[MIT CSSA Outreach] Fw: MIT-CAST Innovation and Entrepreneurship Seminar

[Zao Xu]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Huajian Yao" <hjyao at MIT.EDU>
To: <xuzao at mit.edu>
Cc: <hjyao at mit.edu>
Sent: 2008Äê2ÔÂ20ÈÕ 11:54 AM
Subject: MIT-CAST Innovation and Entrepreneurship Seminar


> Hi Xu Zao,
>
> Could you help to send the following message about MIT-CAST Innovation and
> Entrepreneurship Seminar to the Chinese and Scholors at MIT? Thanks a lot!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Huajian
>
>
> ******************************************************************************************
> *******       MIT-CAST Innovation and Entrepreneurship Seminar 
> *******
> ******************************************************************************************
>
> MIT Chinese Association of Science and Technology (CAST) is organizing an
> innovation and entrepreneurship seminar on Sunday, Feb. 24. We will invite 
> Dr.
> Dennis Xu, the Chairman of Viaon Technology in Suzhou China, to give us a
> presentation about Viaon Technology. After his presentation, Clive Zhu, 
> the
> official from Suzhou Industrial Park will give another presentation about 
> the
> entrepreneurship in Suzhou Industrial Park, China. Please check the 
> following
> detailed information about this seminar.
>
> There will be free delicious Chinese food served before the seminar. The
> admission is free and the number of audience is limited to 80. Please feel 
> free
> to join the seminar, get valuable information about the Viaon Technology 
> and
> entrepreneurship in Suzhou Industrial Park. For more information, please
> contact Huajian Yao (hjyao at mit.edu).
>
> ***************** Seminar Information
> ********************************************
> Time:  11:30 AM to 2:30 PM , Sunday, February 24, 2008
>         11:30 am - 12:15 pm: free Chinese buffet lunch
>         12:15 pm - 2:00 pm: seminar
> Place: MIT Student Center (Bldg. W20) - Room 306, 84 Mass Ave, Cambridge
>
> Topic of the Seminar:
> 1. Viaon's Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Suzhou Industrial Park, 
> China
> ----- by Dr. Dennis Xu, Chairman of Viaon Technology, Suzhou, China
> 2. Entrepreneurship in Suzhou Industrial Park
> ------ by officials from Suzhou Industrial Park, China
> **************************************************************************************
>
> ****Brief Introduction of Viaon Technology****
> Viaon Technology which was founded in Suzhou in 2005 by a team of Chinese
> oversea returnees from the USA. The company is also financially backed by 
> US
> venture capitalists. It is headquartered in Suzhou with sale offices in
> Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing and Shenyang. It also has an R&D arm in 
> Silicon
> Valley. Currently the company has about 100 employees worldwide.
>
> Viaon is an IC design company, focusing on DAB/T-DMB channel demodulator. 
> Its
> targeting applications are mobile digital TV IC and Portable Device IC, a 
> huge
> emerging market in China and Europe. In 2007, Viaon has developed 2 ICs 
> with
> one in mass production. It plans to develop 3 more ICs with two in mass
> production in 2008.
>
> ****Brief Bio. of Dr. Dennis Xu****
> Dr. Dennis Xu is the Chairman of the Board of Viaon Technology Corp. He 
> earned
> his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Automation Engineering from 
> Tianjin
> University, China. He earned his Ph.D. degree from University of 
> Manchester,
> UK. He did his post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University School of 
> Medicine.
> Dr. Xu served as Assistant Director of Science and Engineering Computing
> Facility at Yale, as a special advisor at Information Technology Center of
> Harvard University School of Medicine. Dr. Xu also has held industry 
> positions
> in the USA, including Director of Asian Operation at ETechnology Corp.,
> President of UltraChina Inc. based in Connecticut, a Senior Advisor for MX
> America based in Silicon Valley. He is also a Visiting Fellow at 
> Department of
> Electrical Engineering of Yale University, a Visiting Professor at 
> Tsinghua
> University, China., a Guest Professor at Tianjin University and Xiamen
> University, China.
>