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Congress Chairs
- Kenichi Iga (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Robert L. Byer (Professor, Stanford University, USA)
- Andreas Ostendorf (Professor, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)
International Advisory Board
Chair
Chiyoe Yamanaka (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)
Membrers
- Isamu Akasaki (Special Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University)
- Yoshiaki Arata (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)
- Kazuhiko Atsumi (Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo)
- Ryoji Chubachi (President, AIST)
- Teruo Hiruma (Chairman of the Board, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.)
- Shojiro Matsuura (President, Japan Atomic Energy Agency :JAEA)
- Michiharu Nakamura (President, Japan Science and Technology Agency :JST)
- Yasuharu Suematsu (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- John Collier (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
- Jongmin Lee (Distinguished Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea)
- Edward Moses (Associate Director,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
- Gerard Mourou (Director, Laboratoire d'Optique Apliquee,
École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, France) - Reihart Poprawe (Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Germany)
- Jie Zhang President (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
Organizing Committee
Chair
Sadao Nakai (President, The Laser Society of Japan)
Vice Chairs
- Yasukazu Izawa (Director, Institute for Laser Technology)
- Seiji Katayama (Osaka University; President, Japan Laser Processing Society)
- Makoto Kikuchi (President, Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine)
- Toyohiko Yatagai (Utsunomiya University; Vice President, SPIE)
Members
- Hiroshi Amano (Nagoya University)
- Hiroshi Azechi (Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)
- Tutomu Hara (Director, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.)
- Mitsutoshi Hatori (Professor Emeritus ,The University of Tokyo)
- Takahisa Jitsuno (Osaka University)
- Fumihoko Kannari (Keio University)
- Yoshiaki Kato (President, The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)
- Ryosuke Kodama (Osaka University)
- Naoshi Kondo (Kyoto University)
- Nobuyuki Kondo (Chairman, Japan Importers Association of Lasers and Electro-Optics)
- Kazuo Kuroda (Utsunomiya University)
- Katsumi Midorikawa (RIKEN)
- Tetsuya Miki (The University of Electro-Communications)
- Kunioki Mima (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)
- Minoru Obara (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)
- Hitoshi Ogata ( Mitsubishi Electric)
- Takashige Omatsu (Chba University)
- Nobuyuki Osakabe (Hitachi, LTD)
- Yuji Sano (Toshiba Corporation)
- Takunori Taira (Institute for Molecular Science)
- Mitsuo Takeda (Utsunomiya University)
- Ken-ichi Ueda (The University of Electro-Communications)
- Yasuhiro Okamoto (Okayama University)
Steering Committee
Chair
Yoshiaki Kato (President, The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)
Vice Chair
Kazuhisa Yamamoto (Osaka University)
Members
- Fumiteru Akamatsu (Osaka University)
- Masayuki Fujita (Institute for Laser Technology)
- Miya Ishihara (National Defense Medical College)
- Shigeru Kawai (Opt E-College)
- Kou Kurosawa (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
- Yusuke Mori (Osaka University)
- Hiroaki Nishimura (Osaka University)
- Koichi Nishizawa (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa)
- Norimasa Ozaki (Osaka University)
- Shuji Sakabe (Kyoto University)
- Masahiro Tsukamoto (Osaka University)
- Kunihiko Washio (Paradigm Laser Research, Inc.)
- Shigenori Yagi (The Laser Society of Japan)
Exhibition Committee
Chair
Kazuhisa Yamamoto (Osaka University)
Members
- Kanji Ito (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.)
- Noriyuki Kondo (Japan laser)
- Tetsuya Nakai (Thorabs Japan)
- Tsuyoshi Nakamura (Trompf)
OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Council
Chairman
Sadao Nakai (President, The Laser Society of Japan)
Vice Chairman
Yoshiaki Kato, (President, The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)
Members
- Seiji Katayama (Osaka University; President, Japan Laser Processing Society)
- Makoto Kikuchi (President, Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine)
- Kazuo Kuroda (Utsunomiya University)
- Nobuyuki Kondo (Chairman, Japan Importers Association of Lasers and Electro-Optics)
- Mitsuo Takeda (Utsunomiya University)
- Kenkichi Tanioka (Former director, NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories)
- Mitsutoshi Hatori (Professor Emeritus ,The University of Tokyo)
- Teysuya Miki (The University of Electro-Communications)
- Kenkichi Tanioka (Former Head, NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories)
- Toyohiko Yatagai (Utsunomiya University)
- Kazuhisa Yamamoto (Osaka University)
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