Sandro Bologna is the Chair of TIEMS International Program Committee (IPC).

While working at ENEA his main research topics have been on system safety and reliability, decision support systems, risk analysis and risk management. Recent main research activities deal with Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience, with a special emphasis to vulnerability and interdependencies modeling, simulation and analysis.

Former President of the Italian Association of Critical Infrastructure Experts, at the present he is independent researcher and freelance expert for the participation to National and International Research Projects in the field of Cyber security and Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience.

Kelly-Anne Frith is TIEMS Editor with main responsibility for TIEMS Regular Newsletter.

Kelly-Anne Frith has a background in biological sciences having been a researcher for nearly 15 years. She has recently completed her PhD degree in Biotechnology at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. In 2015, she got an administrative post that introduced her to the world of academic publishing at a small local publishing firm with international reach. She quickly took on the role of production coordinator for a host of medical journals, utilising her expertise in the pseudo-medical research field that biochemistry and biotechnology offer. From there, her publishing career blossomed where she took on the the role of publishing editor for a range of African-based, natural science journal titles.

Publishing has given her the opportunity to work with people, mainly in research, from all tiers, from the struggling author eager to get their work published to the reviewers and referees critiquing the written work to the Editors-in-Chief and copy-editors, who polish the written manuscripts, and typesetters and graphic artists, who produce beautifully set manuscripts, for publication to the wider audience. She has the perfect bacxkground as TIEMS Regular Newsletter Editor.

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Yukio Fujinawa is Chair of TIEMS Disaster Early Warning Task Force Group.

In 1975 he lead the team for the earthquake disaster mitigation as Chief Researcher of Crustal Deformation Research Laboratory of NRCDP. He engaged in the prediction research of the great earthquake through observational approaches using developed pop-up type ocean bottom seismometers. In 1987 he became a Visiting Researcher to make collaborative researches with other national research institutes. In 1990 as a director of the Special researcher he engaged in the field of seismo-tectonics using Magnetotelluric and seismic data, in the synthetic aperture radar image for detecting ground surface deformation related with earthquake, volcanic eruption and climate changes.

He worked as temporary lecture for the disaster seminar of JICA, Japan for about 20 years. In 2000 he started the R/D for the earthquake early warning (EEW) system. After leaving NRCDP in 2003 he participated in the national EEW project to develop application systems for disaster mitigation as CEO of the (NPO) Real-time Earthquake Information Consortium (REIC). He was a special lecture of International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute for four years. Currently he is the Executive Technical Officer of the Mieruka Co. Ltd. to disseminate the high accurate disaster mitigation system for EEW and Chief technical Adviser of the Organization for Development of Resilient Communities (ODRC) by means of developed DEWs as EEW, Tsunami Early Waning (TEW) and earthquake prediction system. And he is the auditor of the TIEMS Japan Chapter.

He has been worked nearly 50 years for research and development for disaster mitigation, especially in the disaster mitigation information of earthquake and volcanic eruption. He is very eager to transfer knowledge and experience in the world for helping people to save themselves and make their community more resilient against natural hazards as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, land slide and tsunamis by using several tools including those invented by himself.

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CHEN Ran is Director of The International Emergency Management Society Emergency Medical Committee (TEMC).

She has a Master of Medicine, and is a Doctor of Resources Economy and Management.

From 2006 to 2009, Ms. CHEN Ran worked at National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China. From 2009 to 2012, Ms. Chen worked at the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China. Since 2013, Ms. Chen has been the Director of TEMC. And from 2016, Ms. Chen has been the Chairman of Beijing Huatong Guokang Foundation (BHGF).

Ms. Chen has worked on medical treatment, policy research, administration, international health exchange etc. Once Ms. Chen participated in the specific subject research and related work in the Medical Reform Office of State Council of the People's Republic of China. Now, Ms. Chen dedicates herself to helping Chinese medical institutions to establish international cooperation bridge and channel with the countries all over the world, to select and send medical workers and health administrators for overseas training, to bring in advanced medical technologies and to actively take part in talent cultivation and exchange in the field of emergency medicine.

Christian Sommade is TIEMS Host for TIEMS 2020 Annual Conference in Paris, France.

Christian Sommade is General Delegate of the thinktank " Resilience France ", formerly " Haut comité français pour la défense civile ". He is also Director of the company Resiliency, after a career in the Defence and Security industry.

He graduated in public law and holds a DESS (post-graduate degree) in Defence and a master's degree in marketing and communication. He is also a former auditor of the Institut National des Hautes Études de la Sécurité et de la Justice (INHESJ). He is the French representative of the IAEM (International Association of Emergency Manager). He is the author of two books on "major risks and the protection of populations" (ed FS - 1986 & 1996). Finally, he is a member of the CEPS and the Cercle K2 and is colonel of the Gendarmerie Nationale's citizen reserve.

Before joining Resilience France, he had an international career in major defence and security groups (Saint-Gobain, Giat Industries, Cegelec), particularly in the field of CBRN.

Christian Sommade has been leading the activities of Resilience France for 20 years. He has organized nearly 200 breakfast debates at the French Senate and Webinars and about a hundred conferences on the theme of global security. He has to his credit numerous presentations in international and national conferences, as well as on TV.

Resilience France is a non-profit organization, which participates in the reflection on organizational and structural resilience. It promotes exchanges between the State, the Parliament, the collectivities, the companies and the experts on the questions concerning national security, and the resilience of the populations, the companies and ultimately of the nation in front of the major risks and threats.

Since 2004, Christian Sommade has also created and co-leads the national sessions and Resiliency training and exercises in risk analysis, crisis management and business continuity. He has participated in several security research projects (FP7, ANR...) and digital tools development (CAIAC).

Christian Sommade has a great knowledge of the workings of the organization of national security in France. He has directed several studies and training materials for the Prime minister security services (SGDSN). He also has a rich experience in the direction of crisis management exercises, as he has led many crisis management training and exercises (simulated media pressure of government exercises for the last 6 years).

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