ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Honorary Chairpersons:
H. Tokuda (President of Akita Univ.)
K. Ohtsuka (Prof. Emeritus of Akita Univ.)
N. Yoshimura (Ex-Chairman of SMER Japan, Akita Univ.)

General Chairperson:
K. Makino (Chairman of SMER Japan, and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita Univ.)

Executive Committee:
Chairperson: T. Sugawara (Akita Univ.)
Members: T. Fujita (Akita Univ.), M. Nishida (Akita Univ.), F. Hamada (Akita Univ.), M. Kagaya (Akita Univ.), S. Ishio (Akita Univ.), Z. Nakagawa (Akita Univ.)

Finance Committee:
Chairperson: M. Kagaya (Akita Univ.)
Members: T. Taniguchi (Akita Univ.), Y. Osanai (Fujikura), Y. Kanda (Yamagata Univ.), A. Tanada (Ueda Sekkai), T. Nomura (TDK), A. Moriya (Akita Electronics), M. Kikuchi (Mitsubishi Materials), M. Nishida (Akita Univ.), F. Hamada (Akita Univ.), K. Chichibu (Akita Univ.)

Programming Committee:
Chairperson: T. Ohyoshi (Akita Univ.)
Members: S. Goto (Akita Univ.), F. Hamada (Akita Univ.), T. Fujita (Akita Univ.), Z. Nakagawa (Akita Univ.), Y. Shibuya (Akita Univ.), G-R Liu (National Singapore Univ.)

Steering Committee:
Chairperson: M. Nishida (Akita Univ.)
Members: F. Hamada (Akita Univ.), M. Kagaya (Akita Univ.), H. Tamamoto (Akita Univ.), H. Yamada (Iwate Univ.), A. Narita (Akita Natl. College of Tech.), Z. Nakagawa (Akita Univ.), Y. Shibuya (Akita Univ.)

Awarding Committee:
Chairperson: T. Matsunaga (Akita Univ.)
Members: K. Makino (Akita Univ.), Z. Nakagawa (Akita Univ.), S. Ishio (Akita Univ.)

Special Session Organizers:
T. Fujita (Akita Univ.), S. Ishio (Akita Univ.), T. Ohyoshi (Akita Univ.), M. Kagaya (Akita Univ.), M. Kawakami (Akita Univ.), M. Nishida (Akita Univ.), F. Hamada (Akita Univ.), N. Ogawa (Akita Univ.), Z. Nakagawa (Akita Univ.), K. Sugawara (Akita Univ.), S. Nakata (Akita Univ.)