• Društvo Slovenski komite mednarodnega združenja hidrogeologov (SKIAH) – International Association of Hydrogeologists Slovene Committee (SKIAH)
• Društvo vodarjev Slovenije (DVS) – Water Management Society of Slovenia (DVS)
• Geomorfološko društvo Slovenije (GDS) – Geomorphological Association of Slovenia (GDS)
• Inštitut za vode Republike Slovenije (IzVRS) – Institute of Water of the Republic of Slovenia (IzVRS)
• Slovensko geološko društvo (SGD) – Slovenian Geological Society (SGD)
• Slovensko geotehniško društvo (SloGeD) – Slovenian Geotechnical Society (SloGeD)
• Slovenski nacionalni odbor programa IHP UNESCO (SNC IHP) – Slovenian National Committee for IHP (SNC IHP)
• Slovensko združenje za geodezijo in geofiziko (SZGG) – Slovenian Association of Geodesy and Geophysics (SZGG)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Honorary Chairpersons

Borut PAHOR (President of the Republic of Slovenia) *
Irina BOKOVA (Director General of UNESCO)
Robert GLASSER (Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction)*
José GRAZIANO DA SILVA (Director-General of FAO)*
Petteri TALAAS (Secretary-General of WMO)
David MALONE (Rector of UNU)
Gordon McBEAN (President of ICSU)
Toshimitsu KOMATSU (Vice President of WFEO)
Roland OBERHAENSLI (President of IUGS)
Alik ISMAIL-ZADEH (Secretary-General of IUGG)
Hisayoshi KATO (Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)
Kanji MATSUMURO (Director, Office for Disaster Reduction Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Government of Japan)
Fabrizio CURCIO (Head, National Civil Protection Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Government of Italy)
Jadran PERINIĆ (Director General, National Protection and Research Directorate, Republic of Croatia)
Takashi ONISHI (President of Science Council of Japan)
Juichi YAMAGIWA (President of Kyoto University)
Ivan SVETLIK (Rector of University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Walter AMMANN (President/CEO, Global Risk Forum Davos)
(Note: Honorary chairpersons are Leaders of signatory organizations of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships. * to be confirmed.)

Chairpersons

Matjaž MIKOŠ (Chairman, Slovenian National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction)
Yueping YIN (President, International Consortium on Landslides)
Kyoji SASSA (Executive Director, International Consortium on Landslides)

