2018美洲中国工程师学会西雅图分会的年会将于9月8日（本周六）在Westin Bellevue召开。年会期间将隆重举办论坛活动及颁奖典礼。年会从下午1:00到晚上9:30，欢迎在cie-sea.org网站上报名。CIE 终身会员和AAEOY获奖者参加晚宴有半价优惠！请联系王晓熙wang0213@gmail.com。

下午的免费论坛活动分科技、教育、创业三个会场。科技论坛将围绕人工智能（AI）在航空，模拟智商和人机交流，以及机器学习中的应用。我们还请来了著名中美商业律师Nelson Dong分析迅速变化的中美关系及其对在美华人未来的职业与商业方面的影响。创业讲座则由三位在中美成功的创业人士来领衔。

教育方面我们将继续“走向大学之路 ROAD-to-COLLEGE”的系列讲座。这次我们请来了大学申请的专家和有成功经验的家长来和大家分享。大家有机会了解今年获得CIE奖学金的孩子们的事迹，还有Bellevue市长的实习项目。

晚上的颁奖典礼上我们有波音和微软的两位亚裔VP们来做主题演讲，将纪念已故旧金山市长Edwin Mah Lee（李孟賢）为华人做出的贡献，将颁发年度杰出亚裔奖和CIE亚裔青年奖学金。

详情请参见：Entrepreneurship&Innovation 以及 CIE_SEA 2018 Annual Convention Tech Seminar

一系列的精彩活动，一个都不能错过！

2018 CIE/USA – Seattle Annual Convention has been scheduled on the September 8, 2018 at the Bellevue Westin hotel. Highlighted celebration activities include keynote speeches, Asian American Luminary Awards (AALA), APA Youth Scholarship Awards, Business Exhibition, comprehensive “How New Technology Will Transform Your Life” seminars, Education & Civic Engagement seminars, social Cocktail Reception and a scrumptious Award Dinner. For event registration or just join the CIE/USA – Seattle as a member, please visit www.cie-sea.org.

Venue: Westin Bellevue, 600 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

Time: 13:00 – 16:00 PM,September 8, 2018

Complimentary parking

2018 CIE-SEA Convention Seminars

Session 1: Emerging & Breakthrough of AI applications (Grand Ballroom B)

1.      13:00-13:40 Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Industry

§  (Dr. Anne Kao, Senior Technology Fellow, the Boeing Company)

2.      13:40-14:20 Microsoft Xiaoice – Breakthrough in EQ and Conversational AI

§  (Ying Wang, Director of Microsoft Global Xiaoice)

3.      14:20-15:00 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Automation

§  (Dr. Roberto Lu, Vice President at TE Connectivity)

4.      15:00-15:40 The Evolving U.S.-China Relationship in 2018: What Career and Business Effects Can Chinese American Engineers Expect?

§  (Nelson G. Dong J.D., Partner, Dorsey’s Corporate Group)

Session 2: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Lake Chelan)

1.      13:00-13:40 Opportunities and Challenges in Cross-border Innovation

§  (Amy Du, CEO of VestLink)

2.      13:40-14:20 Entrepreneurship Opportunities in AI Field

§  (Amanda Guo, Global VP of Sugon)

3.      14:20-15:00 From Molecules to MW Batteries – A Journey Turning Lab Discovery into Commercial Products

§  (Gary Yang, Founder and CTO of UniEnergy Technologies)

Session 3a (13:00-14:30):Interests, Extracurricular and Passion (Lake Coeur’d Alene)

1.      Extracurricular Activities in Light of College Admissions

§  (Myungkee Min, Chief College Admissions Counselor at Dr. Min’s Education Consulting)

2.      Let Kids Decide Their Own Future

§  (YP Chan, Principal at Chanden Inc.)

3.      Learn and Grow with Allen

§  (Wenge Zhang, Founder of Seattle Institute of Education)

Session 3b (14:30-16:00): Civic Engagement and Opportunities for High School Student

1.      Community Engagement Through Dialog

§  (Conrad Lee, Bellevue City Council Member)

2.      American Creed (Edwin Ong, Mayoral Intern) + Panel Discussion (Interns)

 

Annual Convention Banquet (Grand Ballroom B & C)

05:00 pm to 06:00 pm Evening Banquet Registration

06:00 pm to 06:10 pm Convention Greetings

06:10 pm to 06:40 pm Special Tribute to Mayer Edward Lee

06:40 pm to 07:30 pm Banquet Dinner

07:30 pm to 07:50 pm Keynote Speech: Jennette Ramos, Senior VP, Boeing “Ready for the Age of Disruption”

07:50 pm to 08:00 pm Special Guest Speaker David Ku, VP, Microsoft

08:00 pm to 08:50 pm Asian American Luminary Award

08:50 pm to 09:20 pm 16^th Annual APA Youth Scholarship Award

09:20 pm to 09:30 pm Closing Remark

naugural Asian American Luminary Award (AALA) News Release – 8/28/2018   SEATTLE BORN ED LEE, 43RD MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE HONORED BY CIE/USA-SEATTLE DURING THE INAUGURAL ASIAN AMERICAN LUMINARY AWARD CEREMONY Seattle, Washington (August 28, 2018) – The 2018 Asian American Luminary Award (AALA) will be held at the Westin Hotel, Bellevue, WA on September 8, 2018. Being the proud organizer of this Inaugural AALA event, Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA Seattle chapter (CIE/USA-SEA) would like to invite you to join us to proudly honor the legacy of Seattle-born Edwin “Ed” Mah Lee, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco, and to recognize five distinguished AALA award recipients.

Mayor Edwin “Ed” Mah Lee will be honored for the legacy of his lifetime of public service. Ed Lee served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco, and was the first and only Asian American mayor of San Francisco in 168 years, although with the largest Chinese American population in the country.  He was a champion of housing, civil rights and immigration issues and particularly on behalf of the minority and Asian American populations, until his sudden death on December 12, 2017.  He was born in Seattle and attended Seattle’s Franklin High School. In every field of achievement, from science and technology to arts and athletics to business and politics, Asian Americans are to be found, loyal to this country, adding to its diversity, and contributing to its distinction. Like other Americans, they are proud of their ethnic heritage, guarantee America’s paramount position leading and innovating for the world. AALA is a platform to honor and celebrate outstanding Asian American professionals and leaders with high achievements and contributions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) within Pacific Northwest. CIE/USA-SEA is very proud to provide such a platform to recognize their remarkable careers.  The honorees are presented to you below. Dr. Rodney Ho, Professor and Director of the University of Washington, is one of two recipients of 2018 Asian American science and engineering innovation award.  Professor Ho is an accomplished scientist and a leader in education. He is an advocate for promoting public understanding of biotechnology, nanotechnology, pharmacy and public health. Dr. Ho’s research on basic and translational sciences intends to improve the efficacy and safety of drugs, medical diagnostic agents and vaccines.  He received honors including the AACP’s Paul Dawson Biotechnology life-time achievement award and the AAPS Biotechnology Research achievement award, one of the highest AAPS’s recognition. Dr. Ho was born in Burma. Yu-Ting Kuo, Corporate Vice President, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Group, Microsoft Corporation, is the other recipient of 2018 Asian American science and engineering innovation award.  He leads Microsoft’s Computer Vision Center of Excellence helping to push the state of the art for AI in vision. A 22-year Microsoft veteran, Yu-Ting has contributed to 18 patents either granted or pending and received multiple awards for his positive impact. He founded the project that became Azure Cognitive Services, which has made Microsoft’s advanced AI technologies available to over 1 million developers around the world. Donna Liu, Corporate Vice President, Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, Microsoft Corporation, is the recipient of 2018 Asian American corporate leadership award.  She has more than 20 years of experience in Microsoft and technology industry. She is currently leading cutting edge innovations in Cortana and Bing Maps. Her current work builds on the foundation of her past work in Bing, where she was responsible for major search domains such as Local, Multimedia (Image and Video), Travel, Entertainment, Shopping and Maps. Multimedia was a shining example of delivering search quality surpassing competition and business impact especially on Bing query share. Dr. Benson (Pai-Sheng) Shen, Co-founder and CEO of Lightel Technologies, Inc., is one of two recipients of 2018 Asian American entrepreneurial achievement award.  Dr. Shen has comprehensive experience in business, clear understanding of different cultures, and global vision to identify problems and overcome obstacles. Lightel, established in November of 1999, became profitable in its first two years, resisting the “dot com” bubble-burst of 2000 while establishing a fine reputation in the fiber-optics industry. Lightel received the “Governor’s Emerging Trader of the Year Award” for its rapid growth. Jonathan Sposato, is the other recipient of 2018 Asian American entrepreneurial achievement award.  A successful serial entrepreneur and investor in many startups, Jonathan is Chairman and co-founder ofGeekwire.com and Chairman and Founder of PicMonkey.  Jonathan co-founded Picnik.com and created the first profitable online photo subscription service, reaching over 60M visitors a month. He founded Phatbits which went on to become Google Gadgets.  He is the first person to sell 2 companies to Google.  Jonathan was awarded the “Civic Innovation Award” from Seattle’s Mayor in 2016.  His book BETTER TOGETHER:  8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products and Profits debuted in Winter 2017 and has become a national bestseller (WSJ top ten). CIE/USA-SEA was founded in 1962.  We are one of the local chapters of the Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA that was founded in New York in 1917, with a total of over 10,000 members. Our missions are to promote technical and professional excellence in engineering, science and technologies for Asian Americans; to provide technical, professional and culture services and education to the communities; and to serve as a conduit to similar engineering and scientific organizations at the national and international levels. Responsive to the needs of building community influence and engagement, we are also recognizing community building and engagement as an important part of our programs.