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Taipei
Economic Day 2000
Taipei Economic Day 2000 is an excellent opportunity to
explore trade, investment and strategic alliance opportunities within the high
tech industries of Taiwan. Currently,
Taiwan's economy is blended seamlessly into international trends in economics
and trade, and it continues to focus its direction toward high technology,
globalization, and Internet operations. As
we enter the new millennium, Taiwan has strategically positioned itself to be
the Asian Pacific Regional Operations Center for multinationals who want to do
business in the Pacific Rim, renown for its manufacturing prowess and
innovation.
Join
us for this truly unique event, as speakers present and discuss four key areas
of common interest between the business communities of Taiwan and New England:
Information Technology & Telecommunications, Biotechnology and
Venture Capital. Share in the
experiences and gain a keen insight to the various business opportunities
brought forward by the panelists, followed by informative discussions.
Taiwan
is the world's third largest
producer of IT products and has positioned itself to continue to flourish as it
expands into the fields of E-commerce, the Internet and communications.
Learn about Taiwanese venture
capital, its growth at home and the Silicon Valley, and its interest in coming
to New England. Discover
the biotechnology industry in Taiwan and the possibilities of strategic
alliances, as information technology changes the future of this industry
globally.
Conference
Program
| 8:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. |
Coffee &
Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome |
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Mr. Thomas T.S. Cheng, Director General, Taipei Economic
& Cultural Office |
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Opening Remarks |
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Mr. Chung-Hong Hu, M.D., President, Taipei Medical
University, R.O.C. |
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Mr. Kenneth M. Curtis, Former Governor of Maine, Former
U.S. Ambassador to Canada |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Keynote
Speeches |
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Dr. F.C. Lin, President, Institute for Information
Industry, R.O.C.
"Silicon Island:
The IT Industry in Taiwan" |
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Mr. Kenneth C. Dahlberg, Executive Vice President,
Raytheon Company; President, Raytheon International, Inc.
"Long Lasting
Relationship--Taiwan" |
| 10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Panel I:
Information & Telecommunication Industries |
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Chairman:
Mr. H.T. Kung, Ph.D., William H. Gates Professor of Computer
Science & Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
"Internet
Development in the Asia Pacific: How
They Differ from Those in North America" |
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Rapporteur:
Dr. Peter Fu-Ching Wang, Acting General Director, Computer
& Communications Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology
Research Institute, R.O.C. "The
Communications Industry in Taiwan" |
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Mr. Cheng Wu, Vice President, Cisco Systems
"Global
Communications: Merging
Taiwan and U.S. Expertise in the Internet" |
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Mr. G. S. Fang, Ph.D., President, Comtrend Corp., R.O.C. "Comtrend" |
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Mr. Chi Kong Shue, Executive Vice President & General
Manager of Central Engineering, Sycamore Networks, Inc. |
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Mr. Arthur Kuo, Ph.D., Vice President of Sales, United Microelectronics Corp. (USA) |
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Q & A Session |
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Panel II:
Biotechnology Industry |
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Chairman:
Mr. Chung-Hong Hu, M.D., President, Taipei Medical University,
R.O.C. |
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Rapporteur: Mr.
Yun-pung Paul Hsu, Ph. D., Manager, International Business Development,
Development Center for Biotechnology, R.O.C."BioFronts
Program: To Promote
International Alliance for Taiwan's Biotechnology" |
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Ms. Tomye Tierney, Vice President/General Manager,
Emerging Markets, Genzyme Corporation
"Biopharmaceuticals
in Emerging Markets--Ready(?) or Not!" |
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Mr. Chester S. Ho, Ph.D., Professor, National Chiao Tung
University "Biotechnology
Industry in Taiwan: Challenges
and Opportunities" |
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Mr. Wen-Fu T. Lai, DMSc, Director of Graduate of Institute
of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical College
"Collagen-Based
Tissue Engineering--A New Era of Biotechnology in the 21st
Century" |
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Mr. Por-Hsiung Lai, Ph.D., CEO, President Life Sciences
Co., Ltd. "Post-Genomic |
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Commercialization
of Electronic Biology in Asia" |
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Q & A Session |
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| 12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
Luncheon
Keynote Address |
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Dr. Lester L. Thurow, Professor, Sloan School of
Management, M.I.T.
"Taiwan in a
Knowledge-Based Economy"
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| 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Panel III:
Venture Capital |
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Chairman: Ms.
Emily Chen, CEO, China Development Industrial Bank Venture Management
(USA), Inc. "The Asia
Way" |
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Rapporteur:
Mr. Nelson Lou, China Partners "Angel
and Entrepreneurship--Taiwan and U.S.A."
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Mr. Thomas W. Huang, Sherburne, Powers, Holland &
Knight, LLP "Some
Legal Issues of Venture Capital Private Placement" |
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Sophia H.H. Yeh, Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law "Capacity
Building for SMEs and New Business" |
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Mr. Nicholas
F. Fiore, Ph.D., CEO, Walsin Lihwa Corp. "U.S.A.
Ventures Within a Taiwanese Parent" |
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Q & A Session |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. |
Networking
Reception |
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Sponsored by Asian American Bank & Trust Co., and
Sherburne, Powers, Holland & Knight, LLP |
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