1. Prof. Kaustav Banerjee, University of California Santa Barbara, February 10 (Fri)

2. Prof. Meifang Zhu, Donghua University, February 13 (Mon)

3. Prof. Daniel J. MINDIOLA, University of Pennsylvania, April 17 (Mon)

4. Prof. Dongyuan ZHAO, Fudan University in China, April 20 (Thur)

5. Prof. Haofei SHI, Chinese Academy of Science, April 24 (Mon)

6. Prof. Gun-Do LEE, Seoul National University, June 28 (Wed)

7. Prof. Alexandre TKATCHENKO, University of Luxembourg, October 13 (Fri)

8. Prof. Todd W. HUDNALL, Texas State University, October 23 (Mon)

9. Prof. Ze Xiang Shen, NanyangTechnological University, October 25 (Wed)

10. Prof. Chuanhong JIN, Zhejiang University, November 6 (Mon)

11. Prof. Peter Bøggild, Technical University of Denmark, December 4 (Mon)