President of the Lignin Society
- Toshiaki Umezawa
- Kyoto University
Vice-presidents
- Kazuhiko Fukushima
- Nagoya University
- Takanori Miyanishi
- Japan TAPPI
- Tatsuhiko Yamada
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Board directors
- Shinya Kajita
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Haruo Kawamoto
- Kyoto University
- Takao Kishimoto
- Toyama Prefectural University
- Hisashi Miyafuji
- Kyoto Prefectural University
- Toshiyuki Takano
- Kyoto University
- Yuji Tsutsumi
- Kyushu University
- Tomoya Yokoyama
- University of Tokyo
Organizing committee of the 1st ISL
- Yasumitsu Uraki (Chief)
- Hokkaido University (Chief)
- Keiichi Koda
- Hokkaido University
- Kengo Shigetomi
- Hokkaido University
- Kenji Tajima
- Hokkaido University
- Yutaka Tamai
- Hokkaido University
