CONFERENCE  ORGANIZATION

HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS
HONORARY COMMITTEE

Prof. Victor Perez Vera, Rector of the University of Chile
Ms. Vivian Heyl Chiappini, President National Commission for Scientific & Technological Research
Prof. Raul Morales Segura, Dean Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile
Prof. Juan Manuel Zolezzi Rector of the University of Santiago de Chile
Prof. Patricio Reyes Nuñez, President of the Chilean Chemical Society
Prof. Servet Martínez Aguilera, President Chilean Academy of Sciences
Prof. Miguel Kiwi, Science National Price 2007
Prof. P. N. Prasad, Executive Director, The Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics Buffalo, NY,USA

CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS

Honorary International Chairperson
Prof. P.N. Prasad,  Institute for Lasers Photonics and Biophotonics Buffalo, NY, USA

International Chairperson
Prof. F. Kajzar, Angers University, FRANCE

National Chairperson
Prof. G. González, University of Chile, Santiago, CHILE

Co–Chairpersons
Prof. A. Ikushima, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, JAPAN            
Prof. R. Kozlowski, Institute of Polymer Fibers, Poznan, Poland
Prof. K. S. Lee, Hannam University, Taejon, SOUTH KOREA         
Prof. J. E. Mark, Distinguished Res. Prof. Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Cincinnati, OH, USA

INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR
Dr. J. Grote, Senior Electronics Engineer Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Technology Directorate, Dayton, USA

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY
Dr. F. Charra, CEA-DSM, CEA Saclay, FRANCE

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Prof. R. Rowell, USDA Forest Service, Madison, USA (Chair)
Dr. M. I. Aranguren, National University of Mar del Plata ARGENTINA
Prof. R. Aroca, University of Windsor, CANADA
Prof. J. Costamagna, University of Santiago, CHILE
Prof. L. Gargallo, Catholic University of Chile, CHILE
Prof. Jung-Il Jin, Korea University, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
Prof. T. Kaino, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN
Prof. I. C. Khoo, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA   
Dr. M. Mah, US AFOSR Arlington, VA, USA
Prof. T. Ogawa, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, MEXICO
Prof. O. Oliveira, University of Sao Paulo, San Carlos, BRASIL
Prof. A. Pawlicka, University of Sao Carlos, BRAZIL
Prof. K. Pielichowski, Cracow University of Technology, POLAND
Prof. R. Quijada, University of Chile, CHILE
Dr. I. Rau, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, ROMANIA
Dr. M. Samoc, Australian National University, Canberra, AUSTRALIA
Prof. B. Sahraoui, University  of Angers, FRANCE
Prof. E. Vogel, University of La Frontera, Temuco, CHILE

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. A. Meghea, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, ROMANIA (Chair)
Dr. Ch. Andraud, ENS, Lyon, FRANCE  
Dr. D. Chrisey, Office of Navy Research, Washington, USA
Prof. J. C. Dubois, Nemoptic, Guyancourt, FRANCE
Prof. M. Escudey, University of Santiago, CHILE
Prof. A.S.L Gomes. University Federal of Pernambuco, Recife, BRAZIL
Prof. M. Kiwi, Catlolic University of Chile, CHILE
Dr. C. Y. C. Lee, US Air Force Office for Science Research, USA
Prof. S. Lefrant,  Nantes University, FRANCE
Dr. J. Niziol, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland
Prof. J. Pielichowski, Cracow University of Technology, POLAND
Prof. B. Rivas, University of Concepcion, CHILE
Prof. H. Sasabe, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
Prof. E. Spodine, University of Chile, CHILE
Prof. J. Sworakowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, POLAND
Prof. J. Ulanski, Lodz University of Technology, POLAND
Prof. G. Zaikov Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 

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NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Dora Altbir, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Prof. Ramiro Arratia, Universidad Andrés Bello
Prof. Eglantina Benavente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
Prof. Galo Cárdenas, Universidad de Concepción
Prof. Carlos Díaz, Director Proyecto Graduados MECESUP, UChile.
Prof. Juan Luis Gautier, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Prof. Humberto Gómez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Prof. Patricio Haberle, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Prof. Angel Leiva, Universidad Católica de Chile
Prof. Jaime Llanos, Universidad Católica del Norte
Prof. Víctor Manríquez, Universidad de Chile
Prof. Rodrigo Palma, Universidad de Chile
Prof. Deodato Radic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Prof. Patricio Vargas, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Prof. Diego Venegas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Prof. Mehrda Yazdani, Universidad de Chile
Prof. Nicolás Yutronic, Universidad de Chile
Prof. Ernesto Zumelzu, Universidad Austral