Naoyuki Taniguchi, M.D., Ph.D. HUPO Council Member Director of HGPI President of JHUPO Leader, the 21st Century COE program Leader, the JSPS core to core program Endowed Chair Professor, Disease Glycomics, Institute for Microbial Diseases Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan
	Kazuyuki Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D. HUPO Council Member Co-director of HGPI Vice-President of JHUPO Professor, Dept. Biochem. and Biomol. Recognition, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
	Hisashi Narimatsu, MD & PhD Head, Glycogene Function Team Director, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
	Claus-W. von der Lieth, Ph.D. Co-director of HGPI Leader, EUROCarb-DB Central Spectroscopy Dept. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, German Cancer Research Center, Germany
	James C. Paulson, Ph.D. Co-director of HGPI Director of Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG) Professor, Dept. of Mol. Biol. and Dept. of Mol. Exp. Med., The Scripps Research Institute, USA