November 18, 2004  at the UT-Dallas School of Management building
5:00 pm - Reception with wine and light buffet
6:15 - 8:00 pm - Program presentation
Admission with $35 donation ($25 for MIT Alumni/Alumnae, $10 for students) . 
For reservations call Mary Langford at 972-377-4554, or email to mitforum@juno.com

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Co-Sponsored by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
 and Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)

How American Businesses Can Cash in on Chinese Research & Entrepreneurship Capabilities

Program

Big companies such as Microsoft and Motorola, and a wide array of smaller companies have been cashing in on China’s unique technology research, manufacturing and entrepreneurial capabilities for many years. As China continues its rapid development of technology infrastructure and as economic globalization increases, smart American business people are scrambling to learn how to leverage and prosper from China’s upsurge in resources and capabilities. With a panel of experts, the MIT Forum will explore the challenges, best practices and opportunities for Texas and local businesses, and will learn about recent findings on new opportunities. Part of the panel discussion will be a presentation by a member of the Chinese Research Delegation’s October 2004 trip to China, which included Texas-area university vice presidents of research.

Panelists (alphabetically): 

• Qiang Bai, Chief Technology Officer at uniView Technologies Corporation

• Patrick Custer, Chairman of the Venture Pacific Group

• Da Hsuan Feng, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Graduate Education, and Professor of Physics at The University of Texas at Dallas

• Albert Tan, International & Finance Partner at Haynes and Boone-Dallas

• Yi Zhao, Ph.D., Vice President of Futurewei Technologies Inc.

 Moderator: Wei Wei Jeang, intellectual property partner, Haynes and Boone – Dallas