China Dr. Yixue Li, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (symposium) Dr. Yang Zhong, Fudan University (symposium) Dr. Luonan Chen, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS. (training course/ symposium) Dr. Aiping Lv, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS (training course) Dr. Hongbin Shen, Shanghai Jiaotong University (symposium) Dr. Xuan Li, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS. (training course) Dr. Chaochun Wei, Shanghai Jiaotong University ( training course) Dr. Yan Fu, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS( training course) Japan Dr. Takashi Gojobori, National Institute of Genetics (symposium) Dr. Yoshio Tateno, National Institute of Genetics (symposium) Dr. Haruki Nakamura, Osaka University (training course) Dr. Koichiro Tamura, Tokyo Metropolitan University (training course/ symposium) Dr. Tadashi Imanishi, Biomedicinal Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (training course/ symposium) Dr. Saitou Naruya, National Institute of Genetics (training course) Korea Dr. Sanghyuk Lee, Korean Bioinformation Center (training course/ symposium) Dr. Dongsup Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (training course/ symposium) Dr. Daehee Hwang, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (training course/ symposium) Dr. Sangsoo Kim, Soongsil University (training course/ symposium)