Defined foreign plenary/keynote/invited speakers: (inconsecutive)

  1. Orlando Rojas, Aalto University, Finland
  2. Carlos Rodríguez-Abreu, CSIC, Spain
  3. Akira Isogai (磯貝明) The University of Tokyo, Japan
  4. Hiroshi Kamitakahara (上高原浩) Kyoto University, Japan
  5. Shingo Matsukawa (松川省吾) Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan
  6. Tetsuo Kondo (近藤哲男) Kyusyu University, Japan
  7. Shinsuke Ifuku (伊福伸介) Tottori University, Japan
  8. Hwei Voon Lee, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  9. Kaname tsutsumiuchi (堤内要) Chubu University, Japan
  10. Naoya Torikai (鳥飼直也) Mie University, Japan
  11. Shigeru Deguchi (出口茂) Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan
  12. You-Lo Hsieh, University of California, Davis