Conference Officials

General Chairs

Hideyuki Nakashima, Future University - Hakodate, Japan

Michael Wellman, University of Michigan, USA

Program Chairs

Peter Stone, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Gerhard Weiss, Technical University Munich, Germany

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 Chairs

Ana Lucia C. Bazzan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Regis Vincent, SRI International, USA

Industry Track Chairs

Michal Pechoucek, Gerstner Laboratory and Czech Technical University, CZ

Tom Wagner, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), USA

Doctoral Mentoring Chairs

Ahlem Ben Hassine, NICT, Japan

Toru Ishida, Kyoto University, Japan

Publicity Chair

Chengqi Zhang, University of Technology, Australia

Sponsorship 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 Chairs

Eduardo Alonso, City University, London, UK

Sandip Sen, University of Tulsa, USA

Exhibits Chair

Keiji Suzuki, Future University - Hakodate, Japan