You are cordially invited to join the Inaugural Distinguished Lecture of the Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (www.AAASE.org) by Professor Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate and the 12th U.S. Secretary of Energy.

Title: The Contributions of Asian Americans in U.S. Science and Engineering

Time: 8:30 PM Eastern Time Friday, February 25, 2022

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Abstract: Asian Americans have played a major role in contributing to the scientific and engineering excellence in the United States in both academia and in industry. However, rising international competition, particularly from China, and the theft of intellectual property has led to increased suspicion and scrutiny of people with academic, business or familial ties with China. This is harming our ability to attract and retain the best foreign science and engineering talent that has created much of the intellectual property we wish to protect. In addition to jeopardizing our long-term technical leadership that has been a cornerstone of our prosperity, our reputation as a free, open, accepting society based on equal protection under the law is at risk.

Moderator: Dr. Ajay Mehta, VP of Engineering Technology, Shell

Co-Sponsored by AASA, AASF, APAJ, SASE, and UCA

Asia American Scholar Association (AASF) will host their first 2022 Webinar Sunday, January 30th about MIT Professor Gang Chen's case and beyond.
 

Webinar Topic:  
Reflecting on Professor Gang Chen's Case and Looking Ahead to the Future of the China Initiative

Time:   
Sunday, January 30, 2022
11:00am Eastern Time (8am Pacific Time)

Keynote Speaker:

• Ted Lieu: Representative (D-CA 33rd District) in the United States House of Representatives

Speakers:

• Gang Chen: Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering; Director, Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories; Director, DOE EFRC: Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• Robert Fisher: Trial lawyer and legal strategist, Nixon Peabody.  
• Maggie Lewis: Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law.

This is a high-level, broad-spectrum scientific conference for the Chinese American biomedical science community, with 32 scientific sessions that covers almost everything in biomedical research. It also contains 4 non-scientific sessions that focus on career development and legal rights of Chinese American scientists, as well as topics for fighting racial profiling. We also have three keynote and seven plenary speakers (including two Nobel laureates and many members of National Academy of Science).

You can access the detailed information for this conference at: https://conference.scbasociety.org/

Speakers: 

Judy Chu, Congresswoman (CA-27), Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucu

John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC

Moderator: 

Yasheng Huang Epoch Foundation Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management; President, Asian American Scholar Forum

Time: Thursday July 29th, 8:30pm EDT (5:30pm PDT)

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Please register for this event using the link above, and attend it online. 

The president of SCBA, Dr. Hui Zheng, will represent our organization to attend this event as a panelist. 

Questions on this topic from our members can be sent to the SCBA Webmaster for a chance to be brought to Congresswoman Judy Chu at this event through Dr. Zheng.