National Advisory Board
- Silvio Aime (University of Torino)
- Pierluigi Antonucci (University of Reggio Calabria)
- Antonino Aricò (CNR, Messina)
- Ivano Bertini (University of Firenze)
- Paola Deplano (University of Cagliari)
- Dante Gatteschi (University of Firenze)
- Paolo Ghigna (University of Pavia)
- Jan Kaspar (University of Trieste)
- Francesco Priolo (University of Catania)
- Silvio Quici (CNR, Milano)
- Giancarlo Righini (CNR, Firenze)
- Claudio Pettinari (University of Camerino)
- Anna Maria Venezia (CNR, Palermo)
International Advisory Board
- Serafin Bernal (University of Cadiz, Spain)
- Koen Binnemans (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)
- Georges Boulon (University Lyon 1, France)
- Jean-Claude Bünzli (EPFL, Switzerland - Korea University, South Korea)
- John Capobianco (Concordia University, Canada)
- Zhanghen Chen, (Chinese Society of Rare Earths, China)
- Nobuhito Imanaka (Osaka University, Japan)
- Junji Inanaga (Kyushu University, Japan)
- Hwan Kyu Kim (Korea University, South Korea)
- Oscar Malta (Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil)
- Mogens Mogensen (Risoe DTU, Denmark)
- Gerd Meyer (University of Cologne, Germany)
- David Parker (Durham University, UK)
- Vitalij Pecharsky (Iowa State University, USA)
- Benjaram M. Reddy (IICT, India)
- M.L.P. Reddy (NIIST, India)
- John Sarrao (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
- José Garcia Solé (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
- Wieslaw Strek (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
- Qiang Su (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
- Setsuhisa Tanabe (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Hiroshi Tsukube (Osaka City University, Japan)
- Chunhua Yan (Peking University, China)
Organizing Committee
- Alessandro Trovarelli (University of Udine, Chair)
- Marco Bettinelli (University of Verona, Co-chair)
- Paolo Fornasiero (University of Trieste)
- Plinio Di Bernardo (University of Padova)
- Marilena Tolazzi (University of Udine)
- Adolfo Speghini (University of Verona)
- Pier Luigi Zanonato (University of Padova)
- Carla de Leitenburg (University of Udine)
- Andrea Melchior (University of Udine)
- Eleonora Aneggi (University of Udine)
- Marzia Casanova (University of Udine)
- Marta Boaro (University of Udine)
Other Staff members from the University of Verona, Udine, Trieste and Padova will be directly involved in the organization of the conference.