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Call for Papers / Participations

General Co-Chairs:

• Ubbo Visser, University of Bremen, Germany (Head of OC)
• Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany

League Coordinators:

• Ansgar Bredenfeld, AIS Fraunhofer, Germany
• Martin Riedmiller, University of Osnabrück, Germany
• Gerhard Kraetzschmar, TCSI & AIS Fraunhofer, Germany

• Gerhard Lakemeyer, RWTH Aachen, Germany
• Elizabeth Sklar, Brooklyn College, USA
• Domenico Sorrent, University of Milano, Italyi
• Tomoichi Takahashi, Meijo University, Japan

• Sven Behnke, University of Freiburg, Germany (LC)
• Norbert Meyer, University of Osaka, Japan
• Jacky Baltes, Canada
• Changjiu Zhou, Singapore

• Lars Asplund, Västerås, Sweden (C)
• Paul Ploeger, University of Osnabrück, Germany (LC)
• Akihiro Matsumoto, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Alexander Ferrein, RWTH Aachen, Germany

• Tim Laue, University Bremen, Germany (LC)
• Raul Rojas, Freie University Berlin, Germany
• James Bruce, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Yasunori Nagasaka, Chubu University, Japan

• Thomas Röfer, University of Bremen, Germany (LC)
• Will Uther, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Mohan Sridharan
• Noriaki Mitsunaga, ATR, Japan

• Oliver Obst, University of Koblenz, Germany (LC)
• Joschka Boedecker, University of Osaka, Japan
• Tomomi Kawarabayashi, Fukui University, Japan
• Mohammad Sedbaghat, Iran

• Andreas Birk, International University Bremen, Germany (LC)
• Adam Jacoff, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
• Tetsuya Kimura, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
• Satoshi Tadokoro, International Rescue System Institute, Japan

• Alexander Kleiner, University of Freiburg, Germany (LC)
• Kamal Karlapalem, International Institute of Information Technology, India
• Saeed Shiry, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
• Michael Lewis, University of Pittsburgh, USA (for V-league)

General Chair:

• Martin Bader

International Chair:

• Gerhard Kraetschmar (coordination with overall RC, handling intl. issues, assisting GC (Junior)

RoboCup Junior Co-Chairs:

• Carlos Cardeira, Portugal
• Jeffrey Johnson, UK
• Tairo Nomura, Japan
• Elizabeth Sklar, USA (assist General Chair and Intl. Chair)

Divisional Organising Committee (DOC, RoboCup people):

• RCJ RoboDance Co-Chairs:
  • Jeffrey Johnson, UK
  • Ian Maud, Australia (organise dance event)
• RCJ RoboRescue Co-Chairs:
  • Daniel Dudek, Germany
  • Ashley Green, UK (organise rescue event)
• RCJ RoboSoccer Co-Chairs:
  • Brian Thomas, Australia
  • Leonard Vong Ka-Lon, China (organise soccer event)
• RCJ RoboDemos Co-Chairs:
  • Luis Almeida, Portugal
  • Pasi Eronen, Finland (organise demos of school robot projects and ideas for new leagues)

National Organising Committee (NOC, TCSI people):

• RCJ Organisation Chair:
  • Johannes Klotz, Germany (scheduling of all events, recording and publishing results)
• RCJ Registration Chair:
  • Rolf Bayer, Germany (handling registration process in interaction with national reps and RC06 organisers)
• RCJ Referee Chair:
  • Sebastian Polly, Germany (finding, training, assigning, scheduling referees)
• RCJ Media Documentation Chair:
  • Jens Windau, Germany (documenting the event on photo and video, video editing, supplying images and video edits to RC06 media office, publishing it after event for access of participants)
• RCJ Tutorial Chair:
  • Ludwig Busse, Germany (organising talks, tutorials, guided tours through RoboCup)

Local Organising Committee (LOC, Bremen people):

• RCJ Local Arrangements Chair:
  • Henning Brandt, Germany (responsible for all local preparation and setup, organizing the best party in town, getting volunteers)
• RCJ Local Accommodation Chair:
  • Andrea Hess, Germany (handling accommodations for Juniors)
• RCJ Cultural Program Chair:
  • Elvira Kolweyh, Germany (providing a cultural program for Juniors: sports facilities in the evening, tours to science museum, harbor, coast, etc

Industrial Liasions:

• Thomas Christaller, AIS Fraunhofer, St. Augustin, Germany
• Hubert Borgmann, Messe Bremen, Germany

Local Chair:

• Elvira Kolweyh, Messe Bremen, Germany
• Hubert Borgmann, Messe Bremen, Germany

Exhibitions:

• Industry Exhibition:
  • Hubert Borgmann, Messe Bremen, Germany
• 10 Years RoboCup:
  • Kurt Beiersdörfer, Heinz-Nixdorf Museumsforum, Germany
  • Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany