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Committees
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Chairs
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Conference Chairs
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* Ryohei Yokoyama, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
* Yoshiharu Amano, Waseda University, Japan

Conference Honorary Chairs
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* Noam Lior, University of Pennsylvania, USA
* Koichi Ito, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

Committees
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Local Organizing Committee
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* Tetsuya Wakui, Osaka Prefecture University (Secretariat)
* Akira Yoshida, Waseda University (Secretariat)
* Hirohisa Aki, University of Tsukuba
* Atsushi Akisawa, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
* Shigeki Hirano, Hokkaido Research Organization
* Shigeki Kametani, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
* Tsuyoshi Kawanami, Meiji University
* Tatsuo Nobe, Kogakuin University

Scientific Organizing Committee
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* Yoshiharu Amano, Japan
* Ozer Arnas, USA
* Ofira Ayalon, Israel
* Edson Bazzo, Brasil
* Jean-Pierre Bedecarrats, France
* Asfaw Beyene, USA
* Ana Maria Blanco Marigorta,Spain
* Rene Cornelissen, the Netherlands
* Umberto Desideri, Italy
* Brian Elmegaard, Denmark
* Daniel Favrat, Switzerland
* Michel Feidt, France
* Christos Frangopoulos, Greece
* Erwin Franquet, France
* Elisa Guelpa, Italy
* Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Mexico
* Soteris Kalogirou, Cyprus
* Sotirios Karellas, Greece
* Young Min Kim, Republic of Korea
* Zornitza Kirova-Yordanova, Bulgaria
* Andrej Kitanovski, Slovenia
* Andrea Lazzaretto, Italy
* Young Duk Lee, Republic of Korea
* Noam Lior, USA
* Henrik Lund, Denmark
* Giampaolo Manfrida, Italy
* Francois Marechal, Switzerland
* Alberto Mirandola, Italy
* Michael Moran, USA
* Tatiana Morosuk, Germany
* Silvia Nebra, Brazil
* Silvio de Oliveira Junior, Brazil
* Alojz Poredos, Slovenia
* Sylvain Quoilin, Belgium
* Mauro Reini, Italy
* Enrico Sciubba, Italy
* Wojciech Stanek, Poland
* Gordana Stefanovic, Serbia
* Vladimir Stevanovic, Serbia
* Anna Stoppato, Italy
* Pascal Stouffs, France
* José Carlos Teixeira, Portugal
* Senhorinha Teixeira, Portugal
* George Tsatsaronis, Germany
* Antonio Valero Capilla, Spain
* Vittorio Verda, Italy
* Ryohei Yokoyama, Japan
* Ron Zevenhoven, Finland

Sponsors
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We have gained financial supports from the following companies. 
They are greatly appreciated.

* `Azbil Corporation <https://www.azbil.com/>`_
* `Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. <https://www.kepco.co.jp/english/>`_
* `Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. <https://www.mhi-mth.co.jp/en/>`_
* `Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. <https://www.yanmar.com/global/>`_

Supporting Societies
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We have gained supports from the following Japanese societies. They are greatly appreciated.

* `Japan Society of Energy and Resources <http://www.jser.gr.jp/>`_
* `Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers <https://www.jsme.or.jp/english/>`_

Supporting Organizations
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We have received supports from the following organizations in preparing the conference. They are greatly appreciated.

* Nippon Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
* Osaka International Convention Center Corp.
* Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau
* Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka
* Taiko-En