Committees

International Advisory Committee

Chair: M.C.E. Huber, EPS President, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen (CH)

R. Aymar, Director General of CERN, Geneva (CH)
W. Benz, Direktor des Physikalischen Instituts, Universität Bern (CH)
C. Cesarsky, Director General of ESO, Garching (D)
J.-J. Dordain, Director General of ESA, Paris (F)
M. Ducloy, EPS President 2001-2003, Université de Paris-Nord, Villetaneuse (F)
M. Jacob, EPS President 1991-1993, CERN, Geneva (CH)
N. Kroó, EPS President 1993-1995, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (H)
O. Poulsen, EPS President Elect, Engineering College of Aarhus (DK)
R. Ricci, EPS President 1988-1991, Università di Padova (I)
C. Schäublin, Rektor der Universität Bern (CH)
H. Schopper, EPS President 1995-1997, CERN, Geneva (CH)
D. Weaire, EPS President 1997-1999, Trinity College, Dublin (IRL)
A. Wolfendale, EPS President 1999-2001, University of Durham (UK)

International Programme Committee

General Chair: M. Ducloy, Université de Paris-Nord (F)

Conference I: “Photons, Lasers and Quantum Statistics”

Chairs
S. de Silvestri, Politecnico di Milano (I) (corresponding chair)
N.J. Mason, Open University, Milton Keynes (UK)
H.R. Ott, ETH Zürich (CH)

Members
G.G. Björk, Royal Institute of Technology, Kista (S)
W. Ertmer, Universität Hannover, (D)
E. Hinds, Imperial College, London (UK)
K. Horn, Fritz Haber Institut, Berlin (D)
F. Masnou, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Orsay (F)
J. Osterwalder, Universität Zürich (CH)
L. Rivkin, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen (CH)

Conference II: “Relativity, Matter and Cosmology”
This conference is organised jointly with ESA, ESO, CERN as their triennial symposium

Chair
M. Cruise, University of Birmingham (UK) (corresponding chair)

Members
J. Bernabeu, Universidad de Valencia (E)
P. Bochsler, Universität Bern (CH)
K. Danzmann, Albert Einstein Institut, Hannover (D)
L.A. Gaumé, CERN, Geneva (CH)
A. Kugler, Nuclear Physics Institute, Rez (CZ)
F. Gianotti, CERN, Geneva (CH)
A. Gimenez, ESA, Noordwijk (NL)
R. Landua, CERN, Geneva (CH)
B. Leibundgut, ESO, Garching (D)
J. Lister, EPF Lausanne (CH)
R. Reinhard, ESA, Noordwijk (NL)
P. Shaver, ESO, Garching (D)
J. Silk, University of Oxford (UK)
U.J. Wiese, Universität Bern (CH)

Conference III: “Brownian Motion, Complex Systems and Physics in Biology”

Chairs
J.P. Boon, Université Libre, Bruxelles (B) (corresponding chair)
H. Kelder, KNMI, De Bilt (NL)
J.P. Bouchaud, CEA, Saclay (F)
T.Duke, University of Cambridge (UK)

Members
P. Alstrom, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen (DK)
M. Ausloos, Université de Liège (B)
M. Frenz, Universität Bern (CH)
A. Goede, KNMI, De Bilt (NL)
J. Ricka, Universität Bern (CH)

Conference Coordination
C. Rossel, IBM, Rüschlikon (CH)

Local Organisation Committee

Chair
H. Balsiger, Universität Bern (CH)

Members
F. Bühler, Universität Bern (CH)
E. Flückiger, Universität Bern (CH)
B. Stauffer, Universität Bern (CH)
Bern Tourism (CH)
EPS Secretariat, Mulhouse (F)