CAST Utah Chapter will host the 2008 CAST-USA Annual Convention at the Little America Hotel on February 16th, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The theme of this year’s convention is US-China collaboration in Science, Technology, Education, and Economic Development.

Online Registration is still open, please register (or contact us if you have a group of attendees) at your early convenience.

Welcome letter from Utah State Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

Congratulation letter from Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院侨务办公室).

Congratulation letter from Chinese Ambassador to the USA, Mr. Zhou Wenzhong.

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MISSION:
* Build relationships and exchange programs between China and United States in the areas of culture, science, technology, business, trade, education, and other exchange programs.
* Promote traditional Chinese culture and local Chinese community activities to the general public in the United States
* Provide networking and collaboration opportunities among Chinese scholars and professionals in the United States

A tentative program can be found here.

Date:  Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Location:  Little America Hotel (500 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101)

                    Individual room reservations can be made directly with the hotel Reservation Department at 1-800-453-9450. You can get $10 off by mentioning the CAST event.
Co-Chairs:   Alec Tsuo, Lu Shen, and Bill Jiang
Secretary General:    Xiaoming Sheng
Contact:   Bill Jiang at billjiang2000@hotmail.com
                 Xiaoming Sheng at xiaoming.sheng@hsc.utah.edu
                   For more information about CAST-USA, please visit www.castusa.org

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    At the same time, we would like to thank the following sponsors and many friends for their support on the 2008 CAST-USA Annual Convention. More sponsors are welcome!!! Click here for sponsorship form.

• WTF Foundation

• 文易天下

Readswap is pleased to offer free books to all participants of the 2008 CAST-USA Annual Convention. Visit http://www.castut.org/events/2008_Annual/readswap.php to claim your copies.

• Cao Group, Inc.

• TeaTech, Inc.

• Other Sponsors:

• Coldwell Banker
• Confucius Institute at the University of Utah
• First Utah Bank
• Nu Skin Enterprises
• World Trade Association of Utah
• J. J. Wang
• Kennecott Copper