Organization Conference Chair Farid Ablayev (Kazan State University, Russia) Program Committee Chair Ernst W. Mayr (TU München, Germany) Conference Secretariat Alexander Vasiliev Dina Mingazova Airat Khasianov Mikhail Abramsky Mansur Ziyatdinov Regina Kozlova Steering Committee Volker Diekert (Stuttgart) Anna Frid (Novosibirsk) Edward A. Hirsch (St.Petersburg) Juhani Karhumäki (Turku) Mikhail Volkov (Ekaterinburg)