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International Biotechnology Enhanced by Cloud Computing Workshop
and 2012 Annual MCASTA Symposium
Symposium Schedule, September 8, 2012
8:30-9:00
9:00:-9:10
9:15-9:20
9:15 -9:45
9:45 - 10:15
101: Lobby: Registration
102: Opening Remarks
Director General Jack J.C. Yang, Kansas City TECO
103: Welcoming Remark
Dr. Bih-Ru Lea, President, MCASTA
104: Plenary Presentation 1
Dr. Frank Yin, Washington University
105: Plenary Presentation 2
Mr. David Sandel (Kansas City Cloud and Smart City Initiative, St. Louis U-Loop Media Hub Initiative)
10:15 -10:30
10:30 12:00
106A: Biotech & Cloud Workshop
Track 1
Dr. Stephen Wu (Track chair, Covidien)
 Dr. Da-Ren Chen 
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Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang, Mediomics, LLC. 
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Dr. Tuan-Hua David Ho 
Dr. Nathan Chen
Break
106B: Transportation & Information Technology
Dr. Yao-Jan Wu (吳耀然教授, Track chair)
 Dr. Yao-Jan Wu (吳耀然教授)
 Commissioner Tse-Ying (Jason) Lin (林志盈局長, 台北市交通局)
 Mr. Donald Lee (李寅 先生) & Ms. Cheng Yu (史成熹女士):
(MasterCard): IT Applications in Transportation
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Dr. Zongzhi Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
107: Posters, Showcase, and Reception (View proposal & layout on pp. 6 - 9)
 Taipei Economic & Culture Office Service showcase 
Ying Chau (Allen) Liu and David Lee (Track Chairs)
12:00 -2:00
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Emerging Scholars/student poster presentations
MasterCard Technology showcase
Faculty Q&A service to parents and general public note 1
Virtual reality technology showcase (Missouri S&T, TBD)
2:00 - 2:10
2:10 - 2:30
108: Plenary Presentation 3
Dr. Jaw-Lin Wang (王兆麟教授), 台大生醫所所長
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Break
 Consular Service, (TECO – Kansas City
 Culture Division, TECO – Houston
Taipei Showcase
Small- to Mid-size Business Showcase note 2
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109A: Biotech & Cloud Workshop
Track 2 Facilitator: Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang
109B: IT Applications in Daily Life
Ms. Cheng Yu (史成熹女士), Track Chair), MasterCard
 Mr. Donald Lee (李寅 先生) & Ms. Cheng Yu (史成熹女士),
MasterCard: PayPass Wallet
 Dr. Min Leu (呂明全教授): Virtual Reality (Missouri S&T)
Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang (Track Chair, Mediomics, LLC.)
2:30 - 4:00
4:00 - 4:30
4:30 - 6:00
6:00 – 7:20
7:20 - 8:00
8:00 – 8:20
8:20: 9:00
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Dr. Su-Shing Chen ( 陳樹新教授)
Dr. Frank Lee ( IBM)
 Mr. David Sandel & Associates 
Panelists: Dr. George Wu, Ms. Violet Li, Dr. Jaw-Lin Wang, Dr.
 Taiwan EasyCard
Tuan-Hua David Ho, Dr. Nathan Chen, Dr. DaRen Chen, Dr. Stephen
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Wu, Dr. Frank Lee, Dr. Su-Shing Chen, 
110: Networking and Coffee Break
111A: Management of Human Resources in Biotech, Technology, and
111B: Global Investment
more… (Life’s three choices: School, Career, and Entrepreneurship,
Dr. Hung Gay Fung ((馮鴻璣 教授, Track chair), UMSL
人 生 三 決 擇: 升學, 就業, 創業)
Facilitator: Dr. Stephen Wu
 Dr. Hung Gay Fung (馮鴻璣 教授)
 Dr. Tuan-Hua David Ho (賀端華教授, Wash U, 中研院院士)
 Dr. Yiuman Tse, UMSL
 Commissioner Tse-Ying (Jason) Lin (林志盈局長, 台北市交通局)
 Mr. Paul Chiu (邱保仁董事長)
(public sector)
 Dr. Ping Wang (王平教授, Wash U, 中研院院士)
 Dr. Frank Yin (殷起彭教授), Chair, Wash U (academic,
 Missouri State Treasure (in discussion)
biomedical) (Invitation sent, in discussion, TBD)
 Dr. En Thye Yin (殷怡泰博士) (Entrepreneur, previous Wash U
faculty)
 Dr. & Mrs. Harold Law (羅彦豪博士及夫人) (Art of Parenting)
 Ms. Cheng Yu (史成熹女士), Director, System Development,
MasterCard (Corporate Executive)
 Ms. Sara Wu (吳少芬組長), Director, Culture Division, TECOHouston
112: Networking and Dinner
113:: Plenary Presentation 4
Commissioner Tse-Ying (Jason) Lin (林志盈局長, 台北市交通局)
114: MCASTA Award Ceremony (Chair: Dr. Kam Fok)
Young Scholars, Service Awards, Outstanding Scholars
115: Performing Art (Track Chair: Mr. Donald Lee & Dr. Henry Huang)
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International Biotechnology Enhanced by Cloud Computing Workshop
September 8, 2012
Program Details
Biotech presenters:
Track 104: Dr. Frank Yin (殷起彭教授, keynote, 9:15 am – 9:45 am)
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Track 105: Mr. David Sandel (9:50 am – 10: 15 am)
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What is a Smart City?
What is Cloud Computing?
How is Cloud Computing utilized in Smart City?
How can a Cloud Computing enabled Smart City provide a better infrastructure for research and economic
development? Examples on how a Cloud enabled Smart City can provide a better infrastructure for
biotechnology research, specifically in the fields of biomedical and biofuel?
Track 108: Dr. Jaw-Lin Wang (王兆麟教授, plenary, 2:10 – 2:30), 台大生醫所所長
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Track 106A Biotechnology Speakers for Track 1 (10:30 am – 12 noon)
Track format: Traditional presentation
 Biomedical
o Dr. Da-Ren Chen (陳大仁教授)
 Electrospray and Its Application in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Areas
 Review the electrospray history and its fundamental principles
 Present its modern applications in biomedical and pharmaceutical areas via various ES
techniques
 Conclude with the future challenge of ES technique.
o Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang (張義華教授)
 Point of care testing on infection diseases
 Will make proper linkage and association among three presentations
 Bio Fuel
o Dr. Tuan-Hua David Ho (賀端華教授)
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o Dr. Nathan Chen (陳慶能教授, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 台灣中山大學)
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Track 109A: Biotechnology Speakers for Track 1 2 (2:30 – 4:00)
Track Format: Traditional presentation from Cloud Computing (40 minutes) and Panel Discussion for the rest (50
minutes)
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Traditional presentations: Cloud Computing
o Dr. Frank Lee (IBM, Cloud Application in Medical/biomedical)
 Cloud Computing Overview
 IBM’s Cloud Computing
 Cases and applications of Cloud Computing in biotechnology with special focus on
biomedical and biofuel
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Dr. Su-Shing Chen ( 陳樹新教授)
 Applications that will influence the use of cloud computing effectiveness and performance.
 Exemplify by 2 systems:
 BioDiscovery – A software that selects most important biomarkers (DNA, RNA,or
miRNA) of a complex disease
 Ontology search of PUBMED – a text mining system for biomedical literature. I will
discuss the pro and con for using cloud computing in these 2 applications
Panel Discussions:
Facilitator: Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang
Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang will design a list of questions to bring biotech and Cloud Computing together in the
panel discussion. Objectives of this panel discussion include the followings
o To explain academic research in layman’s terms
o To highlight practical applications of academic research (e.g, how does academic research affect
people’s daily life).
o To stimulate new interests in biotech and technology research
o To stimulate discussions and generate new research ideas by bring diversified researcher together
Panelists
o Biotechnology & Intellectual Property
 Dr. George Wu, Attorney at Law
 Intellectual Properties in Biotechnology
 Impacts of Cloud Computing on Intellectual Property.
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Biotechnology practical applications
 Ms. Violet Li
 Biomedical & Tai Chi
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All presenters from Track 1:
 Dr. Frank Yin (invitation set, waiting for response)
 Dr. Da-Ren Chen
 Dr. Stephen Wu
 Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang
 Dr. Jaw-Lin Wang
 Dr. Tuan-Hua David Ho
 Dr. Nathan Chen
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Track 111A: Management of Human Resources in Biotech, Technology, and more… (Life’s three choices: School,
Career, and Entrepreneurship, 人 生 三 決 擇: 升學, 就業, 創業)
Facilitator: Dr. Stephen Wu
Panel Format:
o Dr. Stephen Wu will provide a brief discussion on career planning and/or interview protocols (20 minutes)
o Panel discussions (70 minutes):
A panel with representatives from faculty, Parent, corporate managers, and business owners
 to discuss issues, share experience, and make decisions in school choices and career planning/choices
that commonly faced by everyone.
 to provide insights on future job market trends with special focus in biotech, information technologies,
and several emerging fields
 to provide constructive suggestions and action plans for parents, students, teachers, and everyone who
is interested.
Panelists:
Panelist
Perspective represented
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Dr. Tuan-Hua David Ho (賀端華教授, Wash U, faculty perspective, most knowledgeable in both US and
Taiwan environments to give a high level overview
中研院院士)
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Commissioner Tse-Ying (Jason) Lin (林志盈局
長, 台北市交通局)
Public sector career perspective
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Dr. Frank Yin (殷起彭教授), Chair, Wash U
Academic career and Education perspective, biomedical) (in
discussion, not yet confirmed, TBD)
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Dr. En Thye Yin (殷怡泰博士)
Entrepreneur perspective, previously Wash U medical school
faculty
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Dr. & Mrs. Harold Law (羅彦豪博士及夫人)
Art of parenting
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Ms. Cheng Yu, Director, System Development,
MasterCard
Corporate Management/Executive, Corporate career
perspective
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Ms. Sara Wu, Director, Culture Division,
TECO-Houston
Culture perspective
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Track 107: Young Scholar Poster Presentations, Company Showcase, and
Lunch Reception (12 noon – 2 pm, Saturday, September 8, 20120)
Objectives:
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Promote opportunities for Taiwan visitors to leverage critical technology into Taiwan.
Promote international collaboration between Taiwan & US companies.
Promote young scholar development both academically and professionally
Serving community by improving awareness of education choices in higher education and career paths in
industry
Tactics:
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Provide opportunities for small businesses owned by Chinese and Chinese American to showcase their
achievements and to recruit talented students
Provide opportunities for Taiwan visiting teams to recruit students for their agencies and to explore
collaboration opportunities with US companies with focus on Chinese and Chinese American owned
businesses
Provide opportunities for Taipei Economic & Culture Office (TECO) to provide services to local community
Provide opportunity for young scholars to explain their research to a variety of audience ranging from
novice general public to expert in the field.
Provide general public, especially parents with college age children, opportunities to obtain college and
career information from faculty
Expected Participants:
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Young scholars and student researchers
Faculty & field experts
Taiwan Visiting teams
General public
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Chinese & Chinese American Technologist from local firms
Businesses owned by Chinese and Chinese American
Representatives from TECOs
Format:
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Cocktail and finger food type of reception, so people can walk around talking to students and networking.
Dress code
o Student presenters: Business formal
o All others: Business casual
Notes:
1. Faculty Representatives for Q&A
Provide an opportunity for parents with college age children to get suggestions from faculty. 
 Computing, IT & Social Science
o Dr. Keng Siau, Chair, Business & Information Technology, Missouri S&T
o Dr. Hung Gay Fun, Finance, University of Missouri – St. Louis
 Engineering: 
o Missouri S&T
 Medical/biomedical
o Wash U
 Medical/biomedical: 
o St. Louis University
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2. Company Showcase
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MasterCard Technology showcase
MasterCard will provide a hands‐on interactive Information Technology (IT)/Video clips to
showcase/demonstrate technologies that are impactful to individual’s everyday life. The activity will serve the
following purposes
o promote interests in IT research
o provide opportunity for general public to understand career paths of IT graduates
o attract general public attendance, which leads to more exposure of young scholars and researchers
o promote opportunities for cross pollination of technologies between Taiwan & US.
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Virtual Reality, Dr. Min Leu, Missouri S&T (in discussion, TBD)
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Taipei Showcase
o Will provide tourism information for Taipei and Taiwan
o Coupon and prize drawing to hotels, restaurants, and other tourist attractions in Taipei and Taiwan
may be provided to participants.
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Taipei Economic & Culture Office Service (TECO)
o Culture Division, Taipei Economic & Culture Office – Houston
o Consular Service, Economic & Cultural Office in Kansas City
 Will process and accept applications for visa, passport, etc. during the conference.
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Small to Mid-size Chinese or Chinese American Owned company showcase
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Invite established businesses owned by Chinese, Chinese American, and person with Chinese-heritage to
showcase their achievements.
to provide opportunity for those business owners to recruit talented students for internship or employment
to provide business owners networking opportunity
Confirmed company as of July 31, 2012
o Biotech companies
 Dr. Yie-Hwa Chang/Ms. Margaret Meng, Mediomics, LLC.
 Dr. En Thye Yin, Hep Laboratories, Inc.
o Engineering companies
 Mr. Paul Chiu, Energysaver LED
 Mak Architects, Inc. (invitation sent, waiting for response)
 Ms., Lisa Liao, manufacturing/engineering company (in discussion)
o Social Science (Arts & Science, Business, Computing)
 Dr. TC Hsia & 黃江文, E-Z Loan
 Dr. George Wu & Associates, Asian‐American Chamber of Commerce (AACC)
 ˙Dr. Tai Lin, Ariel Premium Supply, Inc. (invitation sent, waiting for response)
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Layout Design (subject to change due to room configuration)
Medical, Biomedical area
Door
Engineering
Faculty 2
TECO
Consular
Service
Virtual
Reality (TBD)
Faculty 1
Food Table
Food Table
Taipei
showcase
Faculty 4
Door
MasterCard
Showcase
Business, Social Science, & Computing
Door
Power strip
Poster easel
Company
Ethernet or
wireless
connection
chair
Projector
Projector
Faculty 3
Science
TECO
Education
Food Table
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