List of Signatories of KLC2020

List of 90 signatories of KLC2020
(as of 05 November 2020)

No. Signatories Position / Organization Countries / Regions / Intr.Org. Date of signature  
Management of Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020
1 David Malone Chair, KLC2020 General Conference UNU 05/09/2020
2 Kyoji Sassa Secretary-General, KLC2020 Secretariat ICL 05/09/2020
Host organization
1 Peter Bobrowsky President, International Consortium on Landslides ICL 18/09/2019
ICL supporting organizations and other partners from Governmental and International organizations
1 Petteri Taalas Secretary-General, WMO WMO 04/11/2020
2 Miguel Clusener-Godt Director, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO UNESCO 10/09/2019
3 Paola Albrito Chief of Branch, Intergovernmental processes, Interagency cooperation and Partnerships, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) UNDRR 07/09/2020
4 Taikan Oki Senior Vice-Rector, United Nations University UNU 05/09/2019
5 Jacques de Méreuil Executive Director, World Federation of Engineering Organizations WFEO 18/09/2019
6 Qunli Han Executive Director, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk IRDR 18/09/2019
7 Qiuming Cheng President, International Union of Geological Sciences IUGS 02/02/2020
8 Kathy Whaler President, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IUGG 18/08/2020
9 Daya Reddy President, International Science Council ISC 01/09/2020
10 Juichi Yamagiwa President, Kyoto University Japan 18/09/2019
11 Akifumi Nakao Director, International Cooperation Division, Disaster Management Bureau, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan Japan 15/01/2020
12 Masaru Kunitomo Director, Sabo Planning Coordination, Sabo Planning Division, Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Japan 18/09/2019
13 Tomohiro Saeki Head, Forest Disaster Prevention and Restoration Office, Forestry Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Japan 18/03/2020
14 Kenichiro Saito Director, Office for Disaster Reduction Research Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan 01/08/2020
15 Angelo Borrelli Head, National Civil Protection Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers Italy 18/09/2019
16 Darko But Director General, the Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief of the Republic of Slovenia Slovenia 18/09/2019
17 Walter J. Ammann CEO & President, Global Risk Forum GRF Davos GRF Davos 18/09/2019
18 Rafig Azzam President, International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment IAEG 01/10/2019
19 Nathalie Touze Vice-President, International Geosynthetics Society IGS 18/09/2019
ICL supporting organizations as well as ICL full members
1 Julian SH Kwan Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, the Government of Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong SAR, China 18/09/2019
2 Nicola Casagli UNESCO Chair for the prevention and the sustainable management of geo-hydrological hazards, University of Firenze (UNIFI) Italy 18/09/2019
3 Young-Suk SONG Head, Geo-Environmental Hazard Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources Korea, Rep 20/08/2020
4 Matjaž Mikoš University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering Slovenia 18/09/2019
ICL full members
1 Sabid Zekan Vice-President, Geotechnical Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 10/08/2020
2 Renato Eugenio de Lima Director, Center for Scientific Support on Disasters – Federal University of Paraná – Brazil  (CENACID-UFPR) Brazil 18/09/2019
3 Daniel Lebel Director General, Geological Survey of Canada Canada 18/09/2019
4 Michael T. Hendry Associate Professor, University of Alberta Canada 18/09/2019
5 Wei Shan Dean of Cold Regions Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University China 18/09/2019
6 Chang-Dong Li China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) China 18/09/2019
7 Lijun Su Institute of Mountain Hazards & Environment, CAS China 18/09/2019
8 Charles Wang Wai Ng Associate Vice-President for Research and Development, CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability, Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong SAR, China 08/07/2020
9 Clarence E. Choi Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China 24/08/2020
10 Aiguo Xing Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 04/08/2020
11 Snježana Mihalić Arbanas and Željko Arbanas Croatian Landslide Group Croatia 18/09/2019
12 Guillermo Ávila National University of Colombia Colombia 18/09/2019
13 Vít Vilímek Charles University Czech Republic 18/09/2019
14 Josef Stemberk Director, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, the Czech Academy of Sciences Czech Republic 18/09/2019
15 Hauke Zachert Head, Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics, Technical University Darmstadt Germany 18/09/2019
16 Andro Aslanishvili Head of LEPL National Environmental Agency of Georgia, Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture Georgia 18/09/2019
17 Lidia Elizabeth Torres Bernhard Director, Instituto Hondureño de Ciencias de la Tierra, IHCIT /Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH Honduras 02/09/2020
18 Maneesha V Ramesh Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India 18/09/2019
19 Dwikorita Karnawati Head,Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics of the Republic of Indonesia (BMKG Indonesia) Indonesia 18/09/2019
20 Teuku Faisal Fathani Director,Center for Disaster Mitigation and Technological Innovation (GAMA-InaTEK), Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia Indonesia 18/09/2019
22 Paulus P. Rahardjo Head of Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan Indonesia 10/08/2020
23 Mohammad Shekarchizadeh President, Building & Housing Research Center Iran 14/04/2019
24 Daniele Spizzichino ISPRA-Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Italy 18/09/2019
25 Carlo Esposito Centro di Ricerca CERI – Sapienza Università di Roma Italy 18/09/2019
26 Giuseppe Mandrone Dept. Earth Science, University of Torino Italy 18/09/2019
27 Andrea Segalini University of Parma, Dept. Of Engineering and Architecture Italy 18/09/2019
28 Giovanna Capparelli Camilab – Dimes Dept. University of Calabria Italy 18/09/2019
29 Paola Reichenbach Senior Researcher, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Italian National Research Council (IRPI-CNR) Italy 22/06/2020
30 Lorenzo Petronio Chief Technology Officer, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS) Italy 24/08/2020
31 Hiroshi Yagi President, Japan Landslide Society Japan 18/09/2019
32 Fawu Wang Director-General, International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction Japan 18/09/2019
33 Irasema Alcántara-Ayala Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Mexico 29/07/2020
34 Zoran Gligorić Dean, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade Serbia 18/09/2019
35 Tomislav Popit University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering Slovenia 18/09/2019
36 Miloš Bavec Director, Geological Survey of Slovenia Slovenia 18/09/2019
37 A A Virajh Dias Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau Sri Lanka 18/09/2019
38 Asiri Karunawardena Director General, National Building Research Organisation Sri Lanka 15/06/2020
39 Ray-Shyan Wu Distinguished Professor, National Central University Chinese Taipei 12/03/2020
40 Louis Ge Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University Chinese Taipei 18/09/2019
41 Hans Guttman Executive Director, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Thailand 18/09/2019
42 Benjaporn Chakranon Director General, Land Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thailand 11/08/2020
43 Oleksandr M. Trofymchuk Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space, National Academy of Science of Ukraine Ukraine 18/09/2019
44 Binod Tiwari Associate Vice President, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, Division of Academic Affairs, California State University, Fullerton USA 18/09/2019
45 Nguyen Xuan Khang Director General, Institute of Transport Science and Technology Vietnam 18/09/2019
46 Tran Tan Van Director, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (VIGMR) Vietnam 18/09/2019
ICL associate members
1 Qiang Xu Executive Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology China 18/09/2019
2 Zdenek Venera Director, Czech Geological Survey Czech Republic 30/07/2020
3 Mario Parise Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University Aldo Moro, Bari Italy 18/09/2019
4 Michele Calvello Geotechnical Engineering Group (GEG), University of Salerno Italy 18/09/2019
5 Andrea Stefano Di Giulio Head, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia Italy 15/07/2020
6 Ryo Moriwaki Director, Center for Disaster Management Informatics Research, Ehime University Japan 18/09/2019
7 Michel Jaboyedoff Directeur ISTE – Institute of Earth Sciences, Risk-group, University of Lausanne Switzerland 14/08/2020
8 Nejan Huvaj Middle East Technical University (METU) Turkey 18/09/2019
9 Beena Ajmera North Dakota State University USA 18/09/2019
ICL supporters
1 Matthias Twardzik Business Development Manager – Monitoring Organization: IDS GeoRadar Italy 11/08/2020
2 Shinro Abe Adviser, Okuyama Boring Co., Ltd Japan 18/09/2019
3 Nobuyuki Shibasaki General Manager, Land Conservation Division,  Nippon Koei Co., Ltd Japan 18/09/2019
4 Ryosuke Tsunaki Executive Engineer, Sabo & Landslide Technical Center Japan 18/09/2019
5 Maki Yano President, OSASI Technos, Inc. Japan 18/09/2019
6 Masaru Narita President, Oyo Cooperation Japan 22/04/2020
7 Taketoshi Marui President, Marui & Co., Ltd Japan 05/06/2020
8 Yamazaki Tsutomu Director and General Manager of Technical Headquarters, Japan Conservation Engineer & Co. Ltd Japan 16/06/2020
9 Yuji Sato Director and General Manager of Technical Headquarters, Godai Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. Japan 24/08/2020
10 Satoshi Hijikata President, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. Japan 05/09/2020