| Payam Heydari University of California at Irvine Subcommittee Chair | Peter Schvan Ciena | Sorin Voinigescu University of Toronto Dept. Electrical @ Computer Engineering EXCOM | 
| Kazuya Yamamoto Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Overseas Advisor | Takuji Yamamoto Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. | Francois Colomb Raytheon Company EXCOM | 
| Marc Rocchi OMMIC Overseas Advisor | Frank van Vliet TNO | Douglas S. McPherson Ciena Corporation EXCOM | 
| Huei Wang National Taiwan University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering Overseas Advisor | Hossein Hashemi University of Southern California | Seyed Tabatabaei T-Optics EXCOM |