NECINA Wireless SIG Seminar

Time: March 26, Wednesday,  6:30pmto 8:30pm
Location: BurlingtonPublic Library, Meeting Room Fogelberg A, 22 Sears Street, Burlington, MA  01803

Topic: Widgets and Open Platforms for MobileWeb Applications

6:30pm-7:00pm Networking (Pizza will be served
7:00pm-7:30pm "Widgets and Open Platforms for Mobile Web Applications", YongjunZhang, Nokia. Yongjun is a key developer of Nokia Web Run-time which enables Widgets on Nokia S60 phones.
7:30pm-8:00pm Question and Answers
8:00pm-8:30pm Round table discussion: Google Android API.Dr. Baoqing Ye at Verizon Technology Organization will give a brief introduction before the discussion.
 

NECINA Semiconductor SIG Seminar

Time: Thu. Apr 17, 6:30pm ?8:30pm
Location: MemsicInc. 1 Tech Dr, Suite 325, AndoverMA01810

Topic:     Overview: MEMS Technology and Industrial Trend

Speaker: Gary O'Brien, VP of Engineering, MemsIC Gary O'Brien has served as our Vice President of Engineering since July 2007. Mr. O'Brien has 14 years of experience in the design and development of multiple accelerometer and pressure sensors. Mr. O'Brien joined Motorola's Sensor Products Division in Tempe, Arizona, as a mixed signal circuit design engineer in 1993. From 1993 through 2005, he designed and developed multiple pressure, acceleration and angular rate (gyroscope) sensor systems for Motorola and its recent spin-off company, Freescale Semiconductor. From 2005 until 2007, Mr. O'Brien was an assistant professor at Arizona State University. He currently holds nine issued patents in the MEMS area, in addition to having previously generated multiple automotive accelerometer and pressure sensor/ASIC designs. Mr. O'Brien received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering with honors from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL,
in 1988. He received an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta in 1993, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2004.

About MEMSIC (NASDAQ: MEMS)
Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, MEMSIC, Inc. provides advanced semiconductor sensor and system solutions based on integrated micro electromechanical systems, or MEMS, technology and mixed signal circuit design. Its accelerometer products are used to measure tilt, shock, vibration and acceleration, and have a wide range of applications such as mobile phones, automotive safety systems and video projectors. MEMSIC combines proprietary thermal-based MEMS technology and advanced analog mixed signal processing circuitry design into a single chip using a standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, process.

After successful IPO in 2007, Memsic is well positioned to expand its business beyond thermal accelerometer. We are aggressively seeking technologies, IPs, innovative individuals and acquisition targets for further growth. Memsic will be interested in collaboration with Chinese semiconductor professionals on any good proposals/business ideas. "Bring in your ideas, and we can help!"

Contact:  Yunchu.li@necina.org <mailto:Yunchu.li@necina.org>,
Max.Ma@necina.org <mailto:Max.Ma@necina.org>
 

NECINA Venture Club
Entrepreneurial Decision Making

Roundtable Discussion led by Michael Gordon

Time: 6:30pm ?9:00pm, March 13th, 2008
Venue: Deloitte, 1000 Winter St, Waltham, MA
Cost: Free (Invitation Only) to NECINA Venture Club member
& NECINA Business Plan Contest participant

Entrepreneurs face different challenges everyday when starting and growing their business. Making choices is an act of practicing entrepreneurship. Decision making ability is one of the most critical skills differentiating success or failure.

How do you improve decision making skill and make speedy and accurate judgment for complex business matters everyday? How does the business decisions you make impact your partners, employees, investors and families? How do you ensure choices you made could be followed by proper executions?

Join NECINA Venture Club Roundtable Discussion on Entrepreneur
Decision Making led by Mr. Michael Gordon, author of Entrepreneurship 101:  How to Turn Your Idea into a Money Machine
<http://www.amazon.com/Trump-University-Entrepreneurship-101-Machine/dp/0470047127>

Agenda
6:30 - 7:00Registration & Networking
7:00- 7:15Remark by the Organizer& Sponsors
7:15 ?8:15 Case study introduction by Mr. Michael Gordon
8:15 ?8:30 Roundtable discussion
8:30-9:00Networking & Book Signing

RSVP: This is an invitation only event exclusive to NECINA Venture Club Members and NECINA Brown Rudnick Biz-plan Contest participants. For other people who are interested, please fill up the application form (link <NECINA_VClub_Application.doc>) and send email to vclub@necina.org

About Michael Gordon:

Dr. Gordon has had extensive experience in diverse areas of entrepreneurship, education, public speaking and science. He holds a PhD in Organic, Organo-metallic and Polymer Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. After twelve years in research, development and management at Polaroid Corporation and Celanese Plastics Company, he pursued a career in entrepreneurship.

Dr. Gordon founded four companies: a plastics injection molding company; a company which made products for the control of static electricity (Plastic Systems, Inc); a network for entrepreneurs and investors (the Venture-Preneurs Network); and a private investment and consulting firm (Quantum Ventures). One of his companies, Plastic Systems, Inc., was sold to a public British company. He is currently building an internet venture, AngelDeals.com <http://angeldeals.com/>, a virtual global network which brings capital resources to emerging ventures.

He holds several patents and publications, and during his career in chemistry, he discovered a unique chemical reaction. He has developed a unique framework for essential entrepreneurial thriving forces and a value chain for competitive advantage for multi-divisional corporations. Dr. Gordon has had extensive teaching/speaking engagements, nationally as well as internationally - Southeast Asia, Latin Americaand Europe.

About NECINA Venture Club:

NECINA Venture Club is exclusive entrepreneurial community for members to share experience, network and best practice across global economy. NECINA Venture Club organizes advanced workshops and discussion forums specific to challenging issues faced by the executives. Club membership is limited to advisors, established entrepreneurs with mature business operation and selective early stage entrepreneurs with concrete business plan. NECINA Venture Club is the premier business club in New Englandfocus on promoting entrepreneurship and bridging the gap between business in the USand Asia.
 

NECINA Optics Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar

Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm,Saturday, March 8, 2008
Location:         Finisar Corporation (formerly Azna LLC), 36 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA 01887
Topic: Nanomaterials and Biosensors

2:00pm-2:30pmNetworking Time
2:30pm-2:45pmIntroduction
2:45pm-3:45pmLabel-free Optical Biosensors

Dr. Xingwei Wang, Universityof MassachusettsLowell

Abstract:A biosensor is a device for detection of the presence of an analyte. Biosensor design research, as an interdisciplinary topic, links biology with engineering closely. Problems associated with the established technique include the bulky size, high equipment costs, and time-consuming algorithms. Therefore, such systems are limited to research laboratories and cannot be applied for in-vivo situations.

In this talk, I will focus on two kinds of label-free optical
biosensors. One design is aimed at development of a sensor probe for direct detection of DNA sequences. Experimental results demonstrate sequence specificity and sensitivity to nanogram quantities of target DNA sequences with short (~5 min) hybridization time. The second design is a high throughput biosensing platform, which can be used for multiple
analyte simultaneous detection.

Dr. Xingwei Wangjoined the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at UMass Lowell as an Assistant Professor in 2006. She got her Ph.D. and M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity(Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA.She also got her certificate for future professoriate from Virginia Tech. Dr. Wang has authored or co-authored more than 20 journal and conference papers, and eight patent disclosures. Her current research interests include optical sensors for medical, chemical and
industrial applications; assistive technology program; nanoprobe design and fabrication; self-assembled nanostructures; optical biosensing and biomedical devices; optical imaging; MEMS technology and electromagnetic wave propagation. Her other research experience includes temperature, pressure, acoustic, strain, and chemical sensors. Dr. Wang won Paul E. Torgerson research excellence award for the 2005-2006 academic year at
Virginia Tech. Dr. Wang is a member of IEEE, OSA and SPIE. Also, she served as a reviewer of Applied Physics Letters.

3:45pm-4:00pmBreak
4:00pm-5:00pmSynthesis, Fabrication and Self-assembly of Multifunctional Nanowires for Emerging Applications
Dr. Zhiyong Gu, Universityof MassachusettsLowell
Research and potential applications of nanomaterials and nanotechnology have been experiencing dramatic growth in the past decade. At the nanometer scale, many material properties may alter, for example, optical, mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties. In order to enable nanotechnology to fully manipulate and utilize nanomaterials to make nanodevices, nanoelectronics, or nano-products in general, new assembly and integration strategies have to be developed or created since the conventional microfabrication process is approaching its limit in terms of size and cost-effective mass production. In this talk, I will present our recent effort in fabricating and assembling one of the most promising nano-building blocks ?nanowires (nanorods), and the assembly and integration of nanowires into ordered structures that may find various applications in emerging fields such as electronics and medicine. Electrodeposition in nanoporous templates has been used to synthesize multi-functional nanowires in the diameter range of 15-200 nm and length up 20 µm. Metallic, polymeric, and hybrid nanowires have been fabricated in very large quantity (10^9 -10^10 wires/cm^2 ) in this way. Several techniques will be described on how to assemble and integrate nanowires into ordered 1-dimensional (1D), 2D and 3D structures. In the end, examples will be shown how the strategies proposed above can be used for various applications.

Dr. Zhiyong Gucompleted his undergraduate studies at Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology, China, in 1996. He received his M.S. from University of Notre Dame and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffaloin 2001 and 2004, respectively, all in Chemical Engineering. In April 2004, he moved to the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the JohnsHopkinsUniversity, working as a Postdoctoral Fellow until August 2006.

In September 2006, Zhiyong joined the Department of Chemical Engineerin at Universityof Massachusetts Lowellas an Assistant Professor. He is affiliated with the CHN/NCOE Nanomanufacturing Center at UML. His current research interests include synthesis of nanoparticles and nanowires, self-assembly and directed assembly, amphiphilic block copolymers, nanocomposite materials, and nanoscale integration for electronics, sensors and biomedical applications. Zhiyong has published 4 book chapters and over 20 refereed papers, and has about 50 presentations in national and international conferences and meetings.

Contact: Yong Qiao (978) 201-1980, Frank Fan (978) 204-4980, Jin Li
(978) 996-8058
Organizers: Jin Li, Yong Qiao, Qingwu Wang, XueyanZheng, Frank Fan, and
Yi Qian
 

NECINA Optics Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar
Topic:New Energies

Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm, Saturday, January 12, 2008
Location: Finisar Corporation (formerly Azna LLC), 36 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA 01887

2:00pm-2:30pm  Networking Time
2:30pm-2:45pm  Introduction
2:45pm-3:45pm Advanced Support the Globe with Tiny Things: Sustainable Energy from Nanomaterials
Dr. Dunwei Wang, BostonCollege

Abstract:Continuous population increase and high living standards
demand ever more energy.  While it still remains a lively debate how long fossil fuels, the major energy source we currently rely on, will last, people have already come to conclusions that the negative environment effect caused by burning fossil fuels is unacceptable.  It thus becomes urgent to develop new technologies that can produce energy comparable to that based on fossil fuels, not only in magnitude but also in price.  For long-term prosperity, renewable energy is apparently desired.  Solar energy, therefore, stands out for obvious reasons.  The development of solar energy conversion devices such as photovoltaic cells, however, is rather slow, albeit an old technology, mainly because of the combined high cost and low efficiency.  Notwithstanding detailed difference, most energy related processes including charge separation, transport and recombination, are of characteristic distance of nanometer
scale.  So, emerging nanomaterials with relevant length hold great promises in meeting the daunting energy challenge.  I'll summarize recent development of energy related research using nanomaterials and present our efforts within this context.  I'll share with you our
thoughts on how semiconductor nanowires may offer advantages in both
high efficiency and low cost.  Our recent results will be discussed as
well.

Dr. Dunwei Wangis originally from Jiangsu Province, China.  He moved
to Californiain 2000 to pursue his doctoral degree at StanfordUniversity.  After working as a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology for two years, he recently joined BostonCollegechemistry department as an assistant professor.  Wang's part research concerned Ge nanowires, a fast electronic material, and highly order arrays of Si nanowires as building blocks for logic gates. His present interest centers on nanomaterial-based energy processes and applications.  Wang is the recipient of the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemist in 2006.

3:45pm-4:00pm  Break
4:00pm-5:00pm  Introduction to Fuel Cells

Dr. John Zhou, Lilliputian Systems

The ever-rising oil and gas prices and the demand for environmental friendly forms of power generation have led to a surge in the efforts in exploring and developing clean alternative energies. While solar, wind,and hydroelectric powers are among perhaps the most well known clean alternatives, fuel-cell technology is uniquely positioned to provide clean power for non-stationary applications such as motor vehicles. The recent advances in micro fuel cell technologies have offered the promise to eventually cut the cord off such devices as mobile phones and laptop computers. This talk is an introduction to fuel cells. The focus will be on micro fuel cells and technologies.

Dr. John Zhouhas over 15 year experience in design, process development, and fabrication of optoelectronic and MEMS devices. He graduated from the Department of Physics, Universityof Scienceand Technology of China, and received his MS from the Instituteof Semiconductors, ChineseAcademyof Sciences, and Ph.D in physical chemistry from University of Cambridge, UK. He is currently a senior process engineer at Lilliputian Systems, developing Si MEMS-based solid oxide micro fuel cells.

Contact: Yong Qiao (978) 201-1980, Frank Fan (978) 204-4980, Jin Li
(978) 996-8058

Organizers: Jin Li, Yong Qiao, Qingwu Wang, Xueyan Zheng, Frank Fan, and
Yi Qian

For more information, please visit the following sites
 

NCTI Seminar
Clean-Tech@China: Business & IP Strategy

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm, Thursday, January 22^st , 2008
Venue: Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center Bay Colony Corporate Center 1000 Winter Street Suite 4000, North Entrance Waltham, Massachusetts 02451-1436

After its successful kick-off conference on October 18, 2008, NECINA Clean Technology Initiative (NCTI) is proud to present Clean-Tech@China seminar. We are honored to have two prestigious speakers from China for in-depth discussion of business and intellectual property strategy in clean technology industry in China.

Agenda:
6:00pm - 7:00pm Registration, Networking and Dinner
7:00pm - 7:15pm Introduction
7:15pm - 7:50pm Using Intellectual Property as Leverage to Start-up CleanTech in China Dr. Dong Liu Senior Partner, Boss & Young Patent & Trademark Law, Beijing, China
7:50pm - 8:25pm Battery Business in China and Business Strategy for A Start-up in the Field Dr. Jay Shi Founder & CEO, SoBright Technology Co. Ltd., Zhejiang, China
8:25am - 9:00pm Q&A and Discussion

About the Speakers

Dr. Dong Liuis a Senior Partner at Boss & Young Patent and Trademark Law Office in Beijing, China, where he leads the firm<92>s Intellectual Property (IP) practice in bio, pharma and high-tech areas. Dr. Liu's career stems from his dedication to the biomedical and pharmaceutical
sectors working closely developing and implementing the innovation process, invention harvesting, claim drafting, prosecution, litigation, and licensing in a global environment.  Dr. Liu influences in the industry by bringing forward expertise focused on IP from Canada, Denmark, United States and China.

Dr. Liu's past experience includes serving as Group Leader at PsychoGenics, Inc., a bio-tech start-up in preclinical neurobiology and provision of drug discovery, based in New York.  Dr. Liu initiated patent applications for innovations that supported a strong strategic management of IP assets that extended to support partners and clients. With the breath of expertise in the IP sector Dr. Liu was appointed Patent Counsel and IP manager at Novo Nordisk A/S, a Danish multinational corporation.  Dr. Liu led Novo's IP operation within its Intellectual Property & Partnering Organization with a notable success at establishing Novo's first IP operation in China. Dr. Liu later joined Dow Chemical Company as their Intellectual Capital Manager and Director
for Dow's Intellectual Capital Management and External Technology for
Asia-Pacific region.  Dr. Liu once again was instrumental at successfully building a Dow Chemical China based local IP capacities that served Dow's Asia-Pacific business and operation in China.

In parallel to his current position, Dr. Liu joined the newly established World Innovation Institute (WII), in a Deputy Director capacity of a think-tank organization to advise the Chinese government on innovation related issues. Comprising of more than 100 members of mostly former senior officials of the central government and industry leaders, WII is posed to play a pivotal role in making critical connections in China to facilitate the advancement of innovation and hi-tech economy.

A native of Shenyang, Liaoning province, Dr. Liu studied medicine at China Medical University and Neurology & Neurosurgery (PhD) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Over the years he has received a number of scholarship and fellowship awards as well as first-authorship of both Science and Nature publications.

Dr. Jay Shiis founder and CEO of SoBright Technology Co. Ltd.Dr. Shi has more than 15 years of experience in rechargeable lithium batteries and Li-ion battery business and technology and has worked as senior managers in Arthur D. Little and TIAX LLC for more than 10 years. He obtained Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry (electrochemistry) from University of St. Andrews.

SoBright Technology Co. Ltd is a Cayman Island registered company. Its operation center and wholly own subsidiary, SoBright Technology (Jiaxing) Co. Ltd., is located in Haining City, Zhejiang Province, China. The main business is development and manufacturing of advanced energy storage materials and systems. The SoBright proprietary technology provides cathode materials for Li-ion batteries with higher energy density, lower cost and longer cycle life than current materials in use, which will enable the use of Li-ion batteries in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs).

About NECINA Clean Technology Initiative
To join, please visit: http://groups.google.com/group/NCTI_2008
Mission
* Promote exchange between US and China
* Leverage NECINA's local entrepreneur resources in the US and
China
* Bring the past success into emerging clean tech industry
 

Executive Committee

Yi Qian <http://necina.org/about.htm>, VP NECINA, Chair
Qingwu Wang <http://www.agiltron.com/>, VP Agiltron
Xiaoyun Chen <http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering/people/faculty.shtml>,
Senior Scientist, MIT
Gang Chen <http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering/people/faculty.shtml>,
Professor, MIT
Xinli Cui <http://www.btuventures.com/>, VP BTU Venture
Gerald Oonner
<http://www.emergingenterprisecenter.com/personnel/attorneyBio.aspx?aID=8301>,
Partner, Foley Hoag

Florian Bennhold <http://www.wilsonturbopower.com/index.html>, Director
of Regulatory Affairs, Wilson TurboPower

Activities
* Annual US-China Clean Technology Exchange Conference
* Seminars
* Delegation between the US and China
 

NECINA Optics Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar
Topic:New Energies

Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm, Saturday, January 12, 2008
Location: Finisar Corporation (formerly Azna LLC), 36 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA 01887

2:00pm-2:30pm  Networking Time
2:30pm-2:45pm  Introduction
2:45pm-3:45pm Advanced Support the Globe with Tiny Things: Sustainable Energy from Nanomaterials
Dr. Dunwei Wang, BostonCollege

Abstract:Continuous population increase and high living standards
demand ever more energy.  While it still remains a lively debate how long fossil fuels, the major energy source we currently rely on, will last, people have already come to conclusions that the negative environment effect caused by burning fossil fuels is unacceptable.  It thus becomes urgent to develop new technologies that can produce energy comparable to that based on fossil fuels, not only in magnitude but also in price.  For long-term prosperity, renewable energy is apparently desired.  Solar energy, therefore, stands out for obvious reasons.  The development of solar energy conversion devices such as photovoltaic cells, however, is rather slow, albeit an old technology, mainly because of the combined high cost and low efficiency.  Notwithstanding detailed difference, most energy related processes including charge separation, transport and recombination, are of characteristic distance of nanometer
scale.  So, emerging nanomaterials with relevant length hold great promises in meeting the daunting energy challenge.  I'll summarize recent development of energy related research using nanomaterials and present our efforts within this context.  I'll share with you our
thoughts on how semiconductor nanowires may offer advantages in both
high efficiency and low cost.  Our recent results will be discussed as
well.

Dr. Dunwei Wangis originally from Jiangsu Province, China.  He moved
to Californiain 2000 to pursue his doctoral degree at StanfordUniversity.  After working as a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology for two years, he recently joined BostonCollegechemistry department as an assistant professor.  Wang's part research concerned Ge nanowires, a fast electronic material, and highly order arrays of Si nanowires as building blocks for logic gates. His present interest centers on nanomaterial-based energy processes and applications.  Wang is the recipient of the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemist in 2006.

3:45pm-4:00pm  Break
4:00pm-5:00pm  Introduction to Fuel Cells

Dr. John Zhou, Lilliputian Systems

The ever-rising oil and gas prices and the demand for environmental friendly forms of power generation have led to a surge in the efforts in exploring and developing clean alternative energies. While solar, wind,and hydroelectric powers are among perhaps the most well known clean alternatives, fuel-cell technology is uniquely positioned to provide clean power for non-stationary applications such as motor vehicles. The recent advances in micro fuel cell technologies have offered the promise to eventually cut the cord off such devices as mobile phones and laptop computers. This talk is an introduction to fuel cells. The focus will be on micro fuel cells and technologies.

Dr. John Zhouhas over 15 year experience in design, process development, and fabrication of optoelectronic and MEMS devices. He graduated from the Department of Physics, Universityof Scienceand Technology of China, and received his MS from the Instituteof Semiconductors, ChineseAcademyof Sciences, and Ph.D in physical chemistry from University of Cambridge, UK. He is currently a senior process engineer at Lilliputian Systems, developing Si MEMS-based solid oxide micro fuel cells.

Contact: Yong Qiao (978) 201-1980, Frank Fan (978) 204-4980, Jin Li
(978) 996-8058

Organizers: Jin Li, Yong Qiao, Qingwu Wang, Xueyan Zheng, Frank Fan, and
Yi Qian

For more information, please visit the following sites
 

NCTI Seminar
Clean-Tech@China: Business & IP Strategy

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm, Thursday, January 22^st , 2008
Venue: Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center Bay Colony Corporate Center 1000 Winter Street Suite 4000, North Entrance Waltham, Massachusetts 02451-1436

After its successful kick-off conference on October 18, 2008, NECINA Clean Technology Initiative (NCTI) is proud to present Clean-Tech@China seminar. We are honored to have two prestigious speakers from China for in-depth discussion of business and intellectual property strategy in clean technology industry in China.

Agenda:
6:00pm - 7:00pm Registration, Networking and Dinner
7:00pm - 7:15pm Introduction
7:15pm - 7:50pm Using Intellectual Property as Leverage to Start-up CleanTech in China Dr. Dong Liu Senior Partner, Boss & Young Patent & Trademark Law, Beijing, China
7:50pm - 8:25pm Battery Business in China and Business Strategy for A Start-up in the Field Dr. Jay Shi Founder & CEO, SoBright Technology Co. Ltd., Zhejiang, China
8:25am - 9:00pm Q&A and Discussion

About the Speakers

Dr. Dong Liuis a Senior Partner at Boss & Young Patent and Trademark Law Office in Beijing, China, where he leads the firm<92>s Intellectual Property (IP) practice in bio, pharma and high-tech areas. Dr. Liu's career stems from his dedication to the biomedical and pharmaceutical
sectors working closely developing and implementing the innovation process, invention harvesting, claim drafting, prosecution, litigation, and licensing in a global environment.  Dr. Liu influences in the industry by bringing forward expertise focused on IP from Canada, Denmark, United States and China.

Dr. Liu's past experience includes serving as Group Leader at PsychoGenics, Inc., a bio-tech start-up in preclinical neurobiology and provision of drug discovery, based in New York.  Dr. Liu initiated patent applications for innovations that supported a strong strategic management of IP assets that extended to support partners and clients. With the breath of expertise in the IP sector Dr. Liu was appointed Patent Counsel and IP manager at Novo Nordisk A/S, a Danish multinational corporation.  Dr. Liu led Novo's IP operation within its Intellectual Property & Partnering Organization with a notable success at establishing Novo's first IP operation in China. Dr. Liu later joined Dow Chemical Company as their Intellectual Capital Manager and Director
for Dow's Intellectual Capital Management and External Technology for
Asia-Pacific region.  Dr. Liu once again was instrumental at successfully building a Dow Chemical China based local IP capacities that served Dow's Asia-Pacific business and operation in China.

In parallel to his current position, Dr. Liu joined the newly established World Innovation Institute (WII), in a Deputy Director capacity of a think-tank organization to advise the Chinese government on innovation related issues. Comprising of more than 100 members of mostly former senior officials of the central government and industry leaders, WII is posed to play a pivotal role in making critical connections in China to facilitate the advancement of innovation and hi-tech economy.

A native of Shenyang, Liaoning province, Dr. Liu studied medicine at China Medical University and Neurology & Neurosurgery (PhD) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Over the years he has received a number of scholarship and fellowship awards as well as first-authorship of both Science and Nature publications.

Dr. Jay Shiis founder and CEO of SoBright Technology Co. Ltd.Dr. Shi has more than 15 years of experience in rechargeable lithium batteries and Li-ion battery business and technology and has worked as senior managers in Arthur D. Little and TIAX LLC for more than 10 years. He obtained Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry (electrochemistry) from University of St. Andrews.

SoBright Technology Co. Ltd is a Cayman Island registered company. Its operation center and wholly own subsidiary, SoBright Technology (Jiaxing) Co. Ltd., is located in Haining City, Zhejiang Province, China. The main business is development and manufacturing of advanced energy storage materials and systems. The SoBright proprietary technology provides cathode materials for Li-ion batteries with higher energy density, lower cost and longer cycle life than current materials in use, which will enable the use of Li-ion batteries in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs).

About NECINA Clean Technology Initiative
To join, please visit: http://groups.google.com/group/NCTI_2008
Mission
* Promote exchange between US and China
* Leverage NECINA's local entrepreneur resources in the US and
China
* Bring the past success into emerging clean tech industry
Executive Committee

Yi Qian <http://necina.org/about.htm>, VP NECINA, Chair
Qingwu Wang <http://www.agiltron.com/>, VP Agiltron
Xiaoyun Chen <http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering/people/faculty.shtml>,
Senior Scientist, MIT
Gang Chen <http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering/people/faculty.shtml>,
Professor, MIT
Xinli Cui <http://www.btuventures.com/>, VP BTU Venture
Gerald Oonner
<http://www.emergingenterprisecenter.com/personnel/attorneyBio.aspx?aID=8301>,
Partner, Foley Hoag

Florian Bennhold <http://www.wilsonturbopower.com/index.html>, Director
of Regulatory Affairs, Wilson TurboPower

Activities
* Annual US-China Clean Technology Exchange Conference
* Seminars
* Delegation between the US and China
 

Dec 16 NECINA Career Development Center Seminar: How to hire and staff in China
Dec 13 NECINA Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest Workshop: How to Write a Business Plan
Dec 10 NECINA SemiTech SIG Seminar: Solid State Lighting
Nov 6 NECINA WEB SIG Seminar: Collaborative Innovation Networks
Oct 28 NECINA Venture Club Seminar: Convergence of Alternative Investment Industry
Oct 25 NECINA Career Development Center Kick-Off Conference: Negotiation and Strategic Career Planning
Oct 20 NECINA BIO SIG Seminar: Global Souring and Outsourcing in Biotech
Oct 18 NECINA Technology Conference: 2008 US-China Clean Technology Exchange
Sept 23 NECINA Global Exchange Center Seminar: Back to China - Opportunities and Challenges
Sept 20NECINA Entrepreneur Center Golf Outing
Sept 13 2009 NECINA Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest Grand Kick Off Conference: Catering for More Dreams and Teams
Aug 16NECINA Annual Summer Outing
Aug 12 NECINA Entrepreneurship Center Workshop: Ideas for Business
Jul 31 NECINA Career Development Seminar & Officer Training: How to be strategic in your career development
Jul 23 NECINA Wireless and Web SIG Seminar: Wireless Security and Mobile Advertising
Jun 26 NECINA Wireless SIG Seminar: Wireless Sensor Network and Mobile Ecosystem
Jun 25 NECINA SemiTech SIG Seminar: Updates on MMIC/RFIC Industry and Research at China
Jun 7 NECINA Officer Career Development Workshop: How to Work with Recruiters and Headhunters
Jun 7 NECINA Venture Club Workshop: Small to Medium Size Enterprise Banking Solutions
May 31 NECINA Sichuan Earthquake Relief Walk
May 17 Chinese rally for Sichuan earthquake
May 17 Fundraising for China Earthquake Disaster Victims
May 17 NECINA Optics SIG seminar: Biomedical Imaging
May 10 2008 Annual Meeting
April 17 NECINA 2008 China Outsourcing Forum
April 17 NECINA & MassTLC joint Conference: – " CHINA, INDIA,RUSSIA- OUR PARTNERS IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY
April 17 NECINA Semiconductor SIG Seminar: MEMS Technology and Industrial Trend
April 17Business Plan Contest : Semi-final Presentation
March 26 Wireless SIG Seminar: Widgets and Open Platiforms for Mobile Web Applications
March 13 NECINA Venture Club Workshop : Entrepreneur Decision Making
March 8 Optics SIG Seminar : Nanomaterials and Biosensors
March 8 Officer working session
Feb. 27 Business Plan Contest Workshop 3 : Founding Your Venture
Feb. 21 Wireless SIG Networking Night
Feb 9 Annual Yuanxiao Party
Jan. 10 Optics SIG Seminar : New Energies

Global Souring and Outsourcing in Biotech
NECINA BioPharm SIG and CABA Seminar

Time: 6:30 pm– 9:30pm, Monday October20, 2008
Venue: Foley Hoag LLP, 1000 Winter St, North Entrance, Suite 4000,Waltham, MA

You are invited to a special seminar titled "Global Sourcing and Outsourcing in BiotechPharmatheutical Industry", presented by New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA) BioPharm Special Interest Group and Chinese American BioMedical Association (CABA). The seminar featurestwo top experts on global outsourcing: Thomas Tong from Pfizer Global Manufacturing Services and Dr. Roger Xie from Sirtris, a GSK company. Please see below for their
bios and abstracts of their talks.

Agenda:
6:30pm - 7:00pm     Registration, networking and light dinner
7:00pm - 8:00pm     Thomas Tong, "Opportunities and challenges: Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing businesses in Asia
8:00pm - 9:00pm     Dr. Roger Xie, "Utilizing CROs in China to Create an Integrated Outsourcing Platform
9:00pm - 9:30pm     Summary and Networking

Thomas Tongis the Senior Manager of Pfizer Global Contract Manufacturing Asian Region based in Singapore. He is accountable for leading and integrating cross-functional and cross-organizational project teams to implement sourcing and outsourcing strategies for APIs in Asian countries. Since Sep 2007, he is on developmental assignment in Pfizer Headquarters (NYC) implementing global Plant Network Strategy and Capture Global Advantage through product sourcing and outsourcing. Thomas joined Pfizer in 2001 as a Production Manager setting up systems to start up Pfizer's US$ 400 million multi-purpose API manufacturing facilities in Singapore. Before Pfizer, he had worked in GSK Singapore plant for about 3 years. Thomas received B. Eng. in chemical engineering from Tianjin University and M. Eng. in chemical engineering from the National University of Singapore.  

Abstract:

"Opportunities and challenges: Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing businesses in Asia." With stricter regulatory norms, spiraling costs and increasing generic competition, more pharmaceutical companies are opting to contract manufacturing in order to achieve cost savings and productivity improvement. India and China are the two key countries in Asian region for pharmaceutical contract manufacturing businesses. This presentation will discuss the elements to determine vendor selection, the key phases to implement an outsourcing project and the key success factors in contract manufacturing business in Asia.  

Dr. Roger Xie is the Associate Directorat Sirtris, a GSK company. Roger joined Sirtris in 2005 and currently oversees the Chemical Operations focusing onoutsourcing activities. Prior to Sirtris, Dr. Xie held various discovery and Medchem research and program management positions at Daiamed, UCB research and Sepracor Inc.  Dr. Xie received his B.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and his Ph.D. degree from Boston College.  Dr. Xie has over 25 patents and publications in the areas of organic syntheses, medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.

Abstract:

Utilizing CROs in China to Create an Integrated Outsourcing Platform."The costs for drug research and development are high.  As the demand for contained R&D costs continues to grow, the necessity of outsourcing and off-shoring is becoming of increasing importance.  Besides reducing the cost of research, outsourcing in the pharmaceutical sector is a result of Pharma and Biotech companies rationing the internal existing facilities and capabilities. At Sirtris, we are exploring a variety of ways utilizing contract research organizations in China and other global territories to create an integrated outsourcing platform that lowers the cost, internal critical mass and time required to discover and develop new therapeutics.

Event contact:  William Wang, yongzhong@gmail.com
Event Sponsor: Foley Hoag LLP,   http:www.foleyhoag.com
 

NECINA Global Exchange Center Seminar
Back to China: Opportunities and Challenges

Time: 6: 00 pm - 9:00pm, Sept 23th, 2008
Venue: Foley Hoag LLP, 1000 Winter St, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
Cost: Free to public and NECINA members

Last month during the Beijing Olympics 2008, with the state of art sport infrastructures, spectacular performance opening and closing ceremony, highly efficient organization and leading number of gold medals, China represented her unrivaled energy and unlimited development future to the whole world.  When you think about that China made these happen in just seven years, you understand why during NECINA 2009 Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest Kick Off meeting, one of the keynote speaker quote a venture capital firm that if you think about start up a business, you have to think about China and India.  On the other hand, you don't have to start your own business, with the right connection and strategies, you can help American companies to take the opportunities in China and grow their business over there.

But where do you start?  Where are the right opportunities and where are the pitfalls?  How to face the different challenges in China?  You'll find your questions answered in NECINA Global Exchange Center seminar: Back to China: Opportunities and Challenges.

In this seminar, we invite successful serial entrepreneur Dr. Yun Fei Zhang and international business executive Dr. John Ding.  Dr. Zhang will share his experience with us of starting new venture and building successful company in China. Dr. Ding will share his experience of growing business in China.

This event is Free to public and NECINA members. Please register through http:www.acteva.combooking.cfm?bevaid=166952.

Agenda:

5:30 - 6:00pm Pizza and networking
6:01 - 7:00pm Back to China: Opportunities and Challenges? Dr. Yun Fei Zhang,co-founder of AsiaInfo
7:01 - 8:00pm Growing Your Business in China ?One Company's Experience"  - Dr. John Ding, President, Asia Pacific Bedding Division, Leggett & Platt, Inc.
8:01 -- 9:00pm Q&A and Networking

Event Sponsor: Foley Hoag LLP

About the Speakers:

Dr. Yun Fei Zhang is a co-founder of AsiaInfo and served as VP of Engineering, VP of Software and CTO for over five years at AsiaInfo (NASDAQ: ASIA). During his tenure, he built up the teams at AsiaInfo's Engineering Division, Software Development Division and System R&D Division. He led engineering efforts to construct the three largest national Internet backbone networks in China, namely ChinaNET (owned by China Telecom), UniNET (owned by China Unicom) and CNCNET (owned by China Netcom), which are collectively supporting 75% of Internet population in China.

Prior to AsiaInfo, Dr. Zhang spent three years at Harvard University as system analyst for a NASA space exploration project, responsible for its distributed data network subsystem. He holds a Ph.D. from Boston University and a Bachelor from University of Science and Technology of China. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Zhang also served as a member of the Advisory Board to "Telecommunications Technology", a magazine published by the Post & Telecommunication Publishing House of China. Dr. Zhang co-authored the Internet IETF RFC 1842 and was a recipient of numerous awards by NASA, Smithsonian Institutes, and Chinese Academy of Science for his outstanding achievements and contributions.

Dr. John Ding is President of the Asia Pacific Bedding Division of Leggett & Platt, a Fortune 500 manufacturer of furniture components.  In this capacity, Dr. Ding is responsible for growing the company抯 presence in Asia Pacific, including strategic planning, operations management, sales & marketing. Prior to his current position, Dr. Ding headed up Leggett & Platt China Operations of Leggett & Platt and started a number of facilities in the region, including manufacturing centers in China, warehousing and distribution centers in Australia and Singapore through a combination of green-field start-ups and acquisitions.
 

NECINA Entrepreneurship Center Bi-Monthly Seminar
Ideas for Business

Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, August 12, 2008
Venue: Foley Hoag LLP, 1000 Winter St, North Entrance, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
 

Many people think about starting a business of their own. Many people discussed it with friends and family members. Unfortunately some of the good ideas never got explored further and put into a plan for execution nor have the opportunities to grow into real business. Some of the great ideas simply passed the market window opportunity. The bi-monthly seminar is a platform for you to bring up your ideas to experienced entrepreneurs who can help you. We can help you to catch up the breath, put your ideas into a real business plan. We'll help you to analyze it and filter out the real business opportunity.
• Provide a platform for discussion business ideas
    o Test your idea
    o Get advice from people who have done that and been there
    o Find your potential team member
• A social opportunity for people to know each other and bounce business ideas
• Pipeline for Business Plan Contest
The Entrepreneurship Center Seminar series will build the foundation for members who are interested to start their own business and participate our annual business plan contest.

Agenda

6:00-6:30PM Registration and Social Networking (Pizza and drinks will be provided)
6:30-7:00PM Case Study
7:00-7:45PM Roundtable Discussion
7:45-8:30PM Social Networking

Dr. Wei Gao, Director, Entrepreneurship Center, NECINA

Dr. Wei Gao is the founder of Axcel Photonics, which produce high power diode lasers for telecom, solid-state laser pumping, medical, imaging, and spectroscopy applications. He has been working on semiconductor lasers for over 20 years. In 2000, he started the venture backed Axcel Photonics with $10M funding. As founder, CTO, President, and CEO, He builds up the company from inception with extreme capital efficiency, developed a unique technology to produce world class products. In 2005, the company sold to private investor and he was requested to stay on as President to run the company. Other working experiences include: Former faculty at Beijing University in Physics Department, engineer at Lasertron (later Corning Lasertron), founding employee at Multiplex, a high tech start up company in New Jersey, and sales/marketing role at Nortel Networks in Optoelectronics Division.

He is experienced at building up success oriented company culture, venture funding, execution to achieve business goals, lean and high efficiency operation, debt finance from private investors, and merger/acquisition.

He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1995 from University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Master in Applied Physics in 1989 from Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Northern Chiao Tung University, Beijing, P. R. China.
He is the inventor of three US patents and published over 40 technical papers.
He is Senior Member of IEEE, LEOS, Member of Optical Society of America.
He has been helping Chinese community organizations, such as OCEAN (Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs Association), NECINA, 128Cute, NACSA (North America Chinese Semiconductor Association), and PSC (The Photonics Society of Chinese-Americans).

Event contact: Wei Gao, Wei.Gao@necina.org,
Event Sponsor: Foley Hoag LLP, http://www.foleyhoag.com/
 

NECINA Career Development Seminar & Officer Training
How to be strategic in your career
 

Time: 6: 00 pm– 9:00pm, July 31th, 2008
Venue: Foley Hoag LLP, 1000 Winter St, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
Cost: Free (Invitation Only) to NECINA Officers

Do you, like many successful professionals, feel that you may have reached a plateau in your professional life, yet you feel that you have the desire and potential to do more …much, much more?  Do you have some exciting opportunities that you want to make the most of?  Do you simply want to better align what you do professionally with who you are as a person? Are you at any tipping point to get to your next career move?

If your answer is YES to any of the questions above, you could not afford to miss this NECINA career development seminar!

At this session, you would learn 4 important dimensions to explore, so that you can be more effective in shaping your future, succeeding on your term, and ultimately you will be able to take care what you really care about professionally.

Survey your landscape: defining a more objective and realistic view of your current world
Taking an humanistic approach: anchoring your development efforts, enhancing inner capacity
Opportunity & Support: uncovering hidden opportunity and generating innovative solutions
Adaptive Development Process: taking small steps

This event is Free for NECINA officers and $15 for any members that the officers bring in to help on the tasks in our coming events.  Join NECINA officer team is a great starting point for your personal development process, and let us make the most out of it and have some fun!

Agenda:

5:30 - 6:00pm Pizza and networking
6:01 - 7:30pm Dr. Jiahong Juda, Founder, BurnBright Partners,  "How to be strategic in your career!
7:31 - 9:00pm Q&A and Networking

RSVP: This is an invitation only event exclusive to NECINA officers and volunteers. If you know any other people who are interested in becoming a NECINA officer and volunteer.   Please fill up the application form and send email to Ru.zheng@necina.org <mailto:Ru.zheng@necina.org>

Event Sponsor:  Foley Hoag LLP

About Speaker:

Dr. Jiahong Juda is a business executive with rigorous scientific training in astrophysics and a passion for unlocking the hidden potential in the world around her. Acting on her passion, she founded BurnBright Partners, a company that works with traditionally successful executives. She helps them eliminate professional and personal roadblocks, while simultaneously unlocking their long-term potential.  By combining leading academic studies, traditional and contemporary wisdom, and her direct and indirect life experiences, Jiahong has developed a practical and customizable strategic framework for successful professional and personal growth.

Dr. Juda has an atypical background. Born in China in the late 50s, she worked as a farmer during the Cultural Revolution, and later taught physics in a junior high school. In 1983 Dr. Juda came to the US, and received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon graduating she worked at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as an astrophysicist.

Interested in working on projects closer to Earth, she joined STAR (Speech Technology and Applied Research), a start-up company, in 1997. While working at STAR, she identified her entrepreneurial aspiration. She believes that an entrepreneurial mindset is a powerful tool for professional and personal development, even for those who do not wish to start their own companies. In 2000, Dr. Juda co-founded WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology), a non-profit organization committed to helping women become innovative leaders and to enhancing their professional growth.

Dr. Juda has more than 20 years of professional experience in a wide range of business environments, including start-ups, research institutions, and non-profits. She has been a member of the Board of Directors at STAR, since 2001 and is a member of WEST, the Organizational Development Learning Group and Boston Facilitators Roundtable.
 

NECINA Wireless and Web SIG Seminar:
Wireless Security and Mobile Advertising

Time: 6:30-9:30pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Location: Verizon Lab, Auditorium B. 117 West Street, Waltham, MA

Topics:
1. Mitigating Risks in the Mobile World
2. Femtocell vs. Wi-Fi: Security and Beyond
3. An Overview of Mobile Advertising
 

Agenda:
6:30-7:00pm Networking (Refreshment will be served)
7:00-7:50pm Mitigating Risks in the mobile World, Dr. Yong Qiao, Director of Engineering, RSA, The Security Division of EMC
7:50-8:10pm Femtocell vs. WiFi- Security and beyond, Dr. Baoqing Ye, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Verizon Network & Technology
8:10-8:15pm Break
8:15-9:20pm An Overview of Mobile Advertising, Dr. Changfeng Wang, President and CTO, Predictive Data Corporation
9:20-9:30pm Q&A

Seminar and Speaker Information:
7:00-7:50pm: Mitigating Risks in the Mobile World
Dr. Yong Qiao, Director of Engineering, RSA, The Security Division of EMC
Abstract:Mobile security has become a growing concern as organizations try to gain competitive advantages through the use of a mobile workforce. As mobile devices continue to proliferate, new security challenges arise. In today's IT environment, these devices represent a new endpoint that must be secured not only to protect sensitive data on the devices, but also to protect corporate information asset that could be accessed remotely by these devices. This talk will provide an overview of the security threats facing the mobile world, and discuss new solutions for protection against such threats.

Dr. Yong Qiao is Director of Engineering, Identity & Access Assurance Group at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. In this role, he is responsible for engineering management and product development of RSA's industry-leading SecurID hardware and software authentication products. He joined EMC following EMC's acquisition of RSA Security Inc., where he was Director of Engineering in the Enterprise Security Business Unit. Previously, he held senior engineering development and management positions at Sycamore Networks, Holoplex, and ILC Technology. Dr. Qiao received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, both in Electrical Engineering, from California Institute of Technology. He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, with both B.S. in Electrical Engineering and B.S. in Computer Science. He holds seven US patents and has published over forty technical papers.

7:50-8:10pm: Femtocell vs. WiFi: Security and Beyond
Dr. Baoqing Ye, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Verizon Network & Technology
Abstract: As an emerging technology, Femtocell is gradually maturing and has the potential to penetrate into mass consumer market competing against another existing wireless technology- WiFi. This short talk gives a high level overview to compare these two wireless technologies: Femtocell vs. Wi-Fi, from aspects including security, QoS, and beyond.

Baoqing Ye currently is a DMTS in Verizon Network & Technology Organization, and has worked in several divisions within Verizon's CTO organization including Network Security, Network Architecture, Network Design & Integration, Innovation & Integration. Baoqing holds multiple patents and publications; she received her MS and PhD in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University.

8:15-9:20pm: An Overview of Mobile Advertising
Dr. Changfeng Wang, President and CTO, Predictive Data Corporation
Abstract:Mobile advertising is a tiny but fast growing market.  But many believe it is the next big thing and will supplant not only Internet advertising but other pillars of traditional advertising media also. We will cut through the hype and take a look into the market and business landscape, how the technology works, the challenges, and opportunities.  

The presentation is indented for diverse audience:  People who are novice to the area and want to take a glimpse to a new area,   people who are already in the field and want to gain another perspective, who are considering advertising as part of their mobile business strategy
 
Changfeng Wangis a currently the President and CTO at Predictive Data Corporation, a strategic consulting company in the area of online and mobile advertising technology and data analytics. Previously, Changfeng served as Chief Scientist at Enpocket (now Nokia Interactive), where he was instrumental in conceptualization and developing the company's personalization and Intelligent Mobile Marketing platform.  He served as Director of Web Mining and Chief Scientist at Engage Technologies/CMGI, a pioneer of behavioral advertising company, and consultant and chief scientist at Harte-hanks. He was a core member of the data mining group at Thinking Machines Corporation (now part of Oracle), and senior technology position with the CTO's office at Ascential Software (now part of IBM). Changfeng received his Ph. D. in the area of Computation Learning from the University of Pennsylvania.

Organizers: Baoqing Ye (baoqingyemail@gmail.com), Yejing Yang (yejing_yang@yahoo.com), Anhua Song (asong@enders.tch.harvard.edu), Yongjun Zhang (yongjun.zhang@nokia.com), and Hui Huang (hui_huang@yahoo.com)
 
For more information, please visit the following sites:

NECINA Wireless SIG: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/NECINA_SIG_WIRELESS/
NECINA Web SIG: http://groups.google.com/group/necina_web/
NECINA: http://www.necina.org/

Event Sponsor: Foley Hoag LLC http://www.foleyhoag.com.
 

NECINA Wireless Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar
Wireless Sensor Network: Promises and Challenges; Navigating Mobile Ecosystem

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm,Thursday, June 26, 2008
Location: Foley Hoag LLP, 1000 Winter St, North Entrance, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
 

6:30pm-7:00pm Networking (Pizza will be served)
7:00pm-7:40pm Wireless Sensor Network: Promises and Challenges
7:40pm-7:55pm Questions and Answers
7:55pm-8:15pm Navigating Mobile Eco-System
8:15pm-8:30pm Questions and Answers

About the Speakers:

Professor Yannis Paschalidis, Co-Director, Center for Information and System Engineering, Boston University

Professor Paschalidis received the Diploma degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece (1991), and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1993 and 1996, respectively.

During the summer of 1996 he was a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT, and since September 1996 he has been with Boston University (BU) where he currently is Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering. He is a member of the BU operations research and manufacturing systems group and is the Co-Director of the BU Center for Information and System Engineering (CISE). His current research interests include the analysis and control of stochastic systems, large deviations theory, queueing theory, optimization, pricing, and revenue management. The main application areas he is targeting include communication networks and systems, manufacturing systems, network control systems, supply chains, and distribution systems.

He has received an NSF CAREER award (2000), the second prize in the 1997 George E. Nicholson paper competition by INFORMS, and was an invited participant at the 2002 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, organized by the National Academy of Engineering. He has served in the program committees of several conferences, including, the INFORMS Applied Probability Conference, the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and the INFOCOM. He is an associate editor of Operations Research Letters and of Automatica.

Meng Cao, Solutions Architect and Practice Manager, Lionbridge Technologies

Mr. Caocurrently Practice Manager from Lionbridge Technologies, Meng is responsible for providing thought leadership and creating service lines to serve clients mobility product initiatives.   Meng has more than 12 years software development, project management and business development experience in the Telecom, IT, and mobile application industry. Before Lionbridge, Meng led Chinasoft Internationals outsourcing engagements with US based key accounts, including Microsoft. Before Chinasoft, he held various technical positions at Siemens Mobile, ADC, and Lucent, led many projects in development, testing and deployment of wireless infrastructure and applications.  He holds an MS in Computer Science from NJIT, M.Eng from Singapore Nanyang University, and a MBA from Babson College

Organizers:Hui Huang (hui_huang@yahoo.com, Tao Wu (tao.a.wu@gmail.com), Baoqing Ye (baoqingyemail@gmail.com, Yongjun Zhang (yongjun.zhang@nokia.com), and Zhe Wang (zwang3@babson.edu)

For more information, please visit the following sites

NECINA Wireless SIG:http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/NECINA_SIG_WIRELESS/

Event Sponsor:Foley Hoag LLC http://www.foleyhoag.com
 

2008 US-China Clean Technology Exchange Conference

Time:8:30am - 1:30pm, Saturday October 18^th , 2008
Venue: Radisson Hotel and Suites Chelmsford 10 Independence Drive, Chelmsford, MA

New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA) is proud to present its first US-China Technology Exchange Conference to launch NECINA Clean Technology Initiative (NCTI). The mission of the Initiative and the Conference is to create alliances between and provide resources and exchange platforms for China- and US-based technologists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, legal professionals, and government regulators. These efforts will also help entrepreneurs and other professionals who have achieved success in other industries understand how to apply their expertise to the emerging clean technology sector both here and in China.

Agenda:

8:30am - 9:00am Registration, networking and breakfast
9:00am - 9:05am Opening remarks
9:05am - 9:15am Introduction of NECINA Clean Technology Initiative
9:15am - 9:55am Keynote - The US-China Clean Technology Opportunity Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud Founder and CEO, Boston-Power
9:55am - 10:35am       Keynote ?Solar Industry in China Mr. Arthur Chien <http://finance.google.com/finance?q=csiq> CFO, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ)
10:35am - 10:50am     Break
10:50am -11:10am     Featured company ?GMZ Energy Dr. Gang Chen, Co-founder, MIT Professor
11:10am - 11:30am     Featured company ?Solasta Dr. Zhifeng Ren, Co-founder, Boston College Professor
11:30am - 11:50am     Private Equity in China抯 Energy Industry Mr. Wael Almazeedi, Founder, Chairman and CEO, BTU Venture
11:50am - 12:10pm     Energy Investment ?What We are Looking for? Dr. Jiong Ma, Principal, Braemar Energy Ventures
12:10pm - 12:40pm    Federal Implications for Clean Technology Investment in the United States Mr. Paul Stimers, Associate, Washington, DC office, K&L Gates LLP
12:40pm - 1:30pm       Networking and Lunch

About the Speakers

Dr. Lampe-Onnerudis founder and CEO of Boston-Power. A well-known authority in the battery industry, she has pioneered the use of Lithium-ion and other materials to deliver more powerful, longer lasting, safer and cost-effective batteries for laptops, PDAs, cell phones and other electronic devices. Boston-Power is the first and only provider of rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries to earn the prestigious Nordic Ecolabel certification, acknowledging a company's efforts to create environmentally sustainable products. Earlier this year, the China Environmental Certification Institution (CEC) recognized Boston-Power for high environmental sustainability standards and responsibility in its manufacturing operations.  

Prior to founding Boston-Power<http://www.boston-power.com/%5B%7E1%7E%5D>, Dr. Lampe-Onnerud was one of the youngest partners ever appointed at Arthur D. Little/TIAX, where she ran the company's globally-renowned battery labs, defined strategies for the world's top chemical and battery organizations, and directed high-profile market evaluations. Earlier in her career, she served as a director and senior scientist at Bell Communications Research. Dr. Lampe-Onnerud has been recognized among the 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, MIT's magazine of innovation. She has also served as keynote speaker on power issues at industry and government initiatives for more than 15 years. Dr. Lampe-Onnerud earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry and a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Calculus from Uppsala University in Sweden.

Mr. Arthur Chien is Chief Financial Officer of Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ). Mr. Arthur Chien has served as vice president, finance since September 2007 and secretary since February 2008. He served as an independent director of the company from December 2005 until September 2007. Mr. Chien was previously managing director of Beijing Yinke Investment Consulting Co. Ltd., which provides financial consulting services and has its own investment projects as well. Prior to that, Mr. Chien was the chief financial officer of China Grand Enterprises Inc. for almost 5 years. That company is a diversified investment holding company based in Beijing, China. Mr. Chien has also worked in the finance, investment and management positions in several companies in China, Canada and Belgium including his appointment in 1995 as the assistant financial controller of the steel cord division of Bekaert Group in Belgium. In 1996, Mr. Chien took the position of chief financial officer of Bekaert China, which operated five joint ventures in China. Mr. Chien graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a bachelor of science degree in 1982. He also obtained a master's degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada in 1989.

Canadian Solar Inc. (CSI) designs, develops, manufactures and sells solar cell and module products that convert sunlight into electricity for a variety of uses. The Company conducts all of its manufacturing operations in China. The Company's products include a range of standard solar modules built to general specifications for use in a range of residential, commercial and industrial solar power generation systems. It also designs and produces specialty solar modules and products based on its customers?requirements. Specialty solar modules and products consist of customized modules that its customers incorporate into their own products, such as solar-powered bus stop lighting, and complete specialty products, such as solar-powered car battery chargers. It sells its products under its CSI brand name and to original equipment manufacturing (OEM) customers under their brand names.

Dr. Gang Chenis GMZ Energy co-founder and Warren Towneley Rohsenow Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT. Dr. Chen obtained his Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley in 1993. He was an assistant professor at Duke University from 1993-1997, and associate professor at University of California at Los Angeles from 1997-2000, and moved to MIT in 2000. He is a recipient of the NSF Young Investigator Award, a Guggenheim Fellow, and an ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) fellow. He has published extensively in the area of nanoscale energy transport and conversion and nanoscale heat transfer. He serves on the editorial boards for four journals in heat transfer and nanotechnology and chairs the advisory board of ASME Nanotechnology Institute. Professor Chen has extensive experience on the thermal conductivity of nanostructures and thermoelectric transport theory and property measurements. The Chen group has generated initial experimental data demonstrating a significant reduction in the thermal conductivity of superlattices and has developed a theoretical framework that explains the experimentally observed reduction in the thermal conductivity. Based on extensive experimental and theoretical studies, he and his co-workers developed the nanocomposite strategy for enhancing ZT.

Dr. Zhifeng Renis co-founder of Solasta Inc. and a professor in the Physics Department at Boston College. Dr. Ren received his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics in 1990.  He is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and is the recipient of the Outstanding Researcher Award of Boston College in 2006 and the R&D 100 Award Winner in 2008.  Dr. Ren's current focus is on nanomaterial synthesis, characterization, and applications including carbon nanotubes and semiconducting nanowires (ZnO, Si, Ge, etc.) and nanocrystals (Si, Ge, PbTe, PbSe, Bi_2 Te_3 ,Sb_2 Te_3 , Bi_2 Se_3 , etc).  He has published 200 peer reviewed papers and has 26 issued and pending patents.  Dr. Ren is also the co-founder of NanoLab, Inc. and GMZ Energy, Inc. He co-founded NanoLab, Inc. in 2000 to commercialize carbon nanotechnology; Solasta, LLC in 2006 to make highly efficient solar cells; and GMZ Energy, Inc. in 2007 for high performance thermoelectric materials, devices, and systems.

Mr. Wael Almazeediis the founder, Chairman and CEO of QGEN. Mr.Almazeedi has more than 25 years of experience developing and financing energy projects globally. Prior to founding QGEN, Mr. Almazeedi was founder, Chairman and CEO of BTU, engaged in project development, equity investment, and asset management, focusing on the energy and energy-related industries in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. Mr. Almazeedi's earlier experience includes energy privatization assignments and power project financings in developing countries with the World Bank in Washington, DC. He started his career as a refinery engineer and subsequently as an investment analyst with the Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation.

Mr. Almazeedi holds a Master of Public Administration from John F.Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (USA), a post-graduate diploma from the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UK) and a Bachelor抯 degree in Applied Chemistry with Control Engineering from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK). Mr. Almazeedi was awarded the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year?Award in the energy category for the USA's New England region (Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut).

Dr. Jiong Mais a principal at Bremar Energy Ventures, a venture capital firm devoted to financing companies developing new technologies for conventional and alternative energy markets. She has more than 10 years of research, operating and venture capital experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Braemar, she was with 3i, a global private equity firm with $11B in assets. At 3i, Jiong was responsible for investment in the information technology and clean tech sectors. Prior to 3i, Jiong held several senior positions at Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs. Her responsibilities included lead roles in product portfolio strategy, new product launches for Optical and Data Networking, and research and product development, where she led projects in defining product features, system architecture, network design and operations. Jiong was also a founding team member of Onetta, a fiber networks start-up company which was backed by venture capital firms Sequoia and Matrix. Earlier, Jiong worked as a member of Nortel Networks' technical staff.

Jiong received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, and a BS in Physics from Lanzhou University, China. She is a graduate of the Kauffman Fellows Program. Jiong has published or co-authored 15 technical papers, and holds one U.S. patent.

Mr. Paul Stimers, an associate in the Washington, DC office of K&L Gates LLP, focuses his lobbying efforts on matters related to nanotechnology, information technology policy, and defense, and advises a wide range of companies and industry associations in pursuing legislation and representing their interests before Congress and Federal agencies.  Paul represents the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization, which promotes the commercialization and global adoption of clean technologies and sustainable industry practices through a community of industry, academic, and government leaders committed to a safer, cleaner and more productive world.

Paul also represents the NanoBusiness Alliance, the nanotechnology industry association, in developing and advocating for policies that will expand the nation's nanotechnology infrastructure. He coordinates the Alliance's annual Policy Tour, which brings dozens of nanotechnology leaders to the capital for meetings with senior government officials. He also works with several of the world's leading nanotechnology companies to secure federal funding for research and development projects. Paul holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a M.P.A. from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

About NECINA Clean Technology Initiative

Mission

• Promote exchange between US and China

• Leverage NECINA's local entrepreneur resources in the US and China

• Bring the past success into emerging clean tech industry

Executive Committee
Yi Qian, VP NECINA, Chair
Qingwu Wang , VP Agiltron
Xiaoyun Chen <http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering/people/faculty.shtml>, Senior Scientist, MIT
Gang Chen <http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering/people/faculty.shtml>, Professor, MIT
Xinli Cui <http://www.btuventures.com/>, VP BTU Venture
Gerald O'onner <http://www.emergingenterprisecenter.com/personnel/attorneyBio.aspx?aID=8301>,

Partner, Foley Hoag
 

NECINA Optics Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar
Topic:New Energies

Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm, Saturday, January 12, 2008
Location: Finisar Corporation (formerly Azna LLC), 36 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA 01887

2:00pm-2:30pm  Networking Time
2:30pm-2:45pm  Introduction
2:45pm-3:45pm Advanced Support the Globe with Tiny Things: Sustainable Energy from Nanomaterials
Dr. Dunwei Wang, BostonCollege

Abstract:Continuous population increase and high living standards
demand ever more energy.  While it still remains a lively debate how long fossil fuels, the major energy source we currently rely on, will last, people have already come to conclusions that the negative environment effect caused by burning fossil fuels is unacceptable.  It thus becomes urgent to develop new technologies that can produce energy comparable to that based on fossil fuels, not only in magnitude but also in price.  For long-term prosperity, renewable energy is apparently desired.  Solar energy, therefore, stands out for obvious reasons.  The development of solar energy conversion devices such as photovoltaic cells, however, is rather slow, albeit an old technology, mainly because of the combined high cost and low efficiency.  Notwithstanding detailed difference, most energy related processes including charge separation, transport and recombination, are of characteristic distance of nanometer
scale.  So, emerging nanomaterials with relevant length hold great promises in meeting the daunting energy challenge.  I'll summarize recent development of energy related research using nanomaterials and present our efforts within this context.  I'll share with you our
thoughts on how semiconductor nanowires may offer advantages in both
high efficiency and low cost.  Our recent results will be discussed as
well.

Dr. Dunwei Wangis originally from Jiangsu Province, China.  He moved
to Californiain 2000 to pursue his doctoral degree at StanfordUniversity.  After working as a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology for two years, he recently joined BostonCollegechemistry department as an assistant professor.  Wang's part research concerned Ge nanowires, a fast electronic material, and highly order arrays of Si nanowires as building blocks for logic gates. His present interest centers on nanomaterial-based energy processes and applications.  Wang is the recipient of the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemist in 2006.

3:45pm-4:00pm  Break
4:00pm-5:00pm  Introduction to Fuel Cells

Dr. John Zhou, Lilliputian Systems

The ever-rising oil and gas prices and the demand for environmental friendly forms of power generation have led to a surge in the efforts in exploring and developing clean alternative energies. While solar, wind,and hydroelectric powers are among perhaps the most well known clean alternatives, fuel-cell technology is uniquely positioned to provide clean power for non-stationary applications such as motor vehicles. The recent advances in micro fuel cell technologies have offered the promise to eventually cut the cord off such devices as mobile phones and laptop computers. This talk is an introduction to fuel cells. The focus will be on micro fuel cells and technologies.

Dr. John Zhouhas over 15 year experience in design, process development, and fabrication of optoelectronic and MEMS devices. He graduated from the Department of Physics, Universityof Scienceand Technology of China, and received his MS from the Instituteof Semiconductors, ChineseAcademyof Sciences, and Ph.D in physical chemistry from University of Cambridge, UK. He is currently a senior process engineer at Lilliputian Systems, developing Si MEMS-based solid oxide micro fuel cells.

Contact: Yong Qiao (978) 201-1980, Frank Fan (978) 204-4980, Jin Li
(978) 996-8058

Organizers: Jin Li, Yong Qiao, Qingwu Wang, Xueyan Zheng, Frank Fan, and
Yi Qian

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