CHINESE-AMERICAN PROFESSORS’ ASSOCIATION IN CONNECTICUT (CAPA – CT)

2019 Annual Conference

美国康州华人教授协会 2019 年会

Theme: “In-Betweenness”: Chinese-American Scholars in 2019 and Beyond

Date Saturday, November 2, 2019

Location Linsly-Chittenden Hall (63 High Street) Room 101

Yale University, New Haven CT 06511

Parking Map Please see

https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/campus-services/parking-and-transit/parking/parking-map

Registration* Free to all Chinese students and scholars; registration not required but appreciated: https://capa-ct2019conference.eventbrite.com

Details www.CAPA-CT.org

Agenda

09:00 - 09:30 Registration

Registration desk (Prof. Miaowei Weng & Prof. Xinyi Lu) Member enrollment (Prof. Andy Hao)

09:30 - 10:00 Welcome and Award

Program Co-Chairs (Prof. Miaowei Weng & Prof. Y. Richard Yang) CAPA-CT President (Prof. Xiusheng Yang)

Welcome letter from Yale President Peter Salovey

Welcome letter from U.S. Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Welcome letter from U.S. Senator Chris Murphy

Welcome letter from Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York Ms. Fawn Wang, Director of East Asia, Yale University

Inaugural CAPA-CT Beacon Award**:

Dr. Henry Lee Dr. Haifan Lin Dr. T.P. Ma

10:00 - 11:45 Session I Beyond STEM

Speaker (25 min): Prof. Henry Lee (Introduction by Prof. Miaowei Weng) Speaker (25 min): Mr. Haipei Shue (Introduction by Prof. Jian-Zhong Lin)

Roundtable (55 min): Moderator: Prof. Miaowei Weng Panelists: Prof. Henry Lee, Mr. Haipei Shue, Prof. Amy Zeng,

Prof. Xiaohong He, Prof. Jian-Zhong Lin, Prof. Henan Cheng & Dr. Xinlong Weng

11:45 - 13:00 Lunch, Collaboration & Business Meeting Lunch talk (10 min): Dr. KJ Lee

Greetings from collaborating organizations

CAPA-CT Business Meeting

• CAPA-CT activity report (Prof. Yan Quan Liu)

• Appreciation of departing directors (Prof. Xinyi Lu)

• Treasurer report (Prof. Xinyi Lu)

• Auditor report (Prof. Yan Quan Liu/Prof. Guocun Yang)

• Board election (Prof. Qian Wu)

13:00 - 14:45 Session II STEM

Speaker (25 min): Prof. T.P. Ma (Introduction by Prof. Xinyi Lu)

Speaker (25 min): Prof. Haifan Lin (Introduction by Prof. Xiusheng Yang)

Roundtable (55 min): Moderators: Prof. Y. Richard Yang & Dr. Dennis Xu Panelists: Prof. Haifan Lin, Prof. T.P. Ma, Prof. Rong Fan,

Prof. Qian Wu, Prof. Xiusheng Yang & Mr. Howard Liao 14:45 - 15:00 Adjourn

* All Chinese-American professors are warmly invited, as well as visiting professors, university scholars, researchers, guests, and others who are interested in the conference are welcome.

* 2019 CAPA-CT membership due is preferred but not required.

** CAPA-CT Beacon Award for Excellence recognizes exemplary contributions of its members and supporters to various facets of academic life.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The CAPA-CT Board wants to sincerely express our deep gratitude for those who have made great generous contribution and assistance to the conference. Donation to the organization is warmly welcomed.