Organization of GAC 2004 Organizing Committee
As of 1 April 2004
Chair
Dr. TEMMYO Yoshiomi (Chairperson of the Japan Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center (JOSHRC))

Advisors
Dr. HIROSE Hirotada (Professor of the Department of Psychology, Tokyo Women' Christian University, Japan)
Dr. KOGI Kazutaka (Research advisor of the Institute of Science for Labor (ISL), Japan, former Director of the Working Conditions and Environment Department, ILO)
Dr. SUZUKI Takeo (former President of the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Japan)
Dr. SUZUKI Yasunosuke (Professor of the department of community & preventive medicine and of the pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, the USA)

Organizing Committee (Japan)
Ms. FURUKAWA Kazuko (Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families)
Mr. IIDA Katsuyasu (Secretary General of the Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center
Dr. INAI Kouki (Professor and Chief (Dean), Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Chief Secretary of the Japan Asbestos Hazards and Mesothelioma Study Group)
Ms. Mari Christine (Goodwill Ambassador UN-HABITAT, Cross-cultural Communications, TV Personality)
Mr. MIYAMOTO Hajime (Central Executive Committee Member of the National Federation of Construction Workers' Unions (ZENKENSOREN))
Dr. MURAYAMA Takehiko (Professor of the Division of Multidisciplinary Studies, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
Mr. MORITA Akira (Attorney, Professor of the Kanagawa University Graduate Division, School of Law)
Mr. NAKACHI Shigeharu (Director of the Environmental Monitoring Laboratory (EML), Chairperson of the Toxic Watch Network (T-Watch))
Ms. OSHIMA Sumiko (Science Journalist, Assistant Professor of the School of Humanities, Hokusei Gakuen University)
Mr. SAITO Hiroyasu (Visiting Professor of the Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology BASE (Graduate School of Bio-Applications & Systems Engineering, former Executive Commentator of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK))
Ms. TOMIYAMA Yoko (Chairperson of the Consumers Union of Japan(CUJ)
Dr. UENO Mitsuo (Secretary General of the Association of Occupational Health for Prefectural and Municipal Workers)
Mr. UNO Rinzo (Senior Adviser (former President) of the Yokosuka Pneumoconiosis (Asbestos) Victims' Group)

Secretary General
Mr. FURUYA Sugio (Secretary General of the Ban Asbestos Network Japan (BANJAN))

Vice Secretary General
Mr. YASUMA Takeshi (Citizens Against Chemicals Pollution)

Secretariat
Mr. IMAI Akira (Photographer)
Mr. NAGAKURA Fuyushi (Chairperson of the Japan Citizen' Network for Wiping Out Asbestos (ASNET))
Dr. NATORI Yuji (Kameido Himawari Clinic)
Mr. NISHIDA Takashige(Pneumoconiosis and Asbestos Victims' Relief Fund)
Ms. OUCHI Kazuko (Citizens Group "Let's Think About Asbestos !")
Mr. UEKUSA Kazunori (Mesothelioma Pneumoconiosis Asbestos Center (MPAC) )
Ms. WATANABE Haruko (Group "nowhere", Kuwasawa Design School)

International Congress Committee
Dr. Annie Thebaud-Mony (Director of Research, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), France)
Dr. Barry Castleman (Environmental Consultant, USA)
Ms. Fernanda Giannasi (Brazilian Association of Asbestos Victims (ABREA), Brazil)
Ms. Laurie Kazan-Allen (Coordinator of the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), UK)
Dr. Paek Dommyong (Professor of Occupational Health Program, Seoul National University, Korea)
Dr. Tushar Kant Joshi (Head and Project Director of the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, India)