CAST-USA 17th Annual Convention
Business and Technology Development
Washington, DC, May 8-10, 2009

Organizers

Organizer

• Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA)

Hosts

• The Washington DC Chapter of CAST-USA (CAST-DC)
• The Network Society of CAST-USA (CAST-NS)

Convention Organizing Committee

• Chair: Qiang Lu (President, CAST-USA)
• Co-Chairs:
  Lu Shen (Chairman of BOG, CAST-USA)
  Alec Tsuo (Chairman of BOD, CAST-USA)
  Daniel Zeng (President-Elect, CAST-USA)
  Chaoxiang Kong (President, CAST-DC)
  Changchun Xie (President, CAST-NS)

Convention Program Committee

• Co-chairs:
  Shuigen Xiao (Past President, CAST-USA)
  Chaoxiang Kong (President, CAST-DC)
• General Session:
  Bill Jiang (VP, CAST-USA)
  Yubin Ye (VP, CAST-USA)
  Changchun Xie (President, CAST-NS)
  Jiping He (Presient, CAST-AZ)
  Xiaoming Sheng (President, CAST-UT)
  Jun Fan (President, CAST-SD)
  
• Technology Session:
  Xue Zhiming (BOD of CAST-DC/NS) (Chair of technology session)
  Yunming Song (VP, CAST-NS)
  Wallace Hu (BOD of CAST-NS)
  Aiping Sui (BOD of CAST-DC)
  Song Yang (Past President, CAST-DC)
  Menghao Qin (BOD of CAST-DC)
  Pengcheng Jia (VP, CAST-USA)
  Sara Wu (President, CAST-NC)
  Yiqiang Cai (VP, CAST-USA)
  Bill Jiang (VP, CAST-USA)
  Xinhua Pan (Chairman of BOD, CAST-CT)
  Mengchu Zhou (Past President, CAST-USA)
  Ming Li (President, CAST-TX)
• Business Session:
  :James Bo (Advisor, CAST-DC) (Chair of business session)
  Shimin Luo (VP, CAST-DC)
  George Zhang (General Secretary, CAST-NS)
  Lee Bao (VP, CAST-NS)
  Xin Chen (VP, CAST-USA)
  Jin Hu (President, CAST-CT)
  Bill Jiang (VP, CAST-USA)
• Financial Session
  Brando Lau (General Secretary, CAST-DC) (Chair of financial session)
  Yubin Ye (VP, CAST-USA)
  Hongqiang Zhao
  Tony Fang (President, CAST-GNY)
  

Convention Affairs Committee

• Co-chairs:
  Yubin Ye (VP, CAST-USA)
  Changchun Xie (President, CAST-NS)
• Public Relations:
  Zengjian Hu (Chairman, BOD of CAST-DC)
  Yeqing Li (VP, CAST-DC)
  Minyue Lin (Past President, CAST-USA)
  Shuigen Xiao (Past President, CAST-USA)
• Fund Raising:
  Qiang Lu (President, CAST-USA)
  Minyue Lin (Past President, CAST-USA)
  Shuigen Xiao (Past President, CAST-USA)
  Shimin Luo (VP, CAST-DC)
  Bill Jiang (VP, CAST-USA)
  
• Logistics:
  Yubin Ye (VP, CAST-USA)
  Bin Tang (VP, CAST-NS)
  Yunming Song (VP, CAST-NS)
  Minyue Lin (Past President, CAST-USA) (Hotel Reservation)
• Registration/Membership:
  Brandon Lau (General Secretary, CAST-DC)
  Gaung Guo (Member, CAST-USA Executive team)
  Bin Tang (VP, CAST-NS)
• Technical Support:
  Qun Gao (VP, CAST-NS)
  George Zhang (General Secretary, CAST-NS)
  Qiang Lu (President, CAST-USA)
• Publication:
  Zengjian Hu (Chairman of BOD, CAST-DC)
  Guang Guo (Member, CAST-USA Executive team)
  Qiang Lu (President, CAST-USA)
  Xiaoming Sheng (President, CAST-UT)
  
• Treasurer:
  Bailing Li (Treasurer, CAST-DC)
  Hongqiang Zhao
• Legal Advisor:
  Runan Zhang (Legal advisor, CAST-DC)
• Post Convention Activities:
  • CAST-DC/NS:
    Shimin Luo (VP, CAST-DC)
    Zhiming Xue (BOD, CAST-DC/NS)
  • CAST-GNY:
    Tony Fang (President, CAST-GNY)
    Zhixiong Chen (VP, CAST-USA)
  • CAST-LA:
    Lu Shen (Chairman of BOG, CAST-USA)
    Xiaoming Shen (President, CAST-LA)
    Howie Yu (VP, CAST-USA)
    Pengcheng Jia (VP, CAST-USA)

Copyright 2009 CAST-DC & Network Society