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