr. Christopher Rollo – Country Programme Manager, UNHP
Hon. Cristina Romualdez – Tacloban City Mayor, City Govt. of Tacloban
Prof. Kimiro Meguro – Director, ICUS, IIS, UTokyo, Japan

STEERING COMMITTEE

Mr. Yoshinobu Fukasawa – Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific UN-Habitat, Japan
Mr. Christopher Rollo – Country Programme Manager, UNHP
Atty. Jenny Lyn Manibay – City Administrator, City Govt. of Tacloban
Atty. Irene Chiu – Executive Assistant IV, City Govt. of Tacloban
Dr. Virgildo Sabalo – Professor / Officer-In-Charge, UPVTC
Prof. Margarita De La Cruz – Coordinator, Regional Environment and Information System, UPVTC
Prof. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary – Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology (BUET), Bangladesh
Prof. Sudhir Misra – Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Dr. Taketo Uomoto – Chief Executive, Public Works Research Institute, Japan
Prof. Teruo Fujii – Director General, IIS, UTokyo, Japan
Prof. Wei Cheng Fan – Director, CPSR, Tsinghua University, China
Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai – Rector, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Prof. Emeritus Yoshifumi Yasuoka – UTokyo, Japan
Dr. Haruo Sawada – President, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Enp. David Jonathan Garcia – Urban Planner, UNHP
Prof. Ladylyn Mangada – UPVTC
Dr. Lory L. Ruetas – Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center, Health Emergency Management Staff
Prof. Kiang Hwee Tan – National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Pradeep Kumar Ramancarla – International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India
Prof. Kimiro Meguro – Director, ICUS, IIS, UTokyo, Japan
Prof. Mafizur Rahman – BUET, Bangladesh
Prof. Pennung Warnitchai – AIT, Thailand
Prof. Somnuk Tangtermsirikul – Thammasat University, Thailand
Prof. Srikantha Herath – United Nations University, Japan
Prof. Reiko Kuwano –ICUS, IIS, UTokyo, Japan

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Mr. Lysandre Pelingon – Liaison and Communications Officer, UNHP
Ms. Janis Claire Canta – Planning Officer IV, City Govt. of Tacloban
Prof. Anita G. Cular – UPVTC
Prof. Rolly Fuentes – UPVTC
Dr. Hideomi Gokon – Assistant Professor, ICUS, IIS, UTokyo, Japan
Ms. Tomoko Matsushita – Project Researcher, ICUS, IIS, UTokyo, Japan