COMMITTEES

International Organising Committee

Professor Garo Antranikian	Technical University Hamburg	Germany
Professor Koki Horikoshi	JAMSTEC	Japan
Professor John Reeve	Ohio State University	USA
Professor Mosè Rossi	University of Naples	Italy
Professor Helena Santos	University of Lisbon	Portugal

International Advisory Committee

Professor Michael Adams	University of Georgia	USA
Professor Garo Antranikian	Technical University Hamburg	Germany
Professor Douglas Bartlett	University of California	USA
Professor Peter Bergquist	Macquarie University	Australia
Dr Jenny Blamey	Bioscience Foundation	Chile
Professor Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya	Russian Academy of Sciences	Russia
Professor Stephanie Burton	University of Cape Town	South Africa
Professor Rick Cavicchioli	University of New South Wales	Australia
Professor Don Cowan	University of the Western Cape	South Africa
Professor Roy Daniel	University of Waikato	New Zealand
Professor Michael Danson	University of Bath	UK
Professor Mike Dyall-Smith	University of Melbourne	Australia
Professor Patrick Forterre	Pasteur Institute	France
Professor Roger Garrett	University of Copenhagen	Denmark
Professor Koki Horikoshi	JAMSTEC	Japan
Professor Li Huang	Academy of Sciences	China
Professor Tadayuki Imanaka	University of Kyoto	Japan
Dr Chiaki Kato	Jamstec	Japan
Dr Hans Kotlar	Statoil ASA	Norway
Professor Jacob Kristjansson	Prokarya	Iceland
Professor Aharon Oren	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel
Dr Steve Pointing	Hong Kong University	China
Professor Daniel Prieur	University of Western Brittany	France
Dr Joel Querrelou	IFREMER	France
Professor John Reeve	Ohio State University	USA
Professor David Rice	University of Sheffield	UK
Professor Frank Robb	University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute	USA
Professor Mosè Rossi	University of Naples	Italy
Professor Helena Santos	University of Lisbon	Portugal
Professor Antonio Ventosa	University of Seville	Spain
Professor Juergen Wiegel	University of Georgia	USA

Local Organising Committee (South Africa)

Professor Don Cowan (Chair)	University of the Western Cape
Professor Stephanie Burton (Co-Chair)	University of Cape Town
Dr Heide Goodman	University of the Western Cape
Professor Doug Rawlings	University of Stellenbosch
Dr Esta van Heerden	University of the Free State
Dr Bjarne Faurholme	KAPA Biosystems
Dr Sanet Minnaar	BHPBilliton
Dr Fadl Hendricks	Cape Biotech Trust
Professor Sue Harrison	University of Cape Town
Professor Rosie Dorrington	Rhodes University