Local Organizing Committee:

1. Sunil Puria, PhD;  Chair
   

2. Richard L. Goode, MD; Co-Chair
   

3. Charles R. Steele, PhD; Co-Chair
   

4. Rob Jackler, MD
   

5. Rodney Perkins, MD
   

6. Gerald Popelka, PhD
   

7. Nikolas Blevins, MD
   

Scientific Committee:

1. Albrecht Eiber, PhD; Stuttgart, Germany
   

2. Richard L. Goode, MD; Stanford, USA
   

3. Kiyofumi Gyo, MD; Matsuyama, Japan
   

4. Alex Huber, MD; Zurich, Switzerland
   

5. K-B Hüttenbrink, MD; Cologne, Germany
   

6. Saumil Merchant, MD; Boston, USA
   

7. Sunil Puria, PhD;  Stanford, USA
   

8. John J. Rosowski, PhD; Boston, USA
   

9. Charles R. Steele, PhD; Stanford, USA
   

10. Susan Voss, PhD;  Northhampton, USA
    

International Guest Faculty:

1. Daniel F. àWengen, MD; Basil, Switzerland
   

2. Andreas Arnold, MD; Berne, Switzerland
   

3. Irina Arechvo, MD; Vilnius, Lithuania
   

4. Thomas Beleites, MD; Dresden, Germany
   

5. Dirk Beutner, MD; Colgne, Germany
   

6. Jin-Ho Cho, PhD; Tague, South Korea
   

7. Wim Decraemer, PhD; Antwerp, Belgium
   

8. Joris J.J. Dirckx, PhD; Antwerp, Belgium
   

9. Robert Funnell, PhD; Montréal, Canada
   

10. Michael Gaihede, MD; Århus, Denmark
    

11. Rong Gan, PhD; Oaklahoma City, USA
    

12. Dough Keefe, PhD; Omaha, USA
    

13. Geoffrey Manley, PhD; München, Germany
    

14. Hato Naohito, MD; Ehime, Japan
    

15. Peter Narins, PhD; Los Angeles, USA
    

16. Elizabeth S. Olson, PhD; New York, USA
    

17. Stefan Stenfelt, PhD; Linköping, Sweden
    

18. Margaret G. Wismer, PhD; Urbana-Champagne, USA
    

19. Thomas Zahnert, MD; Dresden, Germany