Committees

Congress Chairs

  • Kenichi Iga(Prof. Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
  • Andreas Ostendorf(Prof., Ruhl-University Bochum, Germany)
  • Chris Barty(CTO，Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA）

International Advisory Board

Chair

Sadao Nakai(Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan)

Membrers

  • Isamu Akasaki(Special Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University, Japan)
  • Ryoji Chubachi(President, AIST, Japan)
  • John Collier(Director, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
  • Kazuo Furukawa(President, NEDO, Japan)
  • Bill Goldstein(Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
  • Teruo Hiruma(Chairman of the Board, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Japan)
  • Maki Kawai(Executive Director, RIKEN, Japan)
  • Jongmin Lee(Director, GiLT, Handong Global University, Korea)
  • Shojiro Matsuura(President, Japan Atomic Energy Agency :JAEA, Japan)
  • Gerard Mourou(Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, France)
  • Michiharu Nakamura(President, JST, Japan)
  • Reinhart Poprawe(Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Germany)
  • Jie Zhang(President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

Organizing Committee

Chair

Yoshiaki Kato (President, GPI; President, The Laser Society of Japan)

Vice Chairs

  • Seiji Katayama(Osaka University; President, Japan Laser Processing Society)
  • Makoto Kikuchi(President, Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine)
  • Shuji Sakabe(Kyoto University)
  • Norihiro Umeda(Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, President, The Optical Society of Japan)
  • Toyohiko Yatagai(Utsunomiya University; President-Elect, SPIE)

Members

  • Hiroshi Amano(Nagoya University)
  • Hiroshi Azechi(Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)
  • Tsutomu Hara(Director, Central Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.)
  • Mitsutoshi Hatori(Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University)
  • Hiroshi Horiike(Osaka University)
  • Takahisa Jitsuno(Osaka University)
  • Fumihoko Kannari(Keio University)
  • 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)
  • Noriaki Miyanaga(Osaka University)
  • Minoru Obara(Professor Emeritus, Keio University)
  • Hitoshi Ogata(Friend of company, Mitsubishi Electric, Inc.)
  • Naotada Okada(Toshiba Corporation)
  • Takashige Omatsu(Chiba University)
  • Nobuyuki Osakabe(Director, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi)
  • Takunori Taira(Institute for Molecular Science)
  • Mitsuo Takeda(Utsunomiya University)
  • Kenichi Ueda(The University of Electro-Communications)
  • Masanobu Watanabe(AIST)

Steering Committee

Chair

Yasukazu Izawa(Director, Institute for Laser Technology)

Vice Chair

Kazuhisa Yamamoto(Osaka University)

Members

  • Fumiteru Akamatsu(Osaka University)
  • Masayuki Fujita(Institute for Laser Technology)
  • Tomonao Hosogai(Osaka University)
  • 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)
  • Masahiro Tsukamoto(Osaka University)
  • Kunihiko Washio(Paradigm Laser Research, Inc.)

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)
  • Tetsuya Miki(The University of Electro-Communications)
  • Mikio Shishino(President, OPTO SCIENCE)
  • Toyohiko Yatagai(Utsunomiya University)
  • Kazuhisa Yamamoto(Osaka University)

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