Committees

Chairs

Conference Chairs

  • Ryohei Yokoyama, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

  • Yoshiharu Amano, Waseda University, Japan

Conference Honorary Chairs

  • Noam Lior, University of Pennsylvania, USA

  • Koichi Ito, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

Committees

Local Organizing Committee

  • 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

  • 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

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

Supporting Societies

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

Supporting Organizations

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