Chair:

• Prof. Jose Daniel Biasoli de Mello, Federal University of Uberlândia and Federal University of Santa Catarina;

ABCM: The Brazilian Association of Engineering and Mechanical Sciences:

Still being appointed by the Board of Directors of ABCM

SBPMat: The Brazilian Materials Research Society:

• Prof. Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Federal University of Santa Catarina
• Prof. Fernando Lázaro Freire Junior, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

ABC: Brazilian Academy of Sciences:

• Prof. Alvaro Toubes Prata, Federal University of Santa Catarina
• Prof. Fernando Cosme Rizzo Assunção, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
• Prof. Fernando Lázaro Freire Junior, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Academy:

• Prof. Alexandre da Silva Rocha, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Prof. Alisson Rocha Machado, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana
• Prof. Cristiano Binder, Federal University of Santa Catarina
• Prof. Amilton Sinatora, Vale Institute of Technology
• Prof. Cherlio Scandian, Federal University of Espirito Santo
• Dr. Gisele Hammes, Federal University of Santa Catarina
• Prof. Giuseppe Pintaude, Federal University of Technology Parana
• Prof. Felipe Kessler, Federal University of Rio Grande
• Prof. Henara Lillian Costa, Federal University of Rio Grande
• Prof. Izabel Fernanda Machado, University of São Paulo
• Prof. Nazir Monteiro dos Santos, Brazilian Vacuum Society and Federal University of Latin American Integration
• Prof. Paulo Cordeiro Machado, Federal University of Pará
• Prof. Roberto Martins de Souza, University of São Paulo
• Prof. Salete Martins Alves,Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
• Prof. Washington Martins da Silva Junior, Federal University of Uberlândia
• Prof. Sylvio José Ribeiro Oliveira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Industrial Sector:

• Alvaro Canto Michelotti, Zen S.A.
• Andre Leibsohn Martins, Petrobras, The Brazilian Petroleum Company
• Diego Tolotti, Bruning Tecnometal S.A.
• Felipe Feliciano, Robert Bosch do Brasil S.A.
• Marcelo Dornelles Pimenta, Igus no Brasil S.A.
• Pedro Anderson, Embraer S.A.
• Ricardo Machado, Orthometric S.A.
• Roberto Binder, Embraco/Nidec
• Robinson Dudley Cruz Randon SA.

Government bodies:

• Prof. Antonio Eduardo Martinelli, CAPES Foundation - Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel and Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
• Prof. Fernando Cosme Rizzo Assunção, CGEE - Center for Strategic Studies and Management in Science, Technology and Innovation and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
• Dr Marcia Maru, INMETRO, National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality
• Pedro Paulo Dias Mesquita, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank