Symposium Chair
            L. Gwenn Volkert, Kent State University, Kent, OH USA

    Program Chair
            Daniel Ashlock, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CA

    Technical Co-Chairs
            Mihail Popescu, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri, USA

            Clare Bates Congdon, University of Southern Maine, USA

            Francesco Masulli , Universita' di Genova, Genova, Italy

    Publicity Chair
            Sorin Draghici, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Proceedings Chair
            Chengpeng (Charlie) Bi, Children's Mercy Hospital & UMKC, Kansas City, MO USA