Alex Hansen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Andrea Gabrielli (University of Rome, Italy) Antonio Coniglio (University of Napoli, Italy) Bernard Sapoval (Ecole Polytechnique, France) Etienne Guyon (Ecole Superieure de Physique e Chimie Industrielles, France) Ewald Weibel (University of Berne, Switzerland) Fereydoon Family (Emory University, USA) Fernando Oliveira (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil) Haim Tsoar (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Hans Herrmann (University of Stuttgart, Germany) Hervé Arribart (Saint-Gobain Recherche, France) Jorge Willemsen (University of Miami, USA) Luciano Pietronero (University of Rome, Italy) Luciano R. da Silva (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) Marc-Olivier Coppens (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) Marcelo Lyra (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil) Márcia Barbosa (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Maurício Coutinho (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil) Richard Wool (University of Delaware, USA) Roberto Andrade (Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil) Ronald Dickman (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) Sérgio Coutinho (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil) Sílvio Salinas (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil) Stefanie Russ (University of Giessen, Germany) Stefano Zapperi (University of Rome, Italy) Stéphane Roux (CNRS/Saint-Gobain, France) Uriel M. S. Costa (Fundação Universidade Estadual de Alagoas, Brazil)