■ Welcoming Remarks by 

         Dr. Ronald F. Abler, IGU Secretary General and Treasurer, International Geographical Union (Former President, Association of American Geographers), USA

■ Opening Addresses by

         Yong Yil Kim,  President of The Korea Daily, Washington DC, USA
         Ki-Suk Lee, President, The Society for East Sea/Seoul National University , Republic of Korea

■ Congratulating Remarks by

         Chong Rok Park, Director General, National Oceanographic Research Institute, Republic of Korea

 ■ Culture and Technology Meeting in Geographical Names
         Francis Harvey (Professor of Geography, University of Minnesota, USA)

 ■ Multiple Namings in the Integrated Digital Territorial Models
        Vladimir Tikunov and Dmitry Matishov (Moscow State University, Russia)

 ■ Re-evaluation of Old maps and Linguistic Aspects of the Name of East sea/Japan Sea
        Jong-Chol Suh(Emeritus Professor of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea)

 ■ The French geographers and the "Sea of Korea" [French]
        Philippe Pelletier (Professor, University Lumiere Lyon-2, France)

 ■ A Brief Review on the Name of East Sea in the Japanese Old Maps [Korean]
         Sang-Tae Lee (Office Director, National Institute of Korean History, Korea)

 ■ Research on Relationship between the Name of 'East Sea' and the Local Non-Han Government of Northeast China after Tang Dynasty
         Long Cheng (Professor, Peking University, China)

 ■ Trends of the Toponyms for East Sea / Sea of Japan, Past and Present
         Jin-Mieung LI (Professor, Université Lyon 3, France)

 ■ The name of the East-Sea in historic context
         Henry Seveniji (Professor, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

 ■ The Ulleungdo Island, the Dokdo Island and the East Sea on the Korean Old Maps
         Bo-Kyung Yang (Professor, Sungshin Women's University, Korea)

 ■ The Name of East Sea in the Chinese Literatures and Recent Progress of the Sea Naming Research by Chinese Scholars [Chinese]
         Ying Nan (Professor, Yanbin University, China)

 ■ The naming of the Korea-Tsushima strait: cartographic origins and current customs".
    (in French: "La dénomination du détroit de Corée-Tsushima: origines cartographiques et usages actuels".)
         Cecile Michoudet (Professeur agrégé, researcher, University Lumiere Lyon-2, France)

 ■ The Use of National Names for International Bodies of Water
         Alexander B. Murphy (Professor, University of Oregon/Former AAG President, USA)

 ■ Current Situation and Prospect at Naming of East Sea/Sea of Japan in regards of Northeast Asian Cooperation Activities in Japan
         Chanwoo Lee (Program Officer, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan)

 ■ Reducing Exonynis Created by the Japanese Imperialism and Restoring the Name East Sea
         Sungjae Choo (Professor, Kyung Hee University, Korea)

 ■ East Sea/Sea of Japan: from Justice-as-Fairness Perspective
         Yearn Hong Choi (Professor, University of Seoul, Korea)

 ■ Wish to be THE SEA of PEACE
         Lan-Sheng Zhang (Professor, Beijing Normal University / Former President of Chinese Geographical Society, China)