By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Dec. 26, 2014, — Boston Web Power held the WanJia Annual Merchant Conference recently at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care office building in Wellesley, Mass. Close to 200 members and guests of wanjiaweb.com attended the conference despite of an rainy evening.
(from right)Ms. Xiaoyan Huang and Mr. & Mrs. Neil Chyten pose for a picture (photo by Victor Chen).
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 23, 2014, — The classroom of MIT Sloan School of Management was packed with close to 100 attendees of the 17th SAPA-NE Scientific Symposium in the afternoon of Dec. 6. “The new frontier therapeutics: stem cells and regenerative medicine” was the title of this year’s symposium.
Speakers and SAPA-NE organizers pose for a picture(photo by Victor Chen).
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Boston, Dec. 22, 2014, — Asian Women for Health (AWH) will convene the TransformASIANS conference in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) on Sat., Jan 10 from 8:30am to 3:30pm at 1199 SEIU in Dorchester.
According to research data, 10% of Asian Americans in the US are living with this disease, mostly seniors with Type 2 Diabetes (South Asians, Chinese and Filipinos are particularly impacted by this disease – see attached documents for more info). Statistically, Asian women in Massachusetts are twice as likely as other women to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy and we would like to raise awareness about this emerging health concern through outreach and education.
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By Dai Tian (chinadaily.com.cn)
Wuzhen, Zhejiang, China, Nov. 20, 2014, Jack Ma Yun, lead founder and executive chairman of China’s Alibaba Group, said at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen that he credits the success of his company to holding true to a vision of the future.
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By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com
Nov. 2, 2014, — Yesterday, we had our 37th New England Association of Chinese Professionals (NEACP) Annual Conference in Harvard University Yenching Library. All the speakers were great. Some topics were out of reach for me and you learn something new every day. We had about 80 to 100 people for the day at the competence and about 40 people for dinner.
with the keynote speakers ,Shih-Su Ching of Taiwan and Shih-Fen S. Chen of Canada and others in charge Chang-Sun-Mei, Chang-Chun-Hwa and Shih-Wei Wang at the dinner in Changsu restaurant in Cambridge.
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Picture from MIT CHIEF demo day in April 2014 (file photo).
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Boston, Oct. 31, 2014, –The annual Bridge Medical Summit (BMS) will take place in Boston on November 8, 2014. The location is Jimmy Fund Auditorium, Dana Farber Cancer Center, 35 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115. In partnership with Harvard Medical School-Chinese Scientists and Scholars Association (HMS-CSSA), the meeting this year will cover a range of hot topics in the fields of health care, biomedical research and novel drug development.
Group picture from the third Bridge Medical Summit in Nov. 2013 (photo by David Li).
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Internet of Things: Unpaved Road to the Next Big Thing
Venue: ConstantCon
Parking: Free Direction: Take the building entrance facing I-95 with flag
Online Registration: http://necina-
Internet of Things (IoT) has been regarded by many as one of the greatest transformational forces in our time. Gartner estimates that IoT will generate 1.9 trillion of economic value-add in 2020. In healthcare alone, IoT is expected to add $285B provider value to global economy. McKinsey puts the economic value-add at $6.2 trillion annually by 2025.
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By David Li and Wendy Wang, contributing reporter for bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 25, 2014, Global Diaspora Forum: 2014 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Annual Conference for US Chinese Diaspora Beyond Border was recently held at Harvard University. It aims to deepen understanding of the situation of China-US trade and investment for American society, and promote bilateral trade and investment, and to provides new opportunities entrepreneurship and innovation development for US-Chinese Diaspora and investors.
Prof. Guoping Zhang (left) and MA State Rep. Tarkey Chan pose for a picture (photos by Wendy Wang and Xie Zhen).
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Boston, Oct. 20, 2014, –The National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston Chapter (NAAAP Boston) is proud to announce that NAAAP Boston won two 2014 NAAAP National Awards of Excellence-“NAAAP Leader of the Year” and “NAAAP Program of the Year”-among the 27 NAAAP chapters and associate chapters in North America at the NAAAP National Convention in Anaheim in September.
Gary Locke speaks at the NAAAP National Convention Gala as a keynote speaker (provided to bostonese.com).
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