Honorary President

Joan Elias García, The Rector at University of Barcelona

Chair of HSCI 2018

Manuel Filipe Costa, University of Minho, Portugal

Local Chair

Josep Maria Fernandez Novell, University of Barcelona, Catalonia

International Advisory Board

Abhay Kothari (India)
Alex Kazachkov (Ukraine)
Alicia Fernandez Oliveras (Spain)
Amit Garg (India)
Anna Michniewska (Poland)
Angela Guzman (USA)
Ángel Manuel Vazquez-Dorrio (Spain)
Ann Torsted (Danmark)
António Carlos Pavão (Brazil)
António Fernando Ribeiro (Portugal)
Armando Dias Tavares Jr. (Brazil)
Carla Maria Medeiros y Araujo (Brazil)
Chien-Heng Chou (Taiwan)
Clementina Timus (Romania)
Dana Mandikova (Czech Republic)
George Kalkanis (Greece)
Elsa Fernandes (Portugal)
Erik Johansson (Sweden)
Eva Trnova (Czech Republic)
Guillermo Baldwin (Peru)
Francisco Sousa (Portugal)
Horst Bannwarth (Germany)
Iryna Berezovska, (Ukraine)
Joaquim Carneiro (Portugal)
Jose Benito Vazquez-Dorrio (Spain)
Joseph Trna (Czech Republic)
Liu Xu (China)
Lucian Vladescu (Romania)
Manuel Filipe Costa (Portugal)
Maria Dulce Geraldo (Portugal)
Maria Inês Nogueira (Brazil)
Maria Teresa Malheiro (Portugal)
Marian Kires (Slovakia)
Mikiya Muramatsu (Brasil)
Mustafa Erol (Turkey)
Nilgün Erentay (Turkey)
Norihiro Sugimoto (Japan)
Nuno Francisco (Portugal)
Panagiotis Michaelides (Greece)
Paulo Pereira (Portugal)
Pedro Membiela (Spain)
Pedro Pombo (Portugal)
Radu Chisleag (Romania)
Robert Worley (UK)
Roger Ferlet (France)
Samar Darwish Kirresh (Palestine)
Sandra Franco (Portugal)
Sonia Seixas (Portugal)
Stephen M. Pompea (USA)
Sue Dale Tunnicliffe (UK)
Teresa Kennedy (USA)
Toyohiko Yatagai (Japan)
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan (Canada)
Victoria Belaga (Russia)
Walburga Bannwarth-Pabst (Germany)
William Stebniki Tabora (Uruguay)
Zdenek Drozd (Czech Republic)
Zuzana Ješková (Slovakia)

Local Organizing Committee

Alicia Pérez
Carme Zaragoza
Claudi Mans
Gustau Llorente
Ignasi Ramírez (secretary)
Javier Casado
Javier Méncez
José Costa
Josep M. Fernández Novell*
M. Montserrat Rivera
Manel Bosch
Maria Soley (secretary)
Mercè Puig
Mercè Talló
Mireia Díaz Lobo
Montse Busquets
Oriol Güell

* chair