General Chair
Ning Xi City University of Hong Kong
Program Chair
William R. Hamel The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Program Co-Chair
Jindong Tan The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Regional Program Chairs
Venkat N. Krovi University at Buffalo
Martin Buss Technische Universität München
Imad Elhajj American University of Beirut
Li-Chen Fu National Taiwan University
Finance Advisor
Xiaoping Yun Naval Postgraduate School
Finance Chair 
Weihua Sheng Oklahoma State University
Local Arrangements Chairs 
King Lai City University of Hong Kong
Yongsheng Ou Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technologies, CAS
Registration Chair 
Guangyong Li University of Pittsburgh
Registration Co-Chair 
Carmen Fung Hong Kong Productivity Council
Publications Chair 
Zhidong Wang Chiba Institute of Technology
Publications Co-Chair 
Yantao Shen University of Nevada, Reno
Yasuhisa Hasegawa University of Tsukuba, Japan
Publicity Chairs 
Alan Bowling University of Texas at Arlington
Aiguo Song Southeast University, China
Yun-hui Liu The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kazuhito Yokoi ASIT, Japan
Frank C. Park Seoul National University, Korea 
Travel Awards Chairs 
Heping Chen Texas State University, San Marcos
Uche Wejinya University of Arkansa
Workshops and Tutorials Chair
Jing Xiao The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chairs
Satoshi Tadokoro Tohoku University, Japan
Lianqing Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dong-soo Kwon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sergej Fatikow Universität Oldenburg
Invited Session Chair
Fumihito Arai Nagoya University
Invited Session Co-Chairs
Lixin Dong Michigan State University
Shugen Ma Ritsumeikan University
Jianwei Zhang Universität Hamburg
Video Sessions Chair
Paul Y. Oh Drexel University
Video Sessions Co-Chairs
Youfu Li City University of Hong Kong
Max Q. H. Meng The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yi Guo Stevens Institute of Technology
Yu Sun University of Toronto
Special Event Chairs
Michael Wang The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dong Sun City University of Hong Kong
Exhibitions Chairs
Jizhong Xiao The City University of New York
Bing Lam Luk City University of Hong Kong
Exhibitions Co-Chair
Aiguo Ming The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Weidong Chen Shanghai Jian Tong University, China
Awards Chair
Kazuhiro Kosuge Tohoku University
Awards Co-Chairs
Ken Goldberg University of California, Berkeley
Ren C Luo National Taiwan University
Hong Zhang University of Alberta
Antoine Ferreira Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Bourges
Wen J Li City University of Hong Kong
Ronald S. Fearing UC Berkeley
Industrial Program Chair
Raj Madhavan University of Maryland, College Park
Industrial Program Co-Chair
Toshio Fukuda Nagoya University
Industry Committee Chairs
Hui Zhang ABB
Mike Shi Inos Automation Software, Inc
Hongzhi Chen Intel
Mark Noakes Oak Ridge National Lab
Conference Secretariat
Tracy Tsoi City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong