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Convention 2001
2001 CIE-GNYC Annual Convention will be helding at Newark Airport Marriott Hotel on October 6, 2001.  Please click here to Register.

The theme of this year's convention is: Embracing Disruptive Technologies - Transforming Challenges to Business Opportunities


2001 CIE-USA/GNYC Annual Convention Program
9:00 - 6:00 Registration
9:30 - 9:35 Opening Remarks - Dr. Ted C. Lee
9:35 - 9:45 State of the Institute - Dr. Chia J. (Charlie) Liu
9:45 - 10:45 Plenary Session-
David Lu (Session Chair), Division Manager,AT&T, (Session Chair) Network Services
Dr. David Bishop Optical Research VP, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, “ Silicon Micromachine for Lightwave Networks”
Dr. Ran-Hong Yan, Wireless Research VP, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, "3G Wireless Challenges and Opportunities for Equipment Manufacturers."
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Session-
Dr. Cheng-Wen Wu, President National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, R.O.C., "Recent Development of Biomedical Research and Biotechnology Industry in Taiwan"
Dr. Yih-yun Hsu, Chairman (1990-1996), Atomic Commission, Taiwan, R. O. C., "Energy Prospect of Mainland and Taiwan."
12:00 - 1:30
Keynote Speech
Luncheon
Mr. Shanquan Li, OppenheimerFunds, "Beyond Economic Development and Technologies"
1:30 - 3:30 Panel Session I - Optical and Wireless Communications
Dr. H. Jonathan Chao, Polytechnic University of NY, (Session Chair)
Mr. Jonathan Thatcher, World Wide Packets, “Ethernet as Disruptive as it Gets”
Dr. Kung-Li Deng, Jedai Broadband Networks, "Optical Broadband Access Networks"
Dr. Jonathan Chao, Polytechnic University of NY, "Broadband Packet Switching Technologies"
Dr. Shi-Sheng Lee, Tellium, "MEMS in All Optical Switching"
1:30 - 3:30 Panel Session II - Energy
Dr. TK Chu , Senior Scientist, Princeton University
Dr. Alfred Cavallo, US DOE Environmental Measurements Laboratory, "What Price Oil?"
Professor Harvey S. H. Lam, , Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University , "The Impact of CO2 Emissions on Energy Policy"
Professor Andrew Bocarsly, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University , "Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles: Are They Really Right Around the Corner?"
Dr. Yih-yun Hsu, Chairman (1990-1996), Atomic Commission, Taiwan, R. O. C.
1:30 - 3:30 Panel Session III - Humanity
Professor Yu-ning Li (Session Chair), St. John’s University
Professor Timothy Kao, "Jeme Tien Yow (1861-1919): China’s First Railroad Builder"
Dr. Yu-Ning Li, "Why Should We Study the Contributions by Chinese with an American Education?"
Dr. Yu-Ning Li, "Tea for Life: Tea Tasting with a Variety of Snacks"
3:30 - 3:45 Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:30 Panel Session IV –Sharing of Startup Experiences
Dr. Allen Chen, VP, Teleion Wireless Inc.
Mr. Paul Chou, Chairman and CEO, Teleion Wireless Inc.
Mr. Yuhmin Hwang, President, AAEON-USA
Dr. Michael G. Shiue, President, Princeton Biomolecules
Dr. Jonas C. T. Wang, Sycamore Ventures
Dr. York Wang, Chief Executive Officer,York Telecom Corporation
3:45 - 5:30 Special Session V - The impacts of September 11 Terrorist Attacks on Economy
Mr. Kelly Chow (Session Chair), Secretary of Monte Jade Science & Technology Association East Coast
Mr. Shanquan Li, VP and Fund Manager, OppenheimerFunds
Mr. Paul Bracken, Professor of Management and of Political Science at Yale University
Mr. Raymond Fersko, Senior Partner of Mintz Levin law Firm
Mr. Jip Chun, Structure Engineer Consultant
3:45 - 5:30 Special Session VI - Chinese Computer Natural Language
Dr. Yi-Kang (David) An (Session Chair), IBM
Dr. Victor C. Yeh, Founder, AlphaGram System, Inc.,"The Phonetic Chinese Language (PCL) System"
Dr. Sing Lin, CIE-USA/GNYC President 1998-1999, "Impact of Language-Computer Interface on National Economy and Productivity"
6:30pm Banquet - Dr. Ja-Wern (Elven) Chern
Welcome Address Dr. Chia J. (Charles) Liu
Student Award Dr. Elsa Lin
Achievement Awards Dr. Cheng-Wen Wu, President National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Dr. Yih-yun Hsu, Chairman (1990-1996), Atomic Commission, Taiwan, R. O. C.
Institute Service Awards Dr. Tim Chen, President CIE-USA/GNYC (2000)
Millennium Institute Award Mr. Benjamin Cheng, For His 35 Years Dedication to CIE/USA
Keynote Speech Professor Gregory Chow [1] , [2] , Princeton University, "Mainland China and Taiwan Relation: Where will it go?"
9:00pm - Entertainment - Violin Concert , Mr. Hua-Yee Wang, Director, New Generation Violin Troupe

Scholarship:
1. CIE High School Scholarship

2. 2001 Scholarship Recipients
3. 2001 Scholarship Sponsors

How to attend:
  1. You can click here to register On-Line.
  2. You can download the application form to register Off-Line.