2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference &
11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference

ā€œAccelerating Ocean Science Solutions for Sustainable Developmentā€

Bangkok, Thailand, 22 ā€“ 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 YƱiguez

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.IIā€™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

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
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