Exploratory Workshop on Sensor Based Infrastructure for Early Tsunami Detection

Maui, Hawaii, February 9-10, 2005
S-CITI Project

Sponsored By:

National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

Organized By:            

Louise Comfort, Daniel Mosse and Taieb Znati

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

 

Schedule of Events

Thursday, February 9, 2005:

8:00:

Continental Breakfast, Royal Lahaina Hotel

8:30:

Welcoming Remarks: Purpose and Format of the Workshop

Louise Comfort, Daniel Mosse and Taieb Znati, University of Pittsburgh

8:40:

Brief Self Introductions: Workshop Participants

8:55:

Current Developments and Technical Challenges in Tsunami Warning Systems: Experience of Tsunami-Affected Nations:

Moderator: Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh

9:00:

Thailand: Burin Wechbunthung, Chief, Department of Meteorology

9:30:

Comment and Discussion Period

10:00:

Indonesia: Idwan Suhardi, Deputy Minister for the Utilization and Dissemination of Science and Technology

10:30:

Comment and Discussion Period

11:00:

Brief Break

11:15:

Sri Lanka: Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director, Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (LIRNEAsia)

11:45:

Comment and Discussion Period

12:15:

Luncheon: Toward a Regional Tsunami Warning System in South Asia.

Speaker: Charles McCreery, Executive Director,

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

1:30:

India: C.V.R. Murty, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

2:00:

Comment and Discussion Period

2:30:

The Operational Limitations of Present and Proposed Tsunami Warning Systems and their Linkages to Operational Agencies:

Moderator: Taieb Znati, University of Pittsburgh

  • Syahril Kusuma, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
  • Anat Ruangrassamee, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • Ravi Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
  • Hiroo Kanamori, California Institute of Technology, USA
  • Peter Anderson, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • Stanley Goosby, Pacific Disaster Center, USA

3:00:

Comment and Discussion Period

3:30:

Brief Break

3:45:

Demonstrations of Current Technical Designs for Tsunami Warning Systems:

Thailand:

Cherdsak Virapat, National Disaster Warning Center

Indonesia:

Santoso Warhono, Utilization and Dissemination of Science and Technology

Sri Lanka:

Rohan Samarajiva, LIRNEAsia

India:

C.V.R. Murty, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

5:45:

Luau

8:30 - 10:00

Informal discussion groups on the technical, organizational, and cultural requirements for tsunami warning system

 

Friday, February 10, 2006

8:00:

Continental Breakfast, Royal Lahaina Hotel

8:30:

Technical Requirements for a Low-Cost Tsunami Detection System that links Scientific Information to Operational Agencies at Scalable Levels of  Governmental Authority:

Moderator: Louise Comfort, University of Pittsburgh

  • Yasuo Tanaka, Kobe University
  • Walter Mooney, U.S. Geological Survey, USA
  • Allen Clark, Pacific Disaster Center
  • Peter Anderson, Simon Fraser University

9:30:

Comment and Discussion Period

10:00:

Brief Break

10:15:

Organizational and Community Requirements for a Scalable Tsunami Warning System:

  • Dewi Odjar Komala, Utilization and Dissemination of Science and Technology, Indonesia
  • Harkunti Rahayu, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
  • Darni Daud, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh
  • Ravi Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
  • Tavida Kamolvej, Thammasat University & University of Pittsburgh

11:15:

Comment and Discussion Period

11:45:

Integration of Critical Information from Local Centers for Transmission to National and International Response Organization:

  • Laura Kong, International Tsunami Information Center, UNESCO
  • Charles McCreery, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
  • Rhett Butler, Global Seismic Network

12:00:

Comment and Discussion Period

12:30:

Luncheon

1:30:

Working Session to Develop Recommendations for Integrating Socio-Technical Systems in South Asia as a Collaborative Model for a Global Hazards Warning System:

 

Working Groups:

·         Technical Systems: Moderated by Daniel Mosse

·         Organizational Systems: Moderated by Louise Comfort

·         Cultural Systems:  Moderated by Taieb Znati

3:30:

Reconvene Workshop as a Whole: Reports from Working Groups and discussion

4:30:

Workshop Summary: :Louise Comfort