APPENDIX

Scientific Lectures 44th Session

1. Tsunami Trust Fund (tentative title) Mr. Edle Tenden, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

2. Mortality from Thai Flood 2012 Ms. Mari Sawai, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

3. Update on the Wind-related disaster risk reduction (tentative title)? Prof. Youkio Tamura, President International Association of Wind Engineering

4. JMA's emergency response to the 2011 catastrophic disasters - Tohoku Earthquake and TC Talas Mr. Noritake Nishide, Director-General, Forecast Department, JMA

5. Typhoon initialization in the KMA operational NWP system Dr. Kyungjeen PARK, Numerical Model Development Division, KMA

6. Seasonal Prediction Systems for Typhoon Genesis Frequency and Track Patterns at National Typhoon Center/KMA Mr. Sangwook PARK, National Typhoon Center, KMA

7. Four Major Rivers Restoration Ms. Hwi Rin KIM, Han River Flood Control Office, MLTM,

8. Annual Typhoon-related Disasters Assessment Report Dr. Tae Sung CHEONG, National Disaster Management Institute, Korea

9. Effects of Reconnaissance Flight Data on Numerical Simulation of Tropical Cyclones over South Sea" by W.K. Wong, S.M. Tse and P.W. Chan. Mr. Edwin Lai Sau-Tak, Acting Assistant Director, HKO

10. Emergency operation for landslide dams caused by Typhoon TALAS Mr. Reiji Kondo, SABO Technical Center, Japan

11. A Introduction to the Typhoon Now-casting System in China Mr. Xu Yinglong, National Meteorological Centre (NMC), CMA

12. Briefing of Tropical Region Assimilation Model for South China Sea (TRANS) Mr. Zhang Chengzhong, Guangdong Meteorological Service, CMA

13. Development of the WMO Typhoon Landfall Forecast Demonstration Project Ms. Yu Hui, Typhoon Institute, CMA

14. Improvement in GRAPES-TCM Mr. Ma Leiming / Mr.Huang Wei, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, CMA

15. GGGI's Vision and Activities Hong, Il-Pyo, Senior Program Manager, Global Green Growth Institute

16. Numerical Study of the mesoscale systems in the spiral rainband of 0509 Typhoon Matsa Lingli Zhou, Zhengjiang Meteorological Service

17. A proposed and Early Track Forecast Demonstration Project Russ Elsberry & Yihong Duan, WWRP/CAS/WMO