Dr. Al Miller has made extraordinary contributions to research and development activities in the field of composite materials and structures at the Boeing Company. Director of Technology Integration for the 787 Dreamliner program, Miller oversees the efforts to develop key technologies for aerodynamics, structures, materials, systems, payloads, noise, environment, quality, and manufacturing and to transition them into practice on the Dreamliner. These efforts are carried out in cooperation with a global alliance of partners and suppliers from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Miller is on the Executive Board of the FAA Center of Excellence at the University of Washington–Advanced Materials for Transport Aircraft Structures. He is also a member of the SAMPE Europe Scientific Committee. Prior to joining the 787 team, Miller was Senior Manager for Manufacturing and Quality Technology & Product Development for Commercial Airplanes Manufacturing Research and Development.

Dr. Takahashi Ishikawa

Dr. Takahashi Ishikawa is the leading figure in the field of composite materials in Japan. He has played a leadership role in the Japan Society for Composite Materials and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the Japan Aerospace Exploratory Agency, where he currently serves as Director of the Aviation Program Group. Ishikawa also holds adjunct faculty positions in four Japanese universities. He has had a very prolific record of scholarship in the field of composite materials, including authoring or co-authoring three books and more than sixty archival publications in the Japanese literature and thirty in English. Ishikawa has served as Editor in Chief of Advanced Composite Materials and Journal of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences; he has also been a member of the Editorial Board of Composites Science and Technology and a member of the Honorary Advisory Board of Comprehensive Composite Materials.