International Committee

Dr. Ngin Chhay

Director General
General Directorate of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Cambodia

Dr. Pham Van Cuong

Professor and Vice President
Vietnam National University of Agriculture
Vietnam

Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor
Department of Crop Sciences
College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Oman

Dr. Md. Shahidul Haque

Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty of Agriculture
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Bangladesh

Dr. Thanankorn Jaiphong

National Agricultural Machinery Center (NAMC)
Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Sean Campus
Thailand

Dr. Jirapong Jairin

Senior Agricultural Research Officer
Ubon Ratchathani Rice Research Center
Thailand

Dr Ahmad Junaedi

Associate Professor of Plant Production Laboratory
Vice Dean of Faculty of Agriculture
IPB University (Bogor Agricultural University)
Indonesia

Mr. Phanthasin Khanthavong

Director of Research
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institution
Lao PDR

Dr. Huu-Sheng Lur

President of Agronomy Society of Taiwan
Distinguished Professor and Dean
College of Bioresources and Agriculture,
National Taiwan University
Taiwan

Dr. Tonette P. Laude

Former President of the Crop Science Society of the Philippines
Assistant Professor
Institute of Crop Science
College of Agriculture and Food Science
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Philippines

Dr. Roel R. Suralta

President of the Crop Science Society of the Philippines
Career Scientist 3
Department of Agriculture-
Crop Biotechnology Center
Philippine Rice Research Institute
Philippines

Dr. Hla Than

Professor and Head
Department of Agronomy
Yezin Agricultural University
Myanmar

Dr. Le Vinh Thuc

Associate Professor
Head of Crop Science Department,
College of Agriculture
Cantho University
Vietnam

Dr. Sun-Hee Woo

Professor
Lab of Plant Breeding and Functional Proteomics
Department of Crop Science
Chungbuk National University
Republic of Korea

Dr. Phetmanyseng Xangsayasane

Senior Rice Breeder, Deputy Director for Research
Rice Research Center
National Agriculture & Forestry Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Lao PDR

Organizing Committee

Honorary Chairperson of the Organizing Committee:

Dr. Takeshi Horie (Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University)

Chairperson of the Organizing Committee:

Dr. Makie Kokubun (Professor Emeritus at Tohoku University)

Members:

Tatsuhiko Shiraiwa (Kyoto University)
Hiroyuki Daimon (Ryukoku University)
Junko Yamagishi (University of Tokyo)
Tatsuro Hirose (Takasaki University of Health and Welfare)
Tsutomu Ishimaru (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Tadashi Tsukaguchi (Ishikawa Prefectural University)
Akihiro Osumi (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Naohiro Aoki (University of Tokyo)
Michio Kawasaki (Hirosaki University)
Hirotake Ito (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Jun-ichi Kashiwagi (Hokkaido University)
Taiki Yoshihira (Rakuno Gakuen University)
Eiki Kuroda (Iwate University)
Hiroyuki Shimono (Iwate University)
Toshihiro Hasegawa (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Koki Homma (Tohoku University)
Akihiro Isoda (Chiba University)
Taiichiro Ookawa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Ryu Ohsugi (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Akihiko Kamoshita (University of Tokyo)
Hiroshi Nakagawa (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Keisuke Nemoto (University of Tokyo)
Tadashi Hirasawa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Sachio Maruyama (Tsukuba University)
Satoshi Yoshinaga (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Yoshiharu Wada (Utsunomiya University)
Tohru Sato (Niigata Prefectural Agricultural Research center)
Motoyuki Hagiwara (Shinshu University)
Teruhisa Umezaki (Mie University)
Tsutomu Matsui (Gifu University)
Tetsushi Azuma (Kobe University)
Morio Iijima (Kindai University)
Tatsuya Inamura (Kyoto University)
Kuniyuki Saito (Okayama University)
Tadashi Takahashi (Yamaguchi University)
Takeshi Yamaguchi (Tottori University)
Takuya Araki (Ehime University)
Masanori Toyota (Kagawa University)
Akira Miyazaki (Kochi University)
Susumu Arima (Saga University)
Mari Inoue (Kyushu University)
Atsushi Oyanagi (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Yuji Matsue (Kyushu University)
Toshihiro Mochizuki (Kyushu University)
Jun-Ichi Sakagami (Kagoshima University)
Yoji Nitta (Fukushima University)
Hiroe Yoshida (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

Steering Committee

Chairperson of the Steering Committee:

Dr. Akira Yamauchi (Professor at Nagoya University)

Members:

Filma C. Calalo (College of Agriculture and Food Science / UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment)
Hiroshi Ehara (Nagoya University)
Mana Kano-Nakata (Nagoya University)
Yoichiro Kato (The University of Tokyo)
Mayumi Kikuta (Hiroshima University)
Motohiko Kondo (Nagoya University)
Daigo Makihara (Nagoya University)
Shiro Mitsuya (Secretary, Nagoya University)
Takao Oi (Nagoya University)
Daisuke Sugiura (Nagoya University)
Mitsutaka Taniguchi (Nagoya University)
Katsuya Yano (Nagoya University)