Executive Committee

• Kiyoshi Nagai : General Chair, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Noriyuki Tejima : Co-Chair & Local Arrangements Chair, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Kengo Ohnishi : Co-Chair & Scientific Program Chair, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan
• Makoto Nokata : Secretariat, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Keiko Homma : Financial Chair, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
• Toshiro Noritsugu : Award Chair, Okayama University, Japan
• Junko Niitsuma : User Involvement Chair, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD), Japan
• Koji Shibuya : Exhibit Chair, Ryukoku University, Japan
• Katsuya Kanaoka : Gala Dinner Chair, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Masaaki Makikawa : Marketing & PR Chair, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Scientific Program Committee

• Maria Chiara Carrozza, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
• Pyung-Hun Chang, KAIST, Korea
• Axel Graeser, Univ. of Bremen, Germany
• Naoki Hata, National Rehab. Center for Persons with Disabilities, Japan
• Michiel Jannink, Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands
• Michelle Johnson, Med. College of Wisconsin, USA
• Akira Kakimoto, Polytechnic Univ., Japan
• Noriyuki Kawarazaki, Kanagawa Inst. Tech, Japan
• Kazuo Kiguchi, Saga Univ., Japan
• Takehito Kikuchi, Osaka Univ., Japan
• Takashi Komeda, Shibaura Inst. Tech., Japan
• Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo Univ. of Science, Japan
• Rui Loureiro, Univ. of Reading, UK
• Silvestro Micera, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
• Shoji Morimoto, Osaka Elec. Com. Univ., Japan
• Hisashi Naito, Osaka Univ., Japan
• Ken Ohnishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co., Japan
• Hyung-Soon Park, Northwestern Univ., USA
• Jim Patton, Northwestern Univ., USA.
• Taisuke Sakaki, Kyushu Sangyo Univ., Japan
• Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, Univ of Texas at El Paso, USA
• Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Toyo Univ., Japan
• Herman van der Kooij, Univ. of Twente, the Netherlands
• Shinichiro Yamamoto, Shibaura Inst. Tech., Japan

International Steering Committee

• William Harwin, University of Reading, UK
• Z Zenn Bien, KAIST, Korea
• Bart Driessen, TNO, The Netherlands
• Axel Graeser, University of Bremen, Germany
• Michael Hillman, Bath University, UK
• Richard Mahoney, Motorika Ltd., USA
• Yoky Matsuoka, University of Washington, USA
• Mounir Mokhtari, INT, France
• James Patton, University of Illinois, USA
• Tariq Rahman, University of Delaware, USA
• Dimitar Stefanov, Coventry University, UK
• Noriyuki Tejima, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Machiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Richard F. ff. Weir, Northwestern University, USA
• Gert Jan Gelderblom, iRv, The Netherlands
• Just Herder, TU Delft, The Netherlands
• Kiyoshi Nagai, Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan