CASPAF : The Chinese American Scholars & Professionals Association of Florida
TAIWAN-FLORIDA
HIGHER EDUCATION 
CONFERENCE

August 31 - September 2

CASPAF 2011 :
THE 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE
September 2~3

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PROGRAM
 Friday  Events   at  Durango unless otherwise noted
2:00 PM -
6:00 PM
Registration at North Counter
6:00 PM-
7:30 PM
Welcome reception at Ming Court Oriental Restaurant 
9188 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819  (407) 351-9988
 Saturday  Events  Speakers
7:00 AM-
3:00 PM
Registration at North Counter  
8:30 AM-
8:35 AM
Welcome Remarks Dr. Tien-Shuenn Wu 吳天順,
President CASPAF
8:35 AM-
8:55 AM
TFHEC Briefing Dr. Chia-I Chang 張家宜, President, FICHET, Taiwan
Dr. Haydn Chen 程海東, President, Tunghai University, Taiwan
8:55 AM-
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks :
Life is short, and the Art is long
Puxiao Cen 岑瀑嘯, MD, FACC
Cardiologist, Florida Heart Group
9:00 AM-
9:55 AM
Keynote Address:
Challenges in Addressing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
David D. Ho 何大一, MD, Ph.D
Founding Scientific Director, CEO of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center,  Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University
10:00 AM-
10:30 AM
Exotic Homegrown Diseases:
How the American Lifestyle Results in New and Emerging Infections
Vincent Hsu, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist and Epidemiologist
Assistant Director of Medical Residency Program of Florida Hospital
10:30 AM-
10:45 AM
Coffee Break / Snack
Student Poster Exhibition
Micro-spectroscopy as a probe for the intra-erythrocytic multiplication cycle of the malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum -  Dr. Silki Arora, Physics, University of Central Florida
10:45 AM-
11:15 AM
An Overview of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary  Disease Daniel Layish, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist
Associate Professor of UCF College of Medicine
Central Florida Pulmonary Group
11:20 AM-
11:50 AM
Update on Arthritis Jeffrey Elston, MD
Rheumatologist, Florida Hospital
12:05 PM-
1:05 PM
Lunch
 

Keynote Address:
America's Health Care Reform
Alfred A. Bove, MD, PhD
President of American College of Cardiology
Editor-In-Chief of ACCEL (ACC's audio journal)
Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine
1:20 PM-
1:50 PM
GI malignancies and the Environment Samuel Giday, MD
Gastroenterologist
Center of Digestive Health
1:55 PM-
2:25 PM
How Has Our Changing Environment Created The Diabetes Epidemic? Richard Pratley, MD
Endocrinologist
Medical Director of Florida Hospital Diabetes Institute
2:30 PM-
3:00 PM
Addressing Environmental Contaminants in Pediatric Practice Neal Silverstein, MD
Pediatrician
Florida Hospital
3:00 PM-
3:30 PM
Tsen-Wen Reservoir matter
 
Wen Chung 鍾文義,  Ph.D
President, Chung Associates, Inc., Sarasota, Florida
3:30 PM-
3:45 PM
Coffee Break / Snack
Student Poster Exhibition
The effect of flow rate and particle size on quantity of particles transfer -  Mr. Hans Lau, Winter Park High School
● Counting submicron partcles using micropipette Coulter counter -  Mr. Yuqing Lin, Physics, University of Central Florida
3:45 PM-
4:10 PM
Optimization of Hydrosystem Management and Operation – A 40-Year Retrospective William W. G. Yeh 葉文工, Ph.D.
Richard G. Newman AECOM Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, UCLA
4:15 PM-
4:45 PM
Flood Prevention Strategy in Confronting the Global Climate Change-a Case Study of Taiwan Shen-Hsien Chen 陳伸賢, Ph.D.
Secretary-General of New Taipei City Government in Taiwan
4:45 PM-
5:15 PM
Business Meeting/Recognition Dr. Tien-Shuenn Wu 吳天順,
President CASPAF
  Adjourn  
CASPAF : The Chinese American Scholars & Professionals Association of Florida