Ortwin Renn
Scientific Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)

Zita Sebesvari
Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University (UNU-EHS)

Peter Sammonds
Director, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), University College of London

David Alexander

Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), University College of London

Andrew Collins
Leader, Disaster and Development Network, Northumbria University

Gretchen Kalonji
Dean, Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (DMR), Sichuan University

Toshio Koike
Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of UNESCO

Mahua Mukherjee
Head, Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT-Roorkee

Indrajit Pal
Assistant Professor, Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM), Asian Institute of Technology

Paul Kovacs
Executive Director
Adjunct Research Professor, Economics, Western University, Canada

Rodrigo Cienfuegos
Director of Research, Center for Integrated Management of Disaster Risks (CIGIDEN)

John van de Lindt
Harold H. Short Endowed Chair Professor
Co-Director, Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning, Colorado State University

Hirokazu Tatano
Secretary-General, GADRI; and Vice-Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University