Dear alumni and friends,
Please find two local community events in this message, including
1) Technical Symposium and Convention dinner of the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC) on April 26
2) The Mentoring event of C-100’s Annual Conference on April 19
Best regards,
PUAASC
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1) Technical Symposium and Convention dinner of the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC) on April 26
Dear CESASC members and friends,
On April 26, 2008 at Hilton Los Angeles Airport, a whole day event including a luncheon, a Technical Symposium, and a Convention dinner banquet will be held which marks the 46th anniversary of the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC). "I appreciate CESASC for your commitment to continuing America's legacy of progress. Your efforts contribute to the brighter future and embody the spirit of American innovation." President George W. Bush wrote to CESASC last year.
This event features more than a dozen speakers that covers a wide variety of topics in (12:45pm-4:00pm) :
* Entrepreneurship and High Tech Startup
* Life Sciences
* Life Style
* Multimedia Communication
* Nanoengineered Medicine
A special panel (4:00pm) featuring 3 successful job recruiters will bring valuable advice and services for those who are in the job market.
A graduate student experience sharing session (12:45pm) will dedicated to those who are in or will be in advanced degree programs.
CESASC will recognize four distinguished Chinese-Americans engineers and scientists who have made significant contributions and achievements to major US industries and world science and technology advances. Their estimated time of appearance is as follows:
11:30am: Dr. Robert Lin, Professor of Physics and Director of Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley. His keynote speech at the Luncheon is: "High Energy Radiation from the Solar System's Most Powerful Explosions."
1:45pm: Dr. Vincent Gau, Chief Executive Officer and President of Genefluidics, Inc. He will share his entrepreneurship experience at the Entrepreneurship and High Tech Startup session.
5:30pm: Press conference featuring awardees Mr. Wing Chao (Executive Vice-President, Walt Disney Imagineering) , Dr. Robert Lin, Dr. Terence Tao (Professor of Mathematics, UCLA, Fields Medal Prize Winner), and Ms. Shirley Ho (CESASC Service Award recipient, former CESASC President and Board Chair). You are welcome to attend and ask questions.
6:00pm: Dinner registration and silent auction area. All awardees will appear and mingle with dinner banquet attendees.
7:00pm: Mr. Wing Chao of Walt Disney will give the keynote speech "Imagination + Engineering = Imagineering" at the Convention dinner banquet.
The lunch ticket is $20 (or $10 for students and those attending the dinner banquet). The afternoon seminars, panels, and press conference are free. The Convention dinner banquet ticket is $65.
The venue is Hilton Los Angeles Airport at 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Use hotel self-parking garage for parking. Pick up a parking voucher for discounted $8 per day self-parking at the CESASC event registration desks.
RSVP: http://www.pku.org/cesasc2008for lunch, afternoon sessions, and dinner banquet.
If unable to access above link, please send your name, address, phone number, and the number of lunch/dinner tickets to cesasc@gmail. com. Luncheon and dinner tickets must be paid in advance via Paypal or sending a check payable to CESASC:
CESASC
17827 Elaine Avenue
Artesia, CA 90701
Priority seats at lunch or dinner will be provided for those who RSVP and make payments early. More up-to-date information will be available at http://www.cesascorg.
Sincerely,
CESASC
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2) The Mentoring event of C-100’s Annual Conference on April 19
A MENTORING & NETWORKING EVENT TO BROADEN THE HORIZON
FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN ALL FIELDS
SAVE THE DATE – SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
The Beverly Hilton / 2:00pm – 5:00pm / Beverly Hills, CA
As part of C-100’s Annual Conference, the Mentoring event will provide an extraordinary opportunity to network and learn from influential Chinese Americans in academia, consulting, finance, entertainment, law, public service, science & technology and more! The mentoring event also includes admission to two Conference panels on Saturday, April 19, prior to the mentoring event, as well as a luncheon with special guest: MICHELLE KWAN – FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION
The 2008 C-100 mentors include:
Milton Chang Managing Director, Incubic
Daniel Chao Former Senior VP, Bechtel
Matt Fong President, Strategic Advisory Group
Doreen Woo Ho Former President, Wells Fargo – Consumer Credit Group
Ming Chen Hsu Director, J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
Alice Huang Senior Faculty Associate, California Institute of Technology
David Henry Hwang Tony Award Winning Playwright
Richard King General Partner, Brockleby Venture Partners, L.P.
Kai-Fu Lee President, Google China & VP of Engineering, Google, Inc.
Robert Lee Former President of Business Communication Services, Pacific Bell
Herman Li Chairman, C&L Restaurant Group Inc.
Howard Li Chairman & CEO, Waitex International Co. Ltd.
Jenny Ming Former President, Old Navy
Edmond Pi Prof. Of Clinical Psychiatry, USC Keck School of Medicine
Leslie Schilling Founder & Director, Union Square Investment Company
Brian Sun Partner, Jones Day
Betty Lee Sung Professor Emerita, City College of New York
Carter Tseng Founder & CEO, Little Dragon Foundation
Lulu C. Wang CEO, Tupelo Capital Management, LLC
Jeremy Wu Project Director, LEHD, US Census Bureau
Albert Yu Former Senior Vice President, Intel… and many more!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! SEATING IS LIMITED! SIGN UP NOW!
www.c100mentoring.org/registration
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008
For up-to-date Conference and mentoring event information, please visit: www.conference.committee100.org or contact Mike Jee at mjee@committee100.org. Please visit our mentoring website at www.c100mentoring.org
Major funding for C-100’s Mentoring Initiative made possible by
Mentoring Event Hosted by
The Committee of 100 is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that brings a Chinese American perspective to issues concerning Asian Americans and U.S. relations with China. Comprised of exceptionally accomplished Chinese Americans in a variety of fields, C-100 pools the experience, knowledge, and resources of these prominent individuals. The organization’s two-fold mission is: to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China; and to encourage the full participation of Chinese Americans in all fields of American life. For more about the Committee of 100, visit www.committtee100.org.