Committees

Co-Chairs and Secretary

• Makoto Taniguchi (Co-chair)
  Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan
• Jun Yasumoto (Co-chair)
  Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) & University of the Ryukyus, Japan
• Takae Kataoka (Secretary)
  Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan

Scientific Committee

The following members have been provisionally invited. Final composition will be confirmed in the first circular.

• Gabriella Balacco
  Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
• Wes Danskin
  United States Geological Survey, United States
• Perry de Louw
  Deltares / Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Marc Diego Feliu
  Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
• Henrietta Dulai
  University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Earth Sciences, United States
• Carlos Duque
  University of Granada, Department of Geodynamics, Spain
• Albert Folch
  Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
• Georg Houben
  Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany
• Takahiro Hosono
  Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan
• Joseph D. Hughes
  INTERA Inc., United States
• Barret Kurylyk
  Dalhousie University, Canada
• Christian D. Langevin
  S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., United States
• Gudrun Massmann
  University of Oldenburg, Germany
• Holly Michael
  University of Delaware, United States
• Nils Moosdorf
  Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany
• Gualbert Oude Essink
  Deltares / Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Adina Paytan
  University of California Santa Cruz, United States
• Maurizio Polemio
  National Research Council (CNR-IRPI), Italy
• Vincent Post
  Edinsi Groundwater, Nederhorst den Berg, Netherlands / Flinders University, Australia
• Clare Robinson
  Western University, Canada
• Audrey Sawyer
  Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
• Mitsuyo Saito
  Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Japan
• Ryo Sugimoto
  Fukui Prefectural University, Faculty of Marine Bioscience, Japan
• Adam Szymkiewicz
  Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
• Adrian Werner
  Flinders University, Australia
• Alicia Wilson
  University of South Carolina, United States

Local Scientific Committee

The Local Scientific Committee is responsible for on-site logistics, venue coordination, the scientific programme in collaboration with the Scientific Committee, excursions, and the pre-conference seminar.

The following members have been provisionally invited. Final composition will be confirmed in the first circular.

• Tomohiro Akiyama
  Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan
• Reo Ikawa
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
• Takuya Ishida
  Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Japan
• Mariko Iijima
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
• Naoki Kohara
  Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., Japan
• Chris Leong
  Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan
• Kei Nakagawa
  Nagasaki University, Faculty of Environmental Science, Japan
• Masahiko Ono
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
• Bam H.N. Razafindrabe
  University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Agriculture, Japan
• Yosuke Sawano
  Geosphere Environmental Technology Corp., Japan
• Ryuichi Shinjo
  University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Japan
• Satoshi Tajima
  University of Neuchâtel, Centre d'Hydrogéologie et de Géothermie (CHYN), Switzerland
• Michio Suzuki
  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Japan
• Yasuhiro Tawara
  Geosphere Environmental Technology Corp., Japan
• Masahiro Takahashi
  Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., Japan
• Daiki Kadotani Tomojiri
  Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan
• Ko Yasumoto
  Kitasato University, School of Marine Biosciences, Japan
• Mina Yasumoto-Hirose
  University of the Ryukyus, Institute for Co-creative Research and Outreach, Japan

Key Roles

• Pre-conference seminar (MODFLOW & AI in Groundwater Modelling) — Christian D. Langevin, Joseph D. Hughes and Vincent Post
• Secretariat — Okinawa Congres Co., Ltd.
• Excursions and field trips — TBA
• Sponsorship and outreach — TBA

Hosting Institutions

SWIM 2027 is jointly organised by the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, and the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa.