Expert Advisory Committee

	Dr. Amimul Ahsan, Senior Lecturer, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia Dr. Avinash Chandra, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Dr. Bekhzod Yuldashev, Consulting Professor, Stanford University, USA Mr. Brendan Bilton, Manging Director, ACAL Energy limited, UK Dr. Carolyn Heising, Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, USA Dr. Cengiz S. Ozkan, Professor, University of California, USA Dr. Chang-Soo Kim, Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Energy Research, South Korea Mr. Claus Rose, Chairman of the Global Wind Organization, Siemens, USA Dr. David A. Johnston, Research Associate, Renewable Energy Research, Northumbria University, UK Dr. Dorota Chwieduk, Deputy Director of the Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw Universityof Technology, Poland Dr. Fernando Tadeo, Full Professor, University of Valladolid, Spain Dr. Francesco D’ Auria, Professor, University of Pisa, Italy Dr. Francois Nguyen, Director International Energy Policy, Alberta Department Energy, Canada Mr. Gaetan Morin, Environment Project Manager, EDF Energies Nouvelles, France Dr. Guanying Chen, Research Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, USA Dr. Guosheng Shao, Professor (Chair), Assistant Director of Research, University of Bolton, UK Dr. Hiroshi Segawa, Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan Dr. Hui Tong Chua, Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia Dr. H. L. Dodds, IBM Professor of Engineering and Department Head Emeritus, University of Tennessee, USA Dr. Ken K. Chin, Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA Dr. Kune Suh, Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea Dr. Lan Fu, Associate Professor, Australian National University, Australia Dr. Laurent Linguet, Assistant Professor, University of French Guiana, France Ms. Lucille Olszewski, Managing Partner, Ensemble Wind, USA Dr. Mouldi Miled, Chairman, Desertec University Network, Tunisa Dr. Mouloud Denai, Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, UK Dr. Muneo Hori, Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, University ofTokyo, Japan Dr. Nguyen Hoa Hong, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, South Korea Dr. Jayanta Deb Mondol, Course Director & Senior, University of Ulster, USA Dr. Jean-François Guillemoles , Research Director, CNRS, France Dr. J. D. Agarwal, Founder Chairman & Director, Indian Institute of Finance, Dr. Qiao Wu, Professor, Oregon State University, USA Dr. Ralph Paetzold, CEO, Belectric OPV GmbH, Germany Dr. Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Senior Lecturer, University of Malaya, Malaysia Dr. Sheila Hamilton, Technical Director, Teknek Ltd., UK Mr. Stefan Franzen, Chair for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Mr. Svend Enevoldsen, Owner, Viking Windfarms A/S, Denmark Dr. Syama Chaudhuri, Professor and Adjunct Faculty, University of Virginia, USA Mr. Thomas Kolbusch, Vice President, Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, Germany Mr. Vahid Jabbari, Teaching Instructor, Department of Chemistry，University of Texas at El Paso, USA Dr. Veronica Bermudez, Expert, EDF - R & D, France Dr. Vladislav A. Sadykov, Head, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russia Dr. Xing Zhong Zhao, Professor, Wuhan University, China Dr. Yassin A. Hassan, Professor, Texas A&M University, USA Dr. Yoshio Matsuzaki, Visiting Professor, Kyushu University, Japan Mr. Young Joon Kim, Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP, South Korea and USA Dr. Ziruo Hong, Visiting Researcher, University of California, USA Dr. Zvi Yaniv, President, Applied Nanotech, USA
	Dr. Ali Cheknane, Professor, Amar Telidji University of Laghouat, Algeria Dr. Biplab Rakshi, Managing Director, Atomic Acquisitions, UK Dr. Bin Yang, Associate Professor, Washington State University, USA Dr. Cengiz S. Ozkan, Professor, University of California-Riverside, USA Dr. Gento Mogi, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan Dr. Gordon Huang, Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering; Canada Research Chair & Professor, University of Regina, Canada Mr. Hang Yue, CEO/Founder, Engineering Intelligence on You (EIonU); Healthcare Data Analyst, Healthcare Data Practical Science, Johns Hopkins Healthcare LLC, USA Dr. Marcantonio Catelani, Professor, University of Florence, Italy Dr. Maciej Dzikuc, Researcher, University of Zielona Góra, Poland Mr. Ray Noble, Operations Director, Welink Energy, UK Dr. Renal Backov, Professor, CRPP-UPR CNRS University of Bordeaux, France Dr. Rocío Pérez de Prado, Associate Professor, University of Jaén, Spain Dr. Sam Goldman, CEO, D.light, USA Dr. Shixue Dou, Distinguished Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia  Dr. Zhao Ma, Professor, China Electric Power Research Institute, China
	Dr. Ali Azizi, Scientist and Adjunct Professor, Analytical Research and Development, Sanofi Pasteur, Canada  Dr. C. Fordham von Reyn, Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, USA  Dr. Edward Wu, Program Project Manager, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), USA  Dr. Gareth W. Peters, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Science, University College London (UCL), UK  Dr. Hsien-Jue Steve Chu, Vice President, Ceva Sante Animale, USA  Dr. Howard A. Liddle, Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA Dr. Hong Qin, Assistant Professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma , The University of Texas, USA Dr. Jonathan L. Heeney, Professor; Head, Lab of Viral Zoonotics, University of Cambridge, UK  Dr. Jorge Blanco, President, SIGMOVIR Biosystems, Inc, USA  Dr. John T. Patton, Chief, Rotavirus Molecular Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA  Dr. K Flanagan, Head of Infectious Diseases Services, LGH Senior Lecturer, Department of Immunology, Monash University, Australia  Dr. Louis H. Miller, Head, Malaria Cell Biology Section, NIAID, NIH, USA  Dr. Mazhar Khan, Professor, University of Connecticut, USA Dr. Nicholas Jackson, Associate Vice President; Head of R&D for the Dengue Vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur, USA  Dr. Nobuo Sakai, General Manager, DENKA SEIKEN CO.,LTD., Japan  Dr. Peter Billingsley, Vice President International Projects and Strategy, Sanaria Inc., USA Dr. Ratna B. Ray, Professor, Saint Louis University, USA  Dr. Robert M. Grant, Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology; San Francisco AIDS Foundation, USA Dr. Steven J Czinn, Professor and Chair, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA  Dr. Tzyy Choou Wu, Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA  Dr. William Cunningham, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, USA  Dr. Yasmin Thanavala, Professor, Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA
	Dr. A. Al-Kassir, Professor, Extremadura University, Spain Dr. Audrey Guéniche, Project Director, Open Research Department, L'Oreal, France Dr. Ayman Sayegh, Professor, Tuskegee University, USA Dr. Ben F. Burkett, President, National Family Farm Coalition, USA Dr. Bernhard van Lengerich, Chief Science Officer & Vice President, General Mills Inc., USA Dr. Bernd Stahl, R&D Director Human Milk Research, Nutricia Research - Utrecht, The Netherlands Dr. Bob j Dull, Chief Science Officer, Balchem Corporation, USA Dr. Carla Vartanian, Head, Global University, Lebanon Dr. Catherine B. Frederico, Professor, Newbury College, USA Dr. Cathy M. Kapica, Chief Executive Officer, the Awegrin Institute, USA Dr. Christopher John Smith, Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Dr. Dong-Hwa Shin, Emeritus Professor, Chonbuk National University, Korea Dr. Drew Lenore Betz, County Director, Washington State University Extension, USA Dr. Eggersdorfer Manfred, Senior Vice-President, DSM Nutritional Products, Switzerland Dr. Elinor McCartney, Technical Director, Pen & Tec Consulting Ltd, UK Dr. Elke Anklam, Director, European Commission, Belgium Dr. Encarnación Moyano, Professor, University of Barcelona, USA Dr. Frank Thies, Reader, University of Aberdeen, UK Dr. Guy Poppy, Director of Interdisciplinary Research; Director of University Strategic Research Groups, UK Dr. Harumi Okuyama, Professor Emeritus, Nagoya City University, Japan Dr. Haydar Ozpinar, Professor, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey Dr. Hongman Hou, Vice Dean, Dalian Polytechnic University, China Dr. Ilene Abramson, Lecturer, Wayne State University, USA Dr. Iris Meyenburg-Altwarg, Nursing Director, Medical University Hannover, Germany Dr. Jacek Namiesnik, Professor, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Dr. Jacqueline McCormack, Professor, University of Ulster, UK Dr. Jason Bao, Nutrition and Health Manager, Unilever, China Dr. Javier S. Perona, Tenured Scientist, Instituto de la Grasa-CSIC, Spain Dr. Jenn-Chang Liou, Professor, Asia University, Taiwan Dr. Jian Guan, Senior Research Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand Dr. Joan Claria, Professor, University of Barcelona, Spain Dr. Joe Montecalvo, Professor Emeritus, Cal Poly State University, USA Dr. John Fagan, Co-Found, Earth Open Source, USA Dr. Juergen Schrezenmeir, Professor, Clinical Research Center Kiel, Germany Dr. Julie Dennis, Founder, Natural Community, USA Dr. June Henton, Dean, Auburn University, USA Dr. Kathy Groves, Project Manager, Food Innovation, Leatherhead Food Research, UK Dr. Karin Cadwell, Lead Faculty, Healthy Children Project, USA Dr. Kin-Fah Chin, Professor, University Malaysia, Malaysia Dr. Kit L. Chin, Professor, Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, USA Dr. Kathleen Liang, Professor, University of Vermont, USA Dr. Luca Fernando Ruini, BarillaCFN Expert, Barilla G.R.F.lli, Italy Dr. Luc Tappy, Professor, University of Lausanne School of Biology and Medicine, Switzerland Dr. Maddalena Rossi, Head of the Section of Industrial Microbiology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Dr. Magda Vandeloo, Dietician and Researcher, European Cancer Prevention (ECP), Belgium Dr. Mario Ciampolini, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Florence, Italy Dr. Nelcindo Nascimento Terra, President, SBCTA, Brazil Dr. Nikos Mavroudis, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, UK Dr. Paul Miller, President, Australian Olive Association, Australia Dr. Peter Decock, Global Nutrition and Regulatory Manager, Cargill Research and Development Centre, Belgium Dr. Peter Guilfoyle, Vice President, Northwest Analytics, USA Dr. Ricardo J. Costa, Researcher, Monash University, Australia Dr. Rick Weiss, President, Founder & Chief Wellness Engineer, Viocare, Inc., USA Dr. Richard M. Katz, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA Dr. Renaudin Nathalie, Public Affairs Officer, Edenred, France Dr. Sally Greenberg, Executive Director, National Consumers League, USA Dr. Saman Seneweera, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia Dr. Sandrine Blanchemanche, Director, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France Dr. Sebastien Marque, Director, Danone Research, France Dr. Shancy Rooze, Head, University Chidren’s Hospital Queen Fabiola, Belgium Dr. Simeon D. Stoyanov, Unilever Research & Development Vlaardingen, The Netherlands Dr. Simon Barnes, Managing Partner, Tate & Lyle Ventures LP, UK Dr. Simon Eisner, Founder & CEO, Allwin Ltd, Sweden Dr. Sin-Hyeog Im, Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Dr. Sirpa Kurppa, Research Professor, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland Dr. Soranit Siltharm, Director, Mahidol University, Thailand Dr. Sumalee Tangpitaykul, Deputy Director-General, Department of Science Service, Thailand Dr. Susan Lurie, Professor, Volcani Center ARO, Israel Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang, President, Mediomics LLC, USA
	Mrs. Charlotte Ahrendt Steen, Deputy Director-General, DANISH MARITIME AUTHORITY, Denmark Mrs. Barbara Amerio, President, Permare Group, Italy Capt. Lee Fook Choon, Director, Toplis & Harding (Marine) Ltd., Hong Kong Miss. Rosita Lau, Partner, Ince & Co International Law Firm, Hong Kong, China Mr. Andreas Bullwinkel, Landlord & CEO, Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort-Marketing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Dr. Ang Chin Hup, Researcher, Centre for Maritime Economics & Industries, Maritime Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia Mr. Ali Baghaei, CEO & MD, Aquanet Power Limited, UK Dr.Captain Jon Walker, Regional Chairman, London Offshore Consultants, Singapore Ms. Abigail-Laure Kern, UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development, Cooperation & Development Center, Switzerland Dr. Andreas Nordseth, Director General, Danish Maritime Authority, Denmark Dr. Angelica M. Baylon, Director, Maritime Academy of Asia and the Philippines, Philippines Mr. Antonios Peppas, Founder &Managing Director, FloatMast, UK Mr. Adam Schink, Manager Strategy and Innovation, National Oceanography Centre, UK Mr. Arnis Mangolds, President, C-2 Innovations, Inc., USA Captain Frederick James Francis, Head, International Maritime Programmes Division,Singapore Maritime Academy, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Mr. Boyan Savov, Project Manager, B.V.S. Consult Ltd., Bulgaria Dr. Charles C Zhou, CEO, Cascade Clean Energy, Inc., USA Mr. Chandran Mathavan, General Manager (Asia), Salvage, Titan (SEA) Pte. Ltd., Singapore Mr. Doug Gibson, Executive Director & Principal Scientist, San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy, USA Dr. Dong-Wook Song, Professor, Logistics Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University, UK Dr. Dorrik Stow, Professor, Heriot-Watt University, UK Dr. Dorte Janussen, Head, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany Mr. Douglas Woodring, Director/Co-Founder, Ocean Recovery Alliance, Ocean Recovery Alliance, Hong Kong Dr. Eric Rolf Hansen, President, Economic Transformations Group, Inc., USA Dr. Eugene Domack, Professor, Hamilton College, USA Dr. Elias Boletis, Director, Wartsila, The Netherlands Dr. Edward S. Fry, Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University, USA Dr. George Zambartas, Head of Shipping & Cyprus Corporate Law Dept, L. G. Zambartas LLC, Cyprus Mr. George Guy Thomas, Creator of satellite-based AIS, former US Science & Technology Advisor for Maritime Domain Awareness , USA Mr. Govintharasah Ramanathan, Director, Gurbani & Co., Singapore Mr. Gerhard Aulbert, Global Head Ship Recycling, DNV GL, Norway Mr. Heinz Schelwat, President, Sea & Sun Technology GmbH, Germany Dr. Hassan Mahfuz, Director of Nanocomposites Laboratory, Florida Atlantic University, USA Dr. Henrik Schmidt, Professor & Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Ms. Hong Huimin, Senior Case Manager, Business Development Division, China Maritime Arbitration Commission, China Dr. Ikuo Yamamoto, Professor, Nagasaki University, Japan Dr. Jin Wang, Vice President, Engineering COTEC Offshore Engineering Solutions, USA Mr. James Fanshawe, Chairman, UK MASRWG, UK Dr. Jian Lu, Professor & Group Leader of Coastal Water Resource Protection and Sustainable Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Mr. James Huang, Vice President, DNV GL, Norway Dr. Jingjing Xu, Interim Head of Plymouth Business School; Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Business, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom Mr. Jens Peter Thomsen, Founder, Managing Director and Board Member, Ocean Team Group of Companies, Denmark Dr. Jinyu Sheng, Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada Dr. James A. Taylor, President, Quadrule Services Inc., Canada Dr. Jian Shen, Associate Professor, College of William and Mary, USA Mr. Jim Allsworth, Senior Admiralty Partner, C Solutions Limited Legal and Claims Consultants, UK Dr. Jingjing Xu, Professor & Associate Dean, Plymouth University, UK Dr. Jian Lu, Group Leader of Coastal Water Resource Protection and Sustainable Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Mr. Kejun Li, Chairman, China Association of Communication Enterprise Management Dr. Kong Cho Ha, Chairman, Port Klang Authority, Malaysia Dr. Lauri Railas, Attorney and Owner, Railas Attorneys Ltd., Finland Dr. Laurence McCook, Professor 7 Head of Oceans Conservation, World-Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Dr. Leonid Sokoletsky, Professor, East China Normal University, China Mr. Leonard Sonnenschein, President, World Aquarium and Conservation for the Oceans Foundation, USA Mr. Matthew Tan, Co-Chair for Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Fisheries Sector, APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security, Singapore Dr. Mohan Ramamurthy, Director, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, USA Mr. Manuel P. Barrocas, Founder, Barrocas Advogados, Portugal Mr. Markku Miinala, Business Manager, Marine and Offshore, Marketing and Business Development, Marioff, Finland Ms. Moya Crawford, Managing Director, Deep Tek Ltd., UK Mr. Michael G. Zell, Chairman, Svenska Skeppshypotek, Sweden Dr. Markus Schoner, Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle, Germany Dr. Matthias Rapp, Chairman & CEO, Straits International AB, Sweden Dr. Marinko Oluic, Professor, Council for Remote Sensing - Croatian Academy, Croatia Dr. Ove T. Gudmestad, Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway Mr. Paul Holthus, Founding President & CEO, World Ocean Council, USA Dr. Pichai Sonchaeng, Founder President, Samudhabhipat (Marine Power) Foundation; Director, BUU Innopolis, Burapha University, Thailand Mr. P. Foerd Ames, Inventor & Owner, OWECO Ocean Wave Energy Company, USA Mr. Pekka Sundman, Director, City development Group, City of Turku, Finland Mr. Roger Johnston, CEO, Pilbara Ports Authority, Australia Dr. Robert A. Sielski, Naval Architect - Structures, Melbourne Beach, Florida, USA Dr. Sam Blakeslee, Founding Director, Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, USA Dr. Sergey A. Ogai, Rector Chief Executive Officer, Maritime State University, Russia Dr. Stuart Ballantyne, Chairman, Sea Transport Solutions, Australia Dr. Tai-Wen Hsu, Vice-President, Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan, China Mr. Toby Stephens, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, UK Dr. Tetsuya Hiraishi, Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan