CIE-USA DFW Chapter

2007 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention

2007 Post Convention Publication

2007 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention is going to be held on Saturday, August 25, 2007 Noon - 9:30 pm at the Renaissance Hotel (900 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson, Texas 75082).

The theme of this year's convention is Innovation And Collaboration Are the Future.

Mr. Ron Rittenmeyer, President and COO of EDS will be the evening banquet keynote speaker, and Mr. Gene Frantz, Principal Fellow of Texas Instruments, will be the opening keynote speaker. Please see 2007 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention Program for program details.

Opening Key Note: Mr. Gene A. Frantz (The Third Wave of the Digital Revolution)
Dinner Key Note:Mr. Ronald A. Rittenmeyer (Employing Practical Innovation to Drive Business Performance)

Registration information
The CIE Convention Planning Committee has put together an excellent program for the afternoon technical parallel sessions and panel discussion. The technical seminars are open to the public free of charge. For the evening banquet, the fee is $20 for CIE members and $40 for non-members. The on-line registration deadline is August 18. To Register 2007 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention now --> Closed

The event includes a panel discussion and breakout sessions with prominent speakers and leaders from various corporate and business communities.
  - Moderator: Mr. Jack Miao
  - Business Group speaker: Mr. Charlie Chen, CEO, DFW Technology (Entrepreneurship 123)
  - Business Group speaker: Dr. Bobby Chang, VP, Huawei (Innovation & Innovation Management)
  - BioTech Group speaker: Dr. Iok-ho Pang, Associate Director, AlconLabs
  - BioTech Group speaker: Dr. Jian Yang, Assistant Professor, UTA (Biodegradable elastomers for cardiovascular tissue engineering and orthopaedic devices)
  - IT group speaker: Ms. Romelia H. Flores, Executive IT Architect (Using Services-Oriented Architecture Approaches in Green Solutions)
  - MicroElectronic Group speaker: Mr. Sanjeev Venkatesan, Director, Raytheon, .
  - MicroElectronic Group speaker: Ms. Moses Asom, senior manager, SyChip Inc. (Wireless Connectivity in Emerging Handheld devices)
  - Telecom Group Speaker: Dr. Stone Tseng, VP, Nortel (The era of Hyperconnectivity – WiMAX and Its Ecosystem)