| Name | Institute | |
| Tomohide | Atumi | The Osaka University Center for the Study of Communication-Design (CSCD) |
| Walter | Ammann | Global Risk Forum Davos, President |
| Mohsen | Asthianey | International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) |
| Andrew | Collins | Disaster and Development Center, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, UK |
| Mustafa | Erdik | Department of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Turkey |
| Adrian | Gheorghe | Old Dominion University, |
| Chennat | Gopalakrishnan | University of Hawaii at Manoa (invite)？ |
| Haruo | Hayashi | Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Professor |
| Tomoharu | Hori | Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan |
| Shuichi | Ikebuchi | Japan Weather Association |
| Saburo | Ikeda | National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention |
| Hiroyuki | Kameda | Kyoto University, Professors Emeritus, Representative of DRH consortium |
| Hiroshi | Kawase | Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji, Japan |
| Yoshiaki | Kawata | Kansai University, Professor |
| Kiyoshi | Kobayashi | Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Professor |
| Bijaya Anand | Misra | Professor Emeritus and Consultant, School of Planning & Architecture, India |
| Shaw | Rajib | Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies |
| Charles | Scawthorn | Kyoto University, Professors Emeritus |
| Peijun | Shi | Beijing Normal University |
| Kaoru | Takara | Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Professor |
| Takeyoshi | Tanaka | Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji, Japan |
| Petak | William | Professor Emeritus University of Southern California |
| Ben | Wisner | Oberlin College |
| Kazuhiro | Yoshikawa | Kyoto University, Professors Emeritus |