2015 CAST-UT Annual Conference
Innovation and Development
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, 2:00pm-9:30pm
Fort Douglas Ballroom at University Guest House
(110 South Fort Douglas Blvd. Building 801)
Salt Lake City, Utah

Registration starts from 2:00pm

Symposium (Afternoon 2:30pm-6:00pm)

parallel Session one: Medical Advances:
Location: Bonneville room
Time: 2:30pm
Host: Dr. Wei Peng

1. Ting Liu, MD, Associate professor of pathology, UUMC
   topic: Currently new advance of cancer diagnosis
2. Xinjian Chen, MD, Associate professor of pathology, UUMC
   topic: Cancer, what cause it, and what can we do about it?

parallel Session two: Research Presentation:
Location: Bonneville room
Time: 3:45pm
Host: Dr. Xiao He

1. Xiaoyu Zhuo, Identify dangerous viruses in animal genome
2. Lei Zhang, A novel technique to measure extremely low electronic conductivity in mixed ion and electron conductor
3. Aiping Lv, conotoxin: a treasured gift from marine animal
4. Guang Tian, The Walk and Bike Trip Generation Models in 15 Diverse Regions of the United States
5. Hong Guo, From bright to dark— how we understand our universe
6. HAO HUANG, Foreign Direct Investment by Region and Regional Catching-up: Empirical Evidence from the Chinese Provinces
7. Fang Liu, OmniLux Overseas Purchasing Company
8. Yule Zhu, Internal-Mixing Twin-Fluid Atomization
9. Chengke Luo, For a world without cancer: Making anti-HER2 antibody Herceptin cytotoxic for treatment of HER2-positive osteosarcoma

parallel Session Three: Energy Technology
Location: Alpine room
Time: 2:30pm
Host: Dr. Le Wan

1. Dr. Fan-Chi Lin, Assistant Professor in Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah
   Topic: Subsurface imaging using seismic noise
2. Dr. Le Wan, Research Scientist, University of Utah
   Topic: New Electromagnetic methods in offshore hydrocarbon exploration

parallel Session Four: Big Data
Location: Alpine room
Time: 3:45pm
Host: Dr. Xiaoming Sheng

1. Yugang Hu, Principle Scientist, Overstock
   Topic: Big Data: Big Challenges, Big Opportunities, Technologies and Tools
2. Dr. Jeff Phillips, Assistant Professor and Director of the Data Management and Analysis Track, University of Utah School of Computing
   Topic: Algorithms for Big Data Analytics
3. Shuying Shen, Director of Data Science, Verisk Health
   Topic: Moving Beyond Big Data: Integrated, Intelligent, and Interactive Analytics
4. Dr. Wei Li, Chief Scientist, Netbase Solutions
   Topic: Social media big data mining for public opinions and sentiments

Banquet (Evening 6:30pm-9:00pm)
Location: Ballroom
Host: Dr. Rujie Sun, CAST-UT President

6:30pm Banquet Opening Remarks

7:15pm Keynote Speech
Speaker: Dr. Mario Capecchi, Nobel Prize laureate,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah
Title: Gene targeting into the 21st century: mouse models of human diseases from cancer to neuropsychiatric disorders
Introduction: Xiao He, Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Utah

8:00pm Award Presentations

8:40pm Members and Guests Group Picture

旅美科协犹他分会2015年会组委会
2015 CAST-UT Conference Committee