Dr. Tsung-Chow (Joe) Su, Professor, Florida Atlantic University, USA Ms. Xie Changqing, Director, Business Development Division, China Maritime Arbitration Commission, China Dr. Yasuo ARAI, President of IAIN (International Association of Institutes of Navigation), Japan Mr. Yiqiang Xiang, Prof. & Director (RCSFT, CCEA,ZJU), College of Civil Engineering and Architecture(CCEA),Zhejiang University, Research Center for Submerged Floating Tunnel, CCEA, ZJU, China Dr. Zaili Yang, Professor & Co-Director, Maritime Transport, Liverpool Logistics, Offshore and Marine Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Dr. Guangming Xiong, Professor, Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University Kiel, Germany
	Mrs. Sandra Patricia Lennox, Assistant Dean, School of Education, University of Notre Dame, Australia Dr. Arthur Coren, President and Vice Chancellor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada Dr. Alan P France, First Deputy Rector, Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), Uzbekistan Dr. Azanam Shah Hashim, Deputy President, Universiti Kuala Lumpeur, Malaysia Dr. Ahmet Acar, Rector, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Dr. Akira ARIMOTO, Director & Professor, Hyogo University, Japan Dr. Bernadette Anand, Director, City University of New York, USA Dr. Catherine Burnheim, Manager, International Education Initiatives, Monash University, Australia Dr. Dick Cornell, Emeritus Professor, University of Central Florida, USA Dr. Elizabeth Simon, Dean and Professor, Nyack College School of Nursing, USA Dr. Heather Eggins, Director of Society for Research into Higher Education; Professor, Cambridge University, UK Dr. Heather Bandeen, Director, Inver Hills Community College, USA Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid, Deputy Vice Chancellor, INTI-Laureate International Universities, Malaysia Dr. James A. Hyatt, Vice Chancellor and CFO Emeritus; Associate Director Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA Dr. James Conroy, Vice Principal, University of Glasgow, UK Dr. Joshua Lange, Executive Director, University College London, UK Dr. Julia V. Clark, Program Director, National Science Foundation, USA Dr. Jane Smith, Director, University of Georgia, USA Dr. Jasmina HAVRANEK, Director, Agency for Science and Higher Education, Croatia Dr. Juliet Stoltenkamp, Director, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Dr. Keith Tong, Director, Center for Language Education, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China Dr. Katy Campbell, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Canada Dr. Leena Alalääkkölä, Director, Lapland University of Applied Sciences, Finland Dr. Marja Sutela, Vice President, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland Dr. Mingkun Wei, Associate Professor, Wuhan University, Hebei University, China Dr. Mary Ellen Beliveau, Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge to Practice, USA Dr. Michael Fung, Group Director & Chief Data Officer, Skills Future, Singapore Dr. Mike Lacktorin, Founding Dean, International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA), Yamanashi Gakuin University, Japan Dr. M' hammed Abdous, Director, Old Dominion University, USA Dr. Ng Ching-Fai, President, United International College, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China Dr. Prosper M. Bernard,  University Consortium of Americas, USA Dr. Peer M. Sathikh, Associate Chair at School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang, Technological University, Singapore Dr. Roland Reichenbach, Vice-chairman of Association for Education and Knowledge; Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Shuji Nakamura, Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, 2014 Dr. Steve J. Cannon, Executive Vice President, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Dr. Stuart Perrin, Dean, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Dr. Sinikka Neuhaus, Dean of Education, Lund University, Sweden Dr. Stefan Nowicki, Director, Centre for Distance Learning, University of Wroclaw, Poland Dr. Sohair F. Wastawy, Executive Director, Qatar National Library, Qatar  Dr. Takayuki Nakamura, President, Fukushima National College of Technology, Japan Dr. Youmin Xi, Vice President, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Dr. Yukari Nagai, Vice President, School of Knowledge Science, Human Life Design Area, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Dr. Zainal Bin Abu Zarim, Vice President, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia