Sept 10 (Friday) Pre-Conference Workshop (Place: Saratoga Library) (free admission)
7:15 pm ~ 8:15 pm Technology Trend on Video Coding and Streaming and its Applications in Industry
Dr. Nam Ling (Associate Dean, Santa Clara University; IEEE Distinguished Lecturer)
8:30 pm ~ 9:30 pm Taiwan Flat Panel Display Roadmap and Prospective
Dr. Han-Ping D. Shieh (Director and AU Optronics Chair Professor, Display Institute, National Chiao Tung University)

Sept 11 (Saturday) Conference Program (Place: Marriott Hotel)
8:00 am ~ 9:00 am Registration and Networking
9:00 am ~ 9:15 am Opening Remark: Challenge 2008

Dr. Ferng-Ching Lin (Minister of State in charge of Science and Technology Policy of Taiwan)

9:15 am ~ 10:00 am Keynote speech:
Information Technology Warfare and Business
Mr. Richard Clarke (Chairman, Good Harbor Consulting; Former White House Security Adviser under Clinton and Bush)
10:00 am ~ 10:45 am Keynote speech:
e for equality - Digital Opportunities in e-Taiwan
Dr. GJ Huang (Executive Vice President, Institute of Information Industry of Taiwan)
10:45 am ~ 11:00 am Break/ Refreshment  
11:00 am ~ 12:30 pm Parallel track #1:
Digital-Content Creation and Compression
 
  Evolution and Outlook of Digital Photo and Video Coding Technologies Dr. Wen-Hsiung Chen (Fellow, Cisco Systems; IEEE Fellow; the inventor of Chen's Algorithm for fast DCT)
  Convergence of Image, Vision, and Graphics: From Nyquist to Image-Based Rendering Dr. Tsuhan Chen (Professor, ECE, Carnegie-Mellon University; Director of the ITRI Lab at CMU)
  Parallel track #2:
Business and Technology Trend in Display
 
  Next-Generation Display Technology Dr. David Chung (Senior Display Manager, Intel Corporation)
  Taiwan’s Display Technology and Industry Dr. Chuang-Chuang Tsai (Senior VP, Quanta Display)
12:30 pm ~ 1:30 pm Lunch (included in the registration)  
1:30 pm ~ 3:00 pm Parallel track #3:
Technology and Market Trend in Digital Home and Digital Media
 
  Digital Home Initiatives in Taiwan Ms. Hui-Ling Liu (Director, Networks and Multimedia Institute, Institute of Information Industry of Taiwan)
  Digital Content: Does Anyone Really Care Today? Mr. PJ McNeely (Senior Analyst, American Technology Research)
  Parallel track #4:
Start-up Issues and Opportunities in Digital Media and Software Industry
 
  Start-Up opportunities and Business Models for Software Companies Ms. Ann Winblad (Founding Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture)
  Legal Considerations for High-Tech Start-up’s in US and Taiwan Mr. Bob Cochran (Attorney, The Law Office of Robert D. Cochran)
3:00 pm ~ 3:15 pm Break/ Refreshment  
3:15 pm ~ 4:00 pm Keynote speech:
Rights Management: Addressing Piracy
Ms. Martha Nalebuff (Director of Policy and Strategy, Microsoft)
4:05 pm ~ 5:15 pm Panel discussion:
Technology Trends, New Applications, and Businesses Opportunities in New Digital Home

Moderator:
Dr. Yen-Kuang Chen

Panelists:
Mr. Irwin Chen
Ms. Hui-Ling Liu
Dr. Nam Ling
Ms. Martha Nalebuff
Dr. Han-Ping Shieh
Mr. David Traub

Sept 11 (Saturday) Dinner Banquet (Place: China Stix Restaurant)
6:30 pm ~ 9:30 pm Banquet speech:
   Value-added Industries for Taiwan
Dr. Ferng-Ching Lin (Minister of State in charge of Science and Technology Policy of Taiwan)

 

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