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)

Members

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

Organizing Committee

Chair

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

Vice Chairs

  • Shuji Sakabe (Kyoto University)
  • Seiji Katayama (Osaka University; President, Japan Laser Processing Society)
  • Makoto Kikuchi (President, Japan Association for the advancement of Medical Equipment)
  • Toyohiko Yatagai (Utsunomiya University; President, SPIE)
  • Norihiro Umeda ( Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology; Chief Secretary, Photonics Subcommittee of The Japan Society of Applied Phyics)

Members

  • Hiroshi Amano (Nagoya University)
  • Hiroshi Azechi (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)
  • Toshikazu Ebisuzaki (RIKEN)
  • Mitsutoshi Hatori (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University)
  • Tetsuya Ishikawa (RIKEN)
  • Toshiaki Iwai (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology)
  • Takahisa Jitsuno (Osaka 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)
  • Kunioki Mima (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)
  • Noriaki Miyanaga (Osaka University)
  • Minoru Obara (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)
  • Yasuhiro Okamoto (Okayama University)
  • Takashige Omatsu (Chiba University)
  • Takunori Taira (Institute for Molecular Science)
  • Mitsuo Takeda (Utsunomiya University)
  • Kenichi Ueda (The University of Electro-Communications)
  • Kazuto Yamauchi (Osaka University)
  • Hitoki Yoneda (Electro-Communications University)
  • Tsutomu Hara (Central Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.)
  • Hitoshi Ogata (Friend of company, Mitsubishi Electric, Inc.)
  • Naotada Okada (Corporate Manufacturing Engineering Center,Toshiba)
  • Shinji Yamada (Center for Exploratory Research, Hitachi)

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)
  • Tohru Honda (Kogakuin University)
  • Tomonao Hosogai (Osaka University)
  • Fumihoko Kannari (Keio University)
  • Kou Kurosawa (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
  • Osam Matoba (Kobe University)
  • Hidekazu Mimura (Tokyo University)
  • Yusuke Mori (Osaka University)
  • Hiroaki Nishimura (Osaka University)
  • Hiroyuki Shiraga (Osaka University)
  • 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 (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)

Vice Chairman

  • Yoshiaki Kato (President, GPI; President, the Laser Society of Japan)
  • Akira Hiruma (Chairman of the Board, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.)

Members

  • Mitsutoshi Hatori (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University)
  • Seiji Katayama (Osaka University; President, Japan Laser Processing Society)
  • Makoto Kikuchi (President, Japan Association for the advancement of Medical Equipment)
  • Nobuyuki Kondo (Chairman, Japan Importers Association of Lasers and Electro-Optics)
  • Kazuo Kuroda (Utsunomiya University)
  • Tetsuya Miki (The University of Electro-Communications)
  • Mikio Shishino (OPTO SCIENCE, INC.)
  • Mitsuo Takeda (Utsunomiya University)
  • Kenkichi Tanioka (Former director, NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories)
  • Norihiro Umeda (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology; Chief Secretary, Photonics Subcommittee of The Japan Society of Applied Phyics)
  • Kazuhisa Yamamoto (Osaka University)
  • Toyohiko Yatagai (Utsunomiya University; President-Elect, SPIE)

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