2024 Annual Conference Program
Agenda
8:30 – 9:00
Check in
9:00 – 9:05
Welcoming Remarks – Taiwan Science and Technology Hub @Stanford
Ying-Chih Chang
Chair, Taiwan Science and Technology Hub @Stanford
Zhenan Bao
Co-Chair, Taiwan Science and Technology Hub @Stanford
K.K Lee Professor, Chemical Engineering Dept., Stanford
9:05 – 9:25
Opening Remarks
Martin Shell
Vice President, and Chief External Relations Officer Central External Relations, Stanford
Cheng-Wen Wu
Minister Without Portfolio & Minister, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
Kenneth Goodson
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, School of Engineering, Stanford
9:25 – 10:00
Plenary Talk: Six Core Strategic Industries in Taiwan: Achievements and Challenges
Chien-Jen Chen
Academician and Distinguished Professor, Academia Sinica. Former Vice President of Taiwan
10:00 – 10:20
Break
Session 1: AI & Medicine
10:20 – 10:25
Introduction
Laura Smoliar
Executive Director, Taiwan Science and Technology Hub @Stanford
10:25 – 10:45
Keynote: Unveiling Hidden Potential: AI’s Power to Transform Biomedicine
Lloyd B. Minor
Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford
10:45 – 11:05
Keynote: Using AI for Multimodal Learning in Precision Oncology
Sylvia K. Plevritis
William M. Hume Professor in the School of Medicine, Stanford
11:05 – 12:00
Panel Discussion: AI Unlocking Precision Medicine & Precision Health
Moderator:
Laura Smoliar
Executive Director Taiwan Science and Technology Hub @Stanford
Panelists:
Chien-Jen Chen
Academician and Distinguished Professor, Academia Sinica. Former Vice President of Taiwan
Lloyd B. Minor
Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford
Sylvia K. Plevritis
William M. Hume Professor in the School of Medicine, Stanford
Francis Ho
Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
12:00 – 13:30
Luncheon + Poster Session
13:30 – 14:00
Afternoon Plenary Talk: Why does humanity need semiconductors?
Chenming Hu
TSMC Chair Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and Emeritus TSMC Chair Professor, UC Berkeley
Session 2: Semiconductor
14:00 – 14:05
Introduction
Sayeef Salahuddin
TSMC Distinguished Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
14:05 – 14:25
Keynote 1: CHIPS for America: Research and Development
Eric Lin
Deputy Director, CHIPS Research and Development Program, NIST
14:25 – 14:45
Keynote: 60 Years of Moore’s Law and Transistor Scaling – How did we get here, and where are we headed?
Tahir Ghani
Intel Senior Fellow and Director of Semiconductor Research, Intel Corporation
14:45 – 15:30
Panel: The Most Critical Research Needs in Semiconductor Technology
Moderator:
Sayeef Salahuddin
TSMC Distinguished Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
Panelists:
Chenming Hu
TSMC Chair Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and Emeritus TSMC Chair Professor, UC Berkeley
Eric Lin
Deputy Director, CHIPS Research and Development Program, NIST
Tahir Ghani
Intel Senior Fellow and Director of Semiconductor Research, Intel Corporation
Nicky Lu
Chairman of AIAT & Founder and CEO of Etron Technology
15:30 – 15:50
Break
Session 3: Energy
15:50 – 15:55
Introduction
William Chueh
Director, Precourt Institute for Energy
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Energy Science and Engineering, of Photon Science, Stanford
15:55 – 16:30
Keynote: Energy, Climate & Sustainability: Defining Challenges and Opportunities of the 21st century
Arun Majumdar
Chester Naramore Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Jay Precourt Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Energy Science and Engineering
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy & Hoover Institution
16:30 – 16:55
Talk: Taiwan's Decarbonization Challenges: A Social Science Perspective
John Chung-En Liu
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University
16:55 – 17:20
Talk: Collaboration in Green Energy between USA and Taiwan
Bing-Joe Hwang
Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
17:20 –
Closing
Laura Smoliar
Executive Director, Taiwan Science and Technology Hub @Stanford
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