Toronto, Canada | July 8-11, 2009

Congress Committees

Scientific Committee

IAOO President: Jatin Shah, USA
Program Chair: Pat Gullane, Canada
Co Chairs: Alexander  Rapidis, Greece
Ralph Gilbert, Canada

Members

Kian Ang, USA
Robert Baatenburg de Jong, Netherlands
Jean Bourhis, France
Douglas Chepeha, USA
Dominique Chevalier, France
Jonathan Clark, Australia
Peter Cordeiro, USA
June Corry, Australia
Anil K D'cruz, India
Han de Min, China
Bernard Devauchelle, France
Fernando Dias, Brazil
Joel Epstein, USA
Johan Fagan, South Africa
Marcello Figari, Argentina
Dan Fliss, Israel
Arlene Forastiere, USA
Neal Futran, USA
Ralph Gilbert, Canada
Susanne Gollin, USA
Silvio Gutkind, USA
Ehab Hanna, USA
Joseph Helman, USA
Karl Hormann, Germany
Sefik Hosal, Turkey
Jonathan Irish, Canada
Richard Jordan, USA
Jonas Johnston, USA
Shin Etsu Kamata, Japan
Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Canada
Rainald Knecht, Germany
Suren Krishnan, Australia
Abraham Kuriakose, India
Antti Makitie, Finland
Jesus Medina, USA
Jeffrey Myers, USA
Carlos Navarro Vila, Spain
Peter Neligan, USA
Jan Olofsson, Norway
Kerry Olsen, USA
Bert O'Malley, USA
Alfredo Pontejos, Philippines
Brian O'Sullivan, Canada
Marshall Posner, USA
Ji Qing-Hai, China
Alexander D. Rapidis, Greece
Igor Reshetov, Russia
Peter Rhys Evans, UK
Miriam Rosin, Canada
Crispian Scully CBE, UK
Hadi Seikaly, Canada
Ashok Shaha, USA
Hao Sheng Po, Taiwan
Bhuvanesh Singh, USA
Stephen Sonis, USA
Giusseppe Spriano, Italy
Ted Teknos, USA
Randal Weber, USA
Peron Yu, USA
Michael Van den Brekel, Netherlands
Greg Wolf, USA
Kyung Won Baek, Korea
Ernie Weymuller, USA

Local Organizing Committee

Chair: Ian Witterick, University of Toronto, Canada

Members

Stuart Archibald, Canada
Gerald Baker
, Canada
Nick Blanos
, Canada
Dale Brown
, Canada
Karen Burgess
, Canada
Danny Enepekides
, Canada
Jeremy Freeman
, Canada
David Goldstein
, Canada
Kevin Higgins
, Canada
Linda Lee
, Canada
Walter Maxymiw
, Canada
John Waldron
, Canada
Robert Wood
, Canada
John Yoo
, Canada

Conference Secretariat

Janet Seabrook, Elsevier
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843691
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843958
Email: jm.seabrook@elsevier.com

IAOO Council 2007-2009

Officers

President Jatin P. Shah, USA
Vice President Jean Louis Lefebvre, France
Secretary General Crispian Scully, UK
Secretary General-Elect C. René Leemans, Netherlands
Treasurer Alexander D. Rapidis, Greece
Program Chairman Patrick J. Gullane, Canada
Executive Director John D. Langdon, UK

Councilors

Jay Boyle, USA
Joseph Califano, USA
Cyrus Kerawala, UK
Luiz Kowalski, Brazil
Christopher O’Brien, Australia
Ranju Ralhan, India
Khee Chee Soo, Singapore
Jan Vermorken, Belgium
William Wei, Hong Kong, China
David Wiesenfeld, Australia

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