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Thursday, September 27, 2018

[SDCASEA-科工會] 2018 Tech Forum

2018 Tech Forum: Pioneering Research

in Cancer Treatment and Prevention

[癌症治療和預防的開創性研究] 科技研討會
                              
                  Source: Library of Congress. Image from a 1936 publication.
                                        Registration Link 報名連結
San Diego Chinese American Science and Engineering Association (聖地牙哥
科工會) 將於十月二十日 (10/20/2018) 與加州大學聖地牙哥分校 (UCSD) IEM 研究
所, 加州聖地牙哥州立大學 (SDSU) HDMA 研究中心,共同主辦

2018 Tech Forum:
Pioneering Research in Cancer Treatment and Prevention
[癌症治療和預防的開創性研究] 科技研討會

TIME: October 20, 2018 (Saturday) 9:00am – 3:40pm
LOCATION:  Qualcomm Q Auditorium,
6455 Lusk Blvd, San Diego, CA 92121
Free Registration, and Free lunch boxes provided
RSVP required before 10/15/2018

SDCASEA will also provide power-bank souvenirs for all participants
(for easy-charging your phones or smart devices).



Agenda 會議議程:
9am – 9:30am  Opening Remarks
(President of SDCASEA: Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou, Co-Host:  Prof. Shu Chien,
UCSD, Sponsor: TECO Science and Technology Division Director Richard
Chang).
9:30am – 10:30am  Session-1: (each speaker 25 mins + 5 mins Q&A)
Chih-Ming Ho, PhD., Distinguished Research Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles. “AI Based Personalized Theranostics”   
(Opening Keynote Speaker).

Eric T. Ahrens, PhD, Professor of Radiology, UC-San Diego.
Next-generation medical imaging tools for non-invasive visualization
of immune cells in the body.”  
10:30 – 10:45am Coffee Break

10:45am – 11:45am Session-2 (each speaker 25 mins + 5 mins Q&A)

Yun-Ming Wang 王雲銘, PhD, Professor and Dean, Institute of
Clinical Medicine, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan,
"Diagnostic and therapeutic application of nanoparticles ".

Muh Hwa Yang 楊慕華, PhD, Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine,
National Yang Ming University, Taiwan. “Understanding the motile
nature of metastatic cancers”.

11:45am – 12:15pm  Panel Discussion
(Drs. Chih-Ming Ho, Eric T. Ahrens, Yun-Ming Wang,
and Muh Hwa Yang).  
Discussion Questions: What are the current Challenges and
Obstacles in Cancer Research?

12:15 pm -  1: 30 pm Lunch Break
(lunch boxes will be provided onsite).

Afternoon Session:
1:30pm – 3:00 pm Session-3 (each speaker 25 mins + 5 mins Q&A)
Jin Zhang, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology,
Bioengineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC-San Diego.  
Illuminating Cell Signaling for Treating Cancer”.

One Pending Speaker (TBA).

Ming-Hsiang Tsou, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center
for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University.
Mapping Cancer Disparities in Population Science from a
Socioeconomic Perspective”.

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm  Panel Discussion (30 mins)
(Drs. Jin Zhang, TBA,  Ming-Hsiang Tsou, )
Discussion Questions:
What Are the Opportunities of Transdisciplinary Cancer Research
in The Near Future (Next Ten Years)?

3:30pm - 3:40 pm  Closing Remark
Co-hosts:
The Institute of Engineering in Medicine (IEM) at University of
California, San Diego and Professor Shu Chien, UCSD.

The Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA) at
San Diego State University.

Sponsor:
中華民國科技部  Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
駐洛杉磯台北經濟文化辦事處科技組  Science and Technology
Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles

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