In the midst of the U.S. economy recession since 2001, the U.S. telecommunication industry has experienced the worst downturn in one hundred years. The 2003 CIE-USA/GNYC Convention is to strengthen the technical and business relationships between the Asian-Pacific Regions and North American industries, institutions and academia. Specifically the Convention provides a forum to bring together the technical experts, scientists, engineers, and industry leaders from Asia-Pacific Regions and North America to exchange advancements in emerging/advanced technologies including teclecommunications, wireless and optical communications, nanotechnology, biotechnology/pharmaceuticals, e-commerce/e-business, software engineering and other business experiences. The ultimate goals are to build technology alliances and jointly explore new global business opportunities in the recovery and aiming to meet the challenges of the next wave of economic prosperity.