Opening Session

• Joseph Heremans (Ohio State University, USA)

Theoretical Concepts and Modeling (THC)

• Claudia Draxl (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
• Matthew Grayson (Northwestern University, USA)
• Yaxian Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Anisotropic Materials and Composites (ANI)

• Sunglae Cho (Ulsan University, South Korea)
• Joshua Goldberger (Ohio State University, USA)
• Yosuke Goto (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan)
• Juri Grin (Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Dresden, Germany)

Materials and Fabrication (FAB)

• Silke Bühler-Paschen (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
• Gabi Schierning (Bielefeld University, Germany)
• Jörg Töpfer (Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule, Jena, Germany)

Characterization (FAB)

• Gunter Reiss (Bielefeld University, Germany)
• Christina Scheu (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany)

Applications (APP)

• Tim Roediger (Landshut University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
• Ken-Ichi Uchida (NIMS, Tokyo, Japan)