International Scientific Committee

Che Hassandi ABDULAH (Public Works Department of Malaysia, Malaysia)
Biljana ABOLMASOV (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Basanta Raj ADHIKARI (Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
Beena AJMERA (California State University, Fullerton, USA)
Irasema ALCÁNTARA AYALA (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
Guillermo Avila ALVAREZ (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)
Željko ARBANAS (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
Behzad ATAIE-ASHTIANI (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
Mateja JEMEC AUFLIČ (Geological Survey of Slovenia, Slovenia)
Yong BAEK (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Korea)
Lidia Elizabeth Torres BERNHARD (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Honduras)
Matteo BERTI (University of Bologna, Italy)
Netra Prakash BHANDARY (Ehime University, Japan)
He BIN (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Peter BOBROWSKY (Geological Survey of Canada, Canada)
Giovanna CAPPARELLI (University of Calabria, Italy)
Raul CARRENO (Grudec Ayar, Peru)
Nicola CASAGLI (University of Florence, Italy)
Filippo CATANI (University of Florence, Italy)
Byung-Gon CHAE (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea)
Buhm-Soo CHANG (Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation, Korea)
Giovanni Battista CROSTA (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy)
Sabatino CUOMO (University of Salerno, Italy)
A A Virajh DIAS (Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau, Sri Lanka)
Tom DIJKSTRA (British Geological Survey, United Kingdom)
Francisco DOURADO (University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil)
Erik EBERHARDT (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Luis EVELINE (Universidad Politécnica de Ingeniería, Honduras)
Teuku Faisal FATHANI (University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
Paolo FRATTINI (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy)
Hiroshi FUKUOKA (Niigata University, Japan)
Rok GAŠPARIČ (Ecetera, Slovenia)
Ying GUO (Northeast Forestry University, China)
Fausto GUZZETTI (National Research Council, Italy)
Javier HERVAS (ISPRA, Italy/EU)
Daisuke HIGAKI (Japan Landslide Society, Japan)
Arne HODALIČ (National Geographic Slovenija, Slovenia)
Jan HRADECKÝ (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Johannes HÜBL (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria)
Oldrich HUNGR (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Sangjun IM (Korean Society of Forest Engineering, Korea)
Michael JABOYEDOFF (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Jernej JEŽ (Geological Survey of Slovenia)
Pavle KALINIĆ (City of Zagreb, Croatia)
Bjørn KALSNES (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway)
Dwikorita KARNAWATI (University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
Asiri KARUNAWARDANA (National Building Research Organization, Sri Lanka)
Ralf KATZENBACH (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany)
Nguyen Xuan KHANG (Institute of Transport Science and Technology, Vietnam)
Kyongha KIM (National Institute of Forest Science, Korea)
Dalia KIRSCHBAUM (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
Jan KLIMEŠ (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
Marko KOMAC (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Kazuo KONAGAI (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Hasan KULICI (Albanian Geological Survey, Albania)
Santosh KUMAR (National Institute of Disaster Management, India)
Chyi-Tyi LEE (National Central University, Chinese Taipei)
Liang-Jeng LEU (National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei)
Ko-Fei LIU (National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei)
Juan Carlos LOAIZA (Colombia)
Simon LOEW (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Janko LOGAR (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Ping LU (Tongji University, China)
Jean-Philippe MALET (Université de Strasbourg, France)
Claudio MARGOTTINI (ISPRA, Italy)
Mauri McSAVENEY (GNS Science, New Zealand)
Snježana MIHALIĆ ARBANAS (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Matjaž MIKOŠ (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Ashaari MOHAMAD (Public Works Department of Malaysia, Malaysia)
Gabriele Scarascia MUGNOZZA (University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy)
Hirotaka OCHIAI (Forest and Forest Product Research Institute, Japan)
Igwe OGBONNAYA (University of Nigeria, Nigeria)
Tomáš PÁNEK (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Mario PARISE (University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy)
Hyuck-Jin PARK (Sejong University, Korea)
Cui PENG (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Luciano PICARELLI (Second University of Naples, Italy)
Tomislav POPIT (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Saowanee PRACHANSRI (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand)
Boštjan PULKO (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Paulus P. RAHARDJO (Parahyangan Catholic University, Indonesia)
Bichit RATTAKUL (Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand)
K.L.S. SAHABANDU (Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau, Sri Lanka)
Kyoji SASSA (International Consortium on Landslides, Japan)
Wei SHAN (Northeast Forestry University, China)
Z. SHOAEI (Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, Iran)
Mandira SHRESTHA (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal)
Paolo SIMONINI (University of Padua, Italy)
Josef STEMBERK (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
Alexander STROM (JSC “Hydroproject Institute”, Russian Federation)
S.H. TABATABAEI (Building & Housing Research Center, Iran)
Kaoru TAKARA (Kyoto University, Japan)
Dangsheng TIAN (Bureau of Land and Resources of Xi’an, China)
Binod TIWARI (California State University, Fullerton & Tribhuvan University, USA)
Veronica TOFANI (University of Florence, Italy)
Adrin TOHARI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia)
Oleksandr M. TROFYMCHUK (Institute of Telecommunication and Global Information Space, Ukraine)
Emil TSERETELI (National Environmental Agency of Georgia, Georgia)
Taro UCHIMURA (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Tran Tan VAN (Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, Vietnam)
Timotej VERBOVŠEK (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Pasquale VERSACE (University of Calabria, Italy)
Vít VILÍMEK (Charles University, Czech Republic)
Ján VLČKO (Comenius University, Slovak Republic)
Kaixi XUE (East China University of Technology, China)
Yueping YIN (China Geological Survey, China)
Akihiko WAKAI (Japan Landslide Society, Japan)
Fawu WANG (Shimane University, Japan)
Gonghui WANG (Kyoto University, Japan)
Huabin WANG (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
Janusz WASOWSKI (National Research Council, Italy)
Patrick WASSMER (Université Paris 1, France)
Mike WINTER (Transport Research Laboratory, United Kingdom)
Sabid ZEKAN (University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Oleg ZERKAL (Moscow State University, Russian Federation)
Ye-Ming ZHANG (China Geological Survey, China)

Local Organizing Committee

Biljana ABOLMASOV (Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Željko ARBANAS (Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka, Croatia)
Miloš BAVEC (Geological Survey of Slovenia)
Nejc BEZAK (Dept. of Env. Civil Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Mitja BRILLY (Slovenian National Committee for IHP)
Darko BUT (Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia)
Lidija GLOBEVNIK (Water Management Society of Slovenia)
Arne HODALIČ (National Geographic Slovenia)
Mateja JEMEC AUFLIČ (Geological Survey of Slovenia)
Jernej JEŽ (Geological Survey of Slovenia)
Vojkan JOVIČIĆ (Slovenian Geotechnical Society)
Robert KLINC (Dept. of Civil Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Janko LOGAR (Dept. of Civil Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Matej MAČEK (Dept. of Civil Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Snježana MIHALIĆ ARBANAS (Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Matjaž MIKOŠ (Dept. of Env. Civil Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Zlatko MIKULIČ (International Association of Hydrogeologists Slovene Committee)
Gašper MRAK (Dept. of Geodetic Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Mario PANIZZA (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Alessandro PASUTO (National Research Council, Padua, Italy)
Ana PETKOVŠEK (Dept. of Civil Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Tomislav POPIT (Dept. of Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Boštjan PULKO (Dept. of Civil Eng., Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Jože RAKOVEC (Slovenian Association of Geodesy and Geophysics)
Črtomir REMEC (Slovenian Chamber of Engineers)
Mauro SOLDATI (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Timotej VERBOVŠEK (Dept. of Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
Sabid ZEKAN (Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina)