The contents of the encyclopedia evolved through special International Workshops held in July and November 1995 in Bad Soden (Germany) and Abu Dhabi (UAE) respectively, and crystallized under the guidance provided by the following experts.

Editor-in-Chief:	Darwish M.K. Al-Gobaisi

Al Awadhi, A. Ali	Goto, T	Mewes, Volker
Al Radif, Adil	Hammond, R. Philip	Morin, Oram Joseph
Al-Mutaz, I. Saleh	Hanbury, William T.	Morris, Richard
Al-Sofi Mohamad	Harrison, Arthur	Nada, Nabil
Andrianne, Jacques	Harrison, Don	Ohaya, Haruhiko
Awerbuch, Leon	Hassan, Ata M.	Peluffo, Patrizio
Balaban, M.	Hodgekiess, Trevor	Rao, Ganti Prasada
Beraud-Sudreau D.	Husain, Asghar	Rautenbach, Robert
Birkett, James D.	Ismat, Kamal	Reddy, K. Venkat
Bodendieck, Frank	Karabelas, A.J.	Saal, Dieter
Borsani, R.	Kesou, Amer	Sadhukhan, H.K.
Bushnak, Adil A.	Krause, Herbert P.	Sage, A.P.
C., Antonio Valero	Kumar, Ashvini	Sarkodie-Gyan, T.
Catanzaro, E.	Kurdali, A.	Sommariva, C.
Darwish, M. Ali	Laborie, Jeanne	Strathmann, H.
Delyannis, Emmyu	Leitner, Gordon	Temperley, Tom
Dempsey Jack	Lennox, Frank H.	Tleimat B.
El-Din, Shams	Lior, Noam	Todd, Brian
El-Mahgary,Y.	Ludwig, Heinz	Tusel, Gunter
El-Nashar, Ali M.	Lukin, G.	Veza, J. Miguel
El-Sayed, Yehia M.	Makkawi, Bushara	Wade, Neil M.
Furukawa, David	Mandil, M.A.	Wang,Shichang
Finan, Michael A.	Marquardt, Wolfgang	Wangnick, Klaus
Genthner, Klaus	Michels, Thomas	Watson, Ian C.
Germana, Antonio	Miyatake, Osamu	Wessling, Mathias
Ghiazza, Emilio	McArthur, Neil	Winters, Harvey
Glade, Heike	Meller, Floyd H.	Woldai, A.