Nikolay Kolchanov, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia (Chairman of the Conference)
Victor Solovyev, The Sanger Centre, Cambridge, UK (Co-chairman)
Martin Bishop, Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre (UK)
Philip Bourne, SDSC, San-Diego, USA
Soren Brunak, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Denmark
Philipp Bucher, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Switzerland
Jean-Michel Claverie, Structural & Genetic Information (CNRS), France
Julio Collado-Vides, National University of Mexico, Mexico
Lev Kisselev, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow, Russia
George Michaels, George Mason University, USA (USA — Co-organizer)
Luciano Milanesi, ITBA, Milan, Italy
G. Christian Overton, Center for Bioinformatics University of Pennsylvania USA
Bruce Roe, University of Oklahoma, USA
Masaru Tomita, Bioinformatics Laboratory of Keio University, Japan
Vladimir Tumanian, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow, Russia
Edgar Wingender, GBF, Braunschweig, Germany
Michael Zhang Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor,USA
Local Organization/Arrangement Committee
Galina KiselevaInstitute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk (Chairman)
Anatoly Kushnir Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk
Vasily Areschenko Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk
Mikhail Ponomarenko Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk (Vice — chairman)
Anatoly Kurbatov Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk
Galina Orlova Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk (Manager)
Anatoly Frolov Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk (Coordinator of the joint activities of The Institute of Cytology and Genetics and APBioNet)
Nadya Omel’anchuk Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk (Manager)
Sergey LavryushevInstitute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk (Web Master)
Dmitry GrigorovichInstitute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk (Web Administrator / Web Programming support)
Dmitry Afonnikov Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk
Elena Borovskikh Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk
Andrey Kharkevich Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk
Svetlana Ukraintseva Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk