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Veerachai Tanpipat (D.Eng.) is a remote sensing engineer and geographer whose professional interests include applying geoinformatics, Science and technology, and social science to better manage disaster response and preparedness. His work has largely focused on wildfires, smoke haze, flooding, tsunamis,  throughout SEA. His previous work includes, but not limited, to an advisory role to the DG for the Royal Forestry Department, the DG for the Pollution Control Department, collaborative efforts with NASA-LANCE-FIRMS, NASA-JPL, NASA-GSFC, NASA-AMES, NOAA-NESDIS, NOAA-NGDC and the CAMS-ECMWF. Currently, he is a Senior Expert and Consultant at Hydro-Informatics Institute, a founding member of the Upper ASEAN Wildland Fire Special Research Unit (WFSRU), Senior Expert Faculty Member of Forestry at Kasetsart University under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Advisor to DG of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, DG of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources and Fire Hawk Special Unit of the Royal Forest Department under Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, a trainer of “Forest Fire Management” under the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), the Chairperson of APAN Open and Sharing Data WG, the Co-Chair of APAN Disaster Mitigation WG, a member of APAN Technical/Program Committee and APAN Agriculture WG.