Nicholas Apergis, University of Piraeus—Greece ; James Chen, Michigan State University—USA ; Ludwig O. Dittrich, Czech University of Life Sciences—Czech Republic ; Francesco Forte, Sapienza University of Rome—Italy ; Reinhard Neck, University of Klagenfurt—Austria ; Jiri Strouhal, Skoda Auto University—Czech Republic and M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands