Organizing Institutions   Organizing Committee • Anibal de Moraes (UFPR-Brazil) • Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho (UFRGS-Brazil) • Mark Reuben Sulc (The Ohio State University - USA) Scientific Committee • Alda Lúcia Maria Gomes Monteiro (UFPR) • Claudete Reisdörfer Lang • Sebastião Brasil Campos Lustosa (Unicentro University) • Tangriani Simioni Assmann (UTFPR) Executive Committee Secretariat: Luiz Antônio Lucchesi (UFPR) • Amadeu Bona Filho (UFPR) • Anneleen Dewulf (UFPR) • Alceu Assmann (IAPAR) • André Brugnara (UTFPR) • Cláudio J. Araújo da Silva (UFPR) • Carina Barros (UFPR) • Deonísia Martinischen (Unicentro) • Edson Silveira (UTFPR) • Ester Rios (UEPG) • Hernani Alves da Silva (EMATER) • Itacir Sandini (Unicentro) • Josiane Santos (UFPR) • Hugo Piazzetta (UFPR) • Lutécia B. Canalli (EMATER) • Renata Medrado (UFPR)