Organizing Committees
CONFERENCE CHAIRS FOR 2008
Safa Kasap, Chair, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Ray Decorby, Vice-Chair
General Program, University of Alberta, CanadaFrank Hegmann, Vice-Chair
Program and Proceedings, University of Alberta, Canada Chris Haugen, Vice-Chair Industry, TRLabs Edmonton, Canada
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Edmonton and Saskatoon
Safa Kasap, Chair, University of Saskatchewan Ray Decorby, Vice-Chair
General Program, University of Alberta
Frank Hegmann, Vice-Chair Program and Proceedings, University of Alberta Chris Haugen, Vice-Chair Industry, TRLabs, Edmonton Linda Richens, Conference Secretary (Management and Administration), TRLabs, Edmonton
Gokul Soundararajan, Conference Assistant, Webmaster and Student Advisor, University of Saskatchewan
Al Meldrum (Organization and Program), University of Alberta
Ying Tsui (Organization and Program), University of Alberta
Cyril Koughia (Organization and Program), University of Saskatchewan
Robert Johanson (Abstract and Program Book), University of Saskatchewan
Michael Bradley, University of Saskatchewan
Across Canada
Raman Kashyap, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal
Siegfried Janz, NRC, Ottawa
Peter Mascher, McMaster University
Harry Ruda, University of Toronto
Frank van Veggel, University of Victoria
Stephen O'Leary, University of Windsor
David Lockwood, NRC, OttawaNazir Kherani, University of TorontoRéal Vallée, University of Laval, Canada
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Koichi Shimakawa (Chair 2008), Gifu University, JapanTomas Wagner
(Vice-Chair 2008), Pardubice University, Czech RepublicSafa Kasap (Honorary Chair), University of Saskatchewan, CanadaJai Singh
(Chair 2006), Charles Darwin University, Australia Asim Ray, Queen Mary University of London, UKTakehi Aoki, Tokyo Insititue of Polytechnics, Japan
Aaron Peled, HAIT, Israel
Michael Gal, University of New South Wales, Australia
Andrei Sazonov, University of Waterloo, Canada
Raman Kashyap, Ecole Polytechnique, Canada
Chris Haugen, TRLabs, Edmonton, Canada Ashok Vaseashta, Marshall University, USA
Paul Stradins, NREL, Colorado, USA
Patrick McNally, Dublin City University, Ireland
Setsuhisa Tanabe, Kyoto University, JapanStephen Sweeney, University of Surrey, UK
Frank Hegmann, University of Alberta, CanadaAnimesh Jha, University of Leeds, UKSandor Kugler, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary
Réal Vallée, University of Laval, Canada
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Safa Kasap, (Chair 2008) University of Saskatchewan, CanadaFrank Hegmann
(Vice Chair Program and Proceedings 2008), University of Alberta, Canada
Ray DeCorby (Vice Chair General Program 2008), University of Alberta, Canada
Raman Kashyap (Vice-Chair for Applications 2008), Ecole Polytechnique, Canada
Harry Ruda, University of Toronto, Canada
Tomas Wagner, Pardubice University, Czech Republic
Animesh Jha, University of Leeds, UKJai Singh,
Charles Darwin University, Australia
Andy Edgar, Victoria University, New Zealand
Roger Lewis, University of Wollongong, Australia
Sadao Adachi, Gunma University, Japan Stephen McKeever, Oklahoma State University Aaron Peled, HAIT, Israel Koichi Shimakawa, Gifu University, JapanNasser Peyghambarian, Optical Sciences Center Arizona, USAKeiji Tanaka, Sapporo University, Japan Robert Glosser, University of Texas, Dallas, USA Mark Kuzyk, Washington State University, USA
Asim Ray, Queen Mary, University of London, UKYonunus Messaddeq, UNESP, Brazil Armando Luches, Lecce University, Italy Hideo Hosono, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Sandor Kokenyesi, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Chris McConville, University of Warrick, UK
David Lockwood, NRC, Ottawa
Helge Weman, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway