Organizing Committee

• general co-chairs:
  Hideyuki Nakashima, Future University - Hakodate, Japan
  Michael Wellman, University of Michigan, USA
• program co-chairs:
  Gerhard Weiss, Technical University Munich, Germany
  Peter Stone, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• local organization chair:
  Ei-ichi Osawa, Future University - Hakodate, Japan
• local treasurer:
  Hitoshi Matsubara, Future University - Hakodate, Japan
• finance chair:
  Liz Sonenberg, University of Melbourne, Australia
• workshops chair:
  Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
• tutorials chair:
  Yves Lesperance, York University, Canada
• demos co-chairs:
  Ana Lucia C. Bazzan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  Regis Vincent, SRI International, USA
• industry track co-chairs:
  Tom Wagner, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), USA
  Michal Pechoucek, Gerstner Laboratory and Czech Technical University, CZ
• doctoral mentoring co-chairs:
  Toru Ishida, Kyoto University, Japan
  Ahlem Ben Hassine, NICT, Japan
• publicity chair:
  Chengqi Zhang, University of Technology, Australia
• sponsorship co-chairs:
  • Europe: Steven Willmott, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • East Asia: Akihiko Ohsuga, Toshiba Co., Japan
  • US & Canada: Van Parunak, Altarum Institute, USA
• publications chair:
  Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
• student scholarship chair:
  Eduardo Alonso, City University, London, UK
  Sandip Sen, University of Tulsa, USA
• exhibits chair:
  Keiji Suzuki, Future University - Hakodate, Japan