2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference &
11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference
“Accelerating Ocean Science Solutions for Sustainable Development”
Bangkok, Thailand, 22 – 25 April 2024
International Steering Committee
Co-Chairs
Pinsak Suraswadi
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand
Kentaro Ando
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
Aileen Tan Shau Hwai
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Members
Aletta Yñiguez
University of the Philippine, the Philippines
Atsushi Watanabe
Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasagawa Peace Foundation, Japan
Chengjun Sun
First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
Dao Viet Ha
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam
Fadli Syamsudin
National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
Gil Jacinto
University of the Philippine, the Philippines
Hansan Park
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Korea
Kamal Tennakoon
National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Sri Lanka
Kazi Ahsan Habib
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Bangladesh
Saito Hiroaki
University of Tokyo, Japan
Sarawut Siriwong
Faculty of Marine Technology, Burapha University, Thailand
Suchai Worachananant
Department of Marine Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand
Vo Si Tuan
GEF/UNEP South China Sea SAP Project
Vyacheslav Lobanov
V.I.II’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russia
Wang Antao
Ministry of Natural Resources, China
Wenxi Zhu
IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Zainal Arifin
National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
ECOP/MCOP Committee
Abe Woo Sau Pinn
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Chalermrat Sangmanee
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand
Lin Wang
Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Maria Vanessa Baria-Rodriguez
University of the Philippines, the Philippines
Sazlina Md Salleh
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Seung-Tae Yoon
Kyungpook National University, Korea
Thai To Duy
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam
Yuki Minegishi
University of Tokyo, Japan
Yuntao Wang
Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
Yushi Morioka
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan
National Organizing Committee
Chair
Pinsak Suraswadi
Director General
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
Members
Makamas Sutthacheep
Ramkhamhaeng University
Prasert Tongnunui
Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya
Sarawut Siriwong
Burapha University
Somrudee Jitpraphai
Chulalongkorn University
Suchai Worachananant
Kasetsart University
Sumana Kajonwattanakul
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
Suree Satapoomin
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
Thamasak Yeemin
Marine Science Association of Thailand