Please find two local community events in this message, including

1) Technical Symposium and Convention dinner of the Chinese-American Engineersand Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC) on April 26
2) The Mentoring event of C-100’s Annual Conference on April 19

Best regards,

CAST-LA

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1) Technical Symposium and Convention dinner of the Chinese-American Engineersand Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC) on April 26

Dear CESASC members and friends,

On April 26, 2008 at Hilton Los Angeles Airport, a whole day event including aluncheon, a Technical Symposium, and a Convention dinner banquet will be heldwhich marks the 46th anniversary of the Chinese-American Engineers andScientists Association of Southern California (CESASC). "I appreciate CESASCfor your commitment to continuing America's legacy of progress. Your effortscontribute to the brighter future and embody the spirit of Americaninnovation." President George W. Bush wrote to CESASC last year.

This event features more than a dozen speakers that covers a wide variety oftopics in (12:45pm-4:00pm) : 

* Entrepreneurship and High Tech Startup
* Life Sciences
* Life Style
* Multimedia Communication
* Nanoengineered Medicine

A special panel (4:00pm) featuring 3 successful job recruiters will bringvaluable advice and services for those who are in the job market.

A graduate student experience sharing session (12:45pm) will dedicated to thosewho are in or will be in advanced degree programs.

CESASC will recognize four distinguished Chinese-Americans engineers andscientists who have made significant contributions and achievements to major USindustries and world science and technology advances. Their estimated time ofappearance is as follows:

11:30am: Dr. Robert Lin, Professor of Physics and Director of Space SciencesLaboratory, UC Berkeley. His keynote speech at the Luncheon is: "High EnergyRadiation from the Solar System's Most Powerful Explosions."

1:45pm: Dr. Vincent Gau, Chief Executive Officer and President of Genefluidics,Inc. He will share his entrepreneurship experience at the Entrepreneurship andHigh Tech Startup session.

5:30pm: Press conference featuring awardees Mr. Wing Chao (ExecutiveVice-President, Walt Disney Imagineering) , Dr. Robert Lin, Dr. Terence Tao(Professor of Mathematics, UCLA, Fields Medal Prize Winner), and Ms. Shirley Ho(CESASC Service Award recipient, former CESASC President and Board Chair). Youare welcome to attend and ask questions.

6:00pm: Dinner registration and silent auction area. All awardees will appearand mingle with dinner banquet attendees.

7:00pm: Mr. Wing Chao of Walt Disney will give the keynote speech "Imagination+ Engineering = Imagineering" at the Convention dinner banquet.

The lunch ticket is $20 (or $10 for students and those attending the dinnerbanquet). The afternoon seminars, panels, and press conference are free. TheConvention dinner banquet ticket is $65.

The venue is Hilton Los Angeles Airport at 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles,CA 90045. Use hotel self-parking garage for parking. Pick up a parking voucherfor discounted $8 per day self-parking at the CESASC event registration desks.

RSVP: http://www.pku.org/cesasc2008/ for lunch, afternoon sessions, and dinnerbanquet. 
  
If unable to access above link, please send your name, address, phone number,and the number of lunch/dinner tickets to cesasc@gmail. com. Luncheon anddinner tickets must be paid in advance via Paypal or sending a check payable toCESASC:

CESASC
17827 Elaine Avenue
Artesia, CA 90701

Priority seats at lunch or dinner will be provided for those who RSVP and makepayments early. More up-to-date information will be available athttp://www.cesasc. org.

Sincerely,
CESASC
cesasc@gmail.com

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2) The Mentoring event of C-100’s Annual Conference on April 19

A MENTORING & NETWORKING EVENT TO BROADEN THE HORIZON
FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN ALL FIELDS

SAVE THE DATE – SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
The Beverly Hilton / 2:00pm – 5:00pm / Beverly Hills, CA

As part of C-100’s Annual Conference, the Mentoring event will provide anextraordinary opportunity to network and learn from influential ChineseAmericans in academia, consulting, finance, entertainment, law, public service,science & technology and more! The mentoring event also includes admission totwo Conference panels on Saturday, April 19, prior to the mentoring event, aswell as a luncheon with special guest: MICHELLE KWAN – FIGURE SKATINGCHAMPION

The 2008 C-100 mentors include:
Milton Chang Managing Director, Incubic
Daniel Chao Former Senior VP, Bechtel
Matt Fong President, Strategic Advisory Group
Doreen Woo Ho Former President, Wells Fargo – Consumer Credit Group
Ming Chen Hsu Director, J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
Alice Huang Senior Faculty Associate, California Institute of Technology
David Henry Hwang Tony Award Winning Playwright
Richard King General Partner, Brockleby Venture Partners, L.P.
Kai-Fu Lee President, Google China & VP of Engineering, Google, Inc.
Robert Lee Former President of Business Communication Services, Pacific Bell
Herman Li Chairman, C&L Restaurant Group Inc.
Howard Li Chairman & CEO, Waitex International Co. Ltd.
Jenny Ming Former President, Old Navy
Edmond Pi Prof. Of Clinical Psychiatry, USC Keck School of Medicine
Leslie Schilling Founder & Director, Union Square Investment Company
Brian Sun Partner, Jones Day
Betty Lee Sung Professor Emerita, City College of New York
Carter Tseng Founder & CEO, Little Dragon Foundation
Lulu C. Wang CEO, Tupelo Capital Management, LLC
Jeremy Wu Project Director, LEHD, US Census Bureau
Albert Yu Former Senior Vice President, Intel… and many more!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! SEATING IS LIMITED! SIGN UP NOW!
www.c100mentoring.org/registration
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008

For up-to-date Conference and mentoring event information, please visit:www.conference.committee100.org or contact Mike Jee at mjee@committee100.org.Please visit our mentoring website at www.c100mentoring.org

Major funding for C-100’s Mentoring Initiative made possible by
Mentoring Event Hosted by
The Committee of 100 is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization thatbrings a Chinese American perspective to issues concerning Asian Americans andU.S. relations with China. Comprised of exceptionally accomplished ChineseAmericans in a variety of fields, C-100 pools the experience, knowledge, andresources of these prominent individuals. The organization’s two-fold missionis: to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the UnitedStates and Greater China; and to encourage the full participation of ChineseAmericans in all fields of American life. For more about the Committee of 100,visit www.committtee100.org.