Lidia Angeleri Hügel (Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy), keynote speaker Charlie Beil (Univ. of Graz) Ryan Bianconi (Univ. of Iowa) Mandy Cheung (Harvard Univ.) Ted Chinburg (Univ. of Pennsylvania) Brett Collins (Bucknell Univ.) Will Dana (Univ. of Michigan) Harm Derksen (Univ. of Michigan) Yariana Diaz (Univ. of Iowa) Francesca Gandini (Kalamazoo College) Alexander Garver (Univ. of Michigan) Cody Gilbert (Univ. of Iowa) Alana Huszar (Univ. of Michigan) Kiyoshi Igusa (Brandeis Univ.) Zhi Jiang (Univ. of Michigan) Zongzhu Lin (Kansas State Univ.) Justin Lyle (Univ. of Kansas) David Meyer (Smith College) Bach Nguyen (Temple Univ.) Amrei Oswald (Univ. of Iowa) Charles Paquette (Royal Military College of Canada) Anup Poudel (Univ. of Iowa) Ralf Schiffler (Univ. of Connecticut) Emre Sen (Univ. of Iowa) Khrystyna Serhiyenko (Univ. of Kentucky) Hugh Thomas (Univ. du Quebec a Montreal) Gordana Todorov (Northeastern Univ.) Adam Wood (Univ. of Iowa) Milen Yakimov (Louisiana State Univ.) Emine Yildirim (Queen's Univ.) Shijie Zhu (Univ. of Iowa) Frauke Bleher (Univ. of Iowa), organizer Calin Chindris (Univ. of Missouri), organizer and chair Ryan Kinser (Univ. of Iowa), organizer Dan Kline (College of the Ozarks), organizer