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AFRICA
Members (alphabetically, by region):
Africa:
W Amouri, H Essabbah, SS Gassama, KB Makhdomi, GIE El
Mustapha, N El Ouchdi, N Qaïs, N Soni, W Vangu.
Asia:
RM Abazid, B Adams, V Agarwal, MA Alfeeli, N Alnafisi, L Bernabe,
GG Bural, T Chaiwatanarat, JM Chandraguptha, GJ Cheon, I Cho, AS
Dogan, M Eftekhari, A Frenkel, I Garty, S George, P Geramifar, H Golan,
S Habib, R Hussain, H Im, H-J Jeon, T Kalawat, WJ Kang, F Keng, A
Klaipetch, PG Kumar, J Lee, WW Lee, I Lim, CMM Macaisa, G Malhotra,
BR Mittal, MH Mohammad, P Mohan, ID Mulyanto, D Nariman, UN
Nayak, K Niaz, G Nikolov, JM Obaldo, E Ozturk, JM Park, S Park, CD
Patel, HK Phuong, AP Quinon, TR Rajini, Y Saengsuda, J Santiago, HB
Sayman, AS Shinto, V Sivasubramaniyan, MH Son, P Sudhakar, GMS Syed,
N Tamaki, K Thamnirat, T Thientunyakit, S Thongmak, DN Velasco, A
Verma, U Vutrapongwatana, Y Wang, KS Won, Z Yao, T Yingsa-nga, R
Yudistiro, KT Yue, N Zafrir.
Europe:
SC Adrian, D Agostini, S Aguadé, G Armitage, M Backlund, M
Backman, M Baker, MT Balducci, C Bavelaar, M Berovic, F Bertagna, R
Beuchel, A Biggi, GBisi, R Bonini, A Bradley, L Brudin, I Bruno, E Busnardo,
R Casoni, A Choudhri, C Cittanti, R Clauss, DC Costa, M Costa, K Dixon,
M Dziuk, N Egelic, I Eriksson, G Fagioli, DB de Faria, L Florimonte, A
Francini, M French, E Gallagher, I Garai, O Geatti, D Genovesi, L Gianolli,
A Gimelli, E del Giudice, S Halliwell, MJ Hansson, C Harrison, F Homans,
F Horton, D J
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drzejuk, J Jogi, A Johansen, H Johansson, M Kalnina, M
Kaminek, A Kiss, M Kobylecka, M Kostkiewicz, J Kropp, R Kullenberg,
T Lahoutte, O Lang, YH Larsson, M Lázár, L Leccisotti, N Leners, O
Lindner, RW Lipp, A Maenhout, L Maffioli, C Marcassa, B Martins, P
Marzullo, G Medolago, CG Mendiguchía, S Mirzaei, M Mori, B Nardi, S
Nazarenko, K Nikoletic, R Oleksa, T Parviainen, J Patrina, R Peace, C Pirich,
H Piwowarska-Bilska, S Popa, V Prakash, V Pubul, L Puklavec, S Rac, M
Ratniece, SA Rogan, A Romeo, M Rossi, D Ruiz, N Sabharwal, BG Salobir,
AI Santos, S Saranovic, A Sarkozi, RP Schneider, R Sciagra, S Scotti, Z
Servini, LR Setti, S-Å Starck, D Vajauskas, J Veselý, A Vieni, A Vignati, IM
Vito, K Weiss, D Wild, M Zdraveska-Kochovska.
Latin America:
RN Agüro, N Alvarado, CM Barral, M Beretta, I Berrocal,
JF Batista Cuellar, T-M Cabral Chang, LO Cabrera Rodríguez, J Canessa,
G Castro Mora, AC Claudia, GF Clavelo, AF Cruz júnior, FF Faccio, KM
Fernández, JR Gomez Garibo, U Gonzalez, PE González, MA Guzzo, J
Jofre, M Kapitán, G Kempfer, JL Lopez, TV Massardo, I Medeiros Colaco,
CT Mesquita, M Montecinos, S Neubauer, LM Pabon, A Puente, LM
Rochela Vazquez, JA Serna Macias, AG Silva Pino, FZ Tártari Huber, AP
Tovar, L Vargas, CWiefels. North America: A Aljizeeri, RJ Alvarez, D Barger,
W Beardwood, J Behrens, L Brann, D Brown, H Carr, K Churchwell, GA
Comingore, J Corbett, M Costello, F Cruz, T Depinet, S Dorbala, M Earles,
FP Esteves, E Etherton, RJ Fanning, jr., J Fornace, L Franks, H Gewirtz,
K Gulanchyn, C-L Hannah, J Hays, J Hendrickson, J Hester, K Holmes,
S Jerome, A Johnson, C Jopek, H Lewin, J Lyons, C Manley, J Meden, S
Moore, WH Moore, V Murthy, R Nace, D Neely, L Nelson, O Niedermaier,
D Rice, R Rigs, K Schiffer, E Schockling, T Schultz, T Schumacker, B
Sheesley, A Sheikh, B Siegel, AM Slim, J Smith, M Szulc, N Tanskersley, P
Tilkemeier, GD Valdez, R Vrooman, D Wawrowicz, DE Winchester.
Oceania:
A Alcheikh, B Allen, E Atkins, J Bevan, C Bonomini, J Christiansen,
L Clack, E Craig, H Dixson, I Duncan, S. Fredericks, S Gales, R Hampson, T
Hanley, KHartcher, J Hassall, B Kelley, S Kelly, T Kidd, T de Kort, G Larcos,
W Macdonald, C McGrath, E Murdoch, S O’Malley, M O’Rourke, M Pack,
R Pearce, R Praehofer, S Ramsay, L Scarlett, K Smidt, F Souvannavong, K
Taubman, G Taylor, K Tse, S Unger, J Weale.
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