27th CAST-USA Annual Convention
Event Information
The Chinese Association for Science and Technology, Greater New York is proud to host the 2023 CAST-GNY Annual Convention
Time：12:00 PM -6:00 PM Oct. 6, 2023(Sat.)
Location：Steinman Hall, City College of New York
AGENDA
12:30-12:40 pm Welcome Remarks
President of CAST GNY
Session I: AI Technology Advancement and Impacts
12:40-1:20 pm Keynote Speech: The Next AI
Dr. Hod Lipson
Professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University US National Academy of Engineering Annual Gilbreth Lecturer
Forbes “Top 7 Data Scientists in The World”
1:20-1:50 pm AI Applications with Demos of Smart Cashier
Dr. Ching-Yung Lin
Founder and CEO of Graphen, Inc.
Ex-Chief Scientist for Graph Computing at IBM
Adjunct Professor at Columbia University
1:50-2:20 pm AI in Investment Trends and Cases
Dr. Kevin Chen
Chief Economist for Horizon Financial
Chairman and CEO of
Edoc Acquisition Corp.
Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University
2:20 -2:50 pm Coffee Break + Posters & Smart Robots Showcase
Session II: Clean Energy and Sustainability
2:50 -3:20 pm Research, Education, and Innovation to Foster a Clean and Resilient Energy Economy
Dr. Pankaj Lal
Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies at Montclair State U.
Founding Dir. of Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center
Received Early Career Awards from President Obama and NSF
3:20 -3:50 pm Transforming CO2into Aviation Fuel and Industrial Alcohols
Dr. LuboZhou
VP of Research, Development, & Engineering at Air Company
Ex-VP and Ex-CTO of Honeywell PMT APAC
Ex-Director of Honeywell China Sustainability Research Institute
3:50 -4:20 pm Challenges & Opportunities in Clean Energy R&D
Representative from Attentive Energy LLC
Attentive Energy offers renewables and is committed to providing wind energy opportunities to develop new industries. They primarily serve the fishing industry and sea consumers.
Session III: AI Tools for Teaching and Experiential Learning
4:20 -5:00 pm Keynote Speech: AI-Enhanced Learning Technology and
Potential Impactson Mental Health and Higher Education
Dr. XiangenHu
Full Professor at the U. of Memphis jointly appointed by three Departments –Psychology, Elec. and Comp. Engineering, and CS
Long collaboration with the U.S. Dept. of Defense on info systems
5:00 -5:30 pmAI in Ed. -LLMs, Agents, and Solution Architecture
Mr. Richard Tong
Chair of The IEEE Artificial Intelligence Standards Committee
Principal Architect at Carnegie Learning
Worked for Amplify Education, Knewton, & Squirrel AI
5:30 -6:00 pm AI and Experiential Learning
Ms. Angelene Huang
Superintendent of New York Military Academy (NYMA)
BoDMember of Yale International Alliance
Founder of Alliance for Impact (AFI)
Isaac Wiggins, STEM Instructor
Andrew Donnan, Robotics Technology Instructor
Patrick Xia, Student Inter