Committees

Congress Chairs

  • Sadao Nakai（Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan）
  • Chris Barty（CTO, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA）
  • Reinhart Poprawe（Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Germany）

International Advisory Board

Chair

Kenichi Iga(Prof. Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Members

  • Andreas Ostendorf (Prof., Ruhl-University Bochum, Germany)
  • Isamu Akasaki (Special Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University, Japan)
  • Michiharu Nakamura (Adviser, JST, Japan)
  • Ryoji Chubachi (President, AIST, Japan)
  • Kazuo Furukawa (President, NEDO, Japan)
  • Maki Kawai (President, Institute for Molecular Science, 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)
  • 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

  • Kazuo Kuroda (Utsunomiya University, LDC)
  • Toyohiko Yatagai (Utsunomiya University; President, SPIE, BISC)
  • Takashi Ishide (President, Japan Laser Processing Society)
  • Makoto Kikuchi (President, Japan Association for the advancement of Medical
    • Equipment)
  • Norihiro Umeda ( Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology; Chief Secretary, Photonics Subcommittee of The Japan Society of Applied Phyics)

Members

  • Mitsutoshi Hatori (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University)
  • Nobuyuki Kondo (Chairman, Japan Importers Association of Lasers and Electro-Optics)
  • Hitoki Yoneda (Electro-Communications University, ALPS)
  • Ryosuke Kodama (Osaka University, HEDS)
  • Yoshio Hayasaki (Utsunomiya University, IP)
  • Yasuhiko Arakawa (The university of Tokyo, ICNN)
  • Hiroshi Amano (Nagoya University, LEDIA)
  • Takashige Omatsu (Chiba University, OMC)
  • Tetsuya Ishikawa (RIKEN, XOPT)
  • Kazuto Yamauchi (Osaka University, XOPT)
  • Toshikazu Ebisuzaki (RIKEN, LSSE)
  • Hiroaki Nishimura (Osaka University, CLES/LANSA’17)
  • Ryohei Hanayama (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, CLES/LANSA’17)
  • Kensuke Honma (Hiroshima University, LNPC’17 )
  • Kenichi Ueda (The University of Electro-Communications)
  • Minoru Obara (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)
  • Fumihiko Kannari (Keio University)
  • Naoshi Kondo (Kyoto University)
  • Mitsuo Takeda (Utsunomiya University)
  • Katsumi Midorikawa (RIKEN)
  • Kunioki Mima (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)
  • Naotada Okada (Corporate Manufacturing Engineering Center,Toshiba)
  • Hitoshi Ogata (Friend of company, Mitsubishi Electric, Inc.)
  • Shinji Yamada (Center for Exploratory Research, Hitachi)
  • Tsutomu Hara (Central Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.)

Steering Committee

Chair

Shuji Sakabe（Kyoto University）

Vice Chair

Kazuhisa Yamamoto（Osaka University）

Members

  • Godai Miyaji (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, ALPS)
  • Masaki Tokurakawa (The University of Electro-Communications, ALPS)
  • Ryohei Hanayama (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, CLES/LANSA’17)
  • Tomonao Hosogai (Osaka University)
  • Satoshi Iwamoto (The university of Tokyo, ICNN)
  • Hirotsugu Yamamoto (Utsunomiya University, IP)
  • Makoto Naruse (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology , IP)
  • Norihiro Ohse (SONY, LDC)
  • Ryuji Katayama (Osaka University, LEDIA)
  • Kensuke Honma (Hiroshima University, LNPC)
  • Yoshihide Nakamiya (Kyoto University, LNPC)
  • Takashi Fujii (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, LSSE)
  • Yoshinori Shimada (Institute for Laser Technology, LSSE)
  • Satoshi Matsuyama (Osaka University, XOPT)
  • Katsuhiko Miyamoto (Chiba University, OMC)
  • Osamu Matoba (Kobe University, BISC)

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)
  • Takashi Ishide (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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