PTWS Steering Committee, Working Groups, and Task Teams

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) first convened in 1968. The ICG/PTWS was renamed from the International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU) in 2005 to an intergovernmental body focusing on commitments of member states to continually embrace the comprehensive nature of tsunami risk reduction. 

The Steering Committee is composed of the ICG/PTWS Officers, Chairs of the Technical and Regional Working Groups, Directors of PTWC, NWPTAC and ITIC or their representatives, other members’ representatives by invitation of the Chair.

At the ICG/PTWS-XXX (2023), the following Officers were elected, and Working Groups and Task Teams established

Chairperson

Mr Yuji Nishimae (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)

Vice-chairpersons  

Mr. Dakui Wang (China), Mr. Wilfried Strauch (Nicaragua), Mr. 'Ofa FA'ANUNU (Tonga) 

Working Groups and Task Teams

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group meets regularly to establish and implement working plans in the Pacific region. To address specific technical issues it has formed three sessional working groups, four regional working groups and ten task teams:

WG-1 Understanding Tsunami Risk
Co-Chairs: Mr. Christopher Moore and VACANT

WG-2 Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination
Chair: Mr. Bill Fry Vice-Chairs: Ms. Lara Bland and Mr. Vasily Titov 

WG-3 Disaster Risk Management and Preparedness
Chair: Ms. Ashleigh Fromont Vice-Chair: Ms. Laura Kong 

Regional Working Group Central American Pacific Coast
Chair: Ms. Griselda Marroquin Vice-Chair: Mr. Wilfried Strauch 

Regional Working Group Southeast Pacific
Chair: Mr. Matias Sifon Vice-Chair: Mr. Michael Linthon 

Regional Working Group Pacific Island Countries and Territories
Chair: Ms. Esline Garaebiti Vice-Chair: Mr. Mathew Moihoi 

Regional Working Group South China Sea
Chair: Ms. Suci Anugrah Vice-Chair: Ms. Ching-chi Lam 

SC-TT PacWave Exercises
Co-Chairs: Mr. Laitia Fifita and Ms. Margarita Martinez 

WG2-TT Tsunami Service Providers
Chair: Mr. Charles McCreery 

WG2-TT Integrated PTWS Sensor Networks for Tsunami Detection and Characterisation
Co-Chairs: Ms. Adrienne Moseley and Mr. Timothy Melbourne 

WG2-TT Tsunami Forecasting from Ocean Observations
Co-Chair: Mr. Bill Fry and Mr. Vasily Titov 

WG2-TT Tsunami Generated by Volcano
Co-Chairs: Mr. Geoff Kilgour and VACANT

WG3-TT Tsunami Ready
Co-Chairs: Ms. Laura Kong and Ms. Ashleigh Fromont 

WG-PICT-TT Seismic Data Sharing in the South West Pacific
Co-Chairs: Mr. Rennie Vaiomunga and Mr. Mathew Moihoi 

WG-PICT-TT Capacity Development
Chair: Mr. 'Ofa Fa’anunu 

WG-PICT-TT Information Sharing Platforms
Interim Co-Chairs: Mr. Anthony Jamelot and Mr. Jonathan Tafiariki 

WG-SCS-TT Capacity Development and Services
Chair: Mr. Zhiguo Xu Vice-Chair: Mr. Indra Gunawan