1.  EOA-PSC MARCH 2004 SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

Title:      New Business and Career Development Opportunities 

Time:         10:00 am, Saturday, 03/13/04

Speaker:    Dr. George Hsieh, president of Northwestern Polytechnic University

Place:         Northwestern Polytechnic University, 117 Fourier Ave., Fremont, CA 94539

Fee:            Member free, $10 for non-member, $5 for student 

Abstract:  

Part I       New business and career development opportunities (30 minutes)

Part II      How to develop your new business and your second career (60 minutes)

Part III     Group Exchange (15 minutes)

Speaker Bio:

Dr. George Hsieh, president of Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU), has been dedicated to the fields of science, technology, and management for more than three decades. 

Dr. Hsieh has devoted in broad-based technology development and effective professional education throughout these years.  His human resource management techniques and effective teaching methodologies, coupled with the object-oriented educational model of student learning, have successfully transformed thousands of individuals into successful professionals. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsieh, NPU has rapidly become one of the outstanding institutions in Silicon Valley.  

Dr. Hsieh also has been very active in supporting the advancement of higher education in the international communities, particularly in Asian countries.  In the past twenty years, he has visited more than 200 institutions of higher learning and many high tech districts/parks in China, Taiwan, HK, Japan, Korea etc. and more than 100,000 attendees have attended and benefited from hundreds of speeches/ presentations/lectures given by him.  

In addition, Dr. Hsieh has exerted great efforts and made great contributions in promoting east and west cross cultural understanding as well as in cultivating business corporation between Asian companies and corporations in Silicon Valley. 

[Direction to Northwestern Polytechnic University]

Direction for NPU: http://www.npu.edu/Future_Students/international/direction.html

Parking map for NPU: http://www.npu.edu/current_students/NPU_Parking_Map.html

How can I get to NPU from San Francisco / Oakland / San Jose?

*   From I-880: Exit I-880 at Mission Blvd.-Warrant Ave. and take Mission Blvd. East (towards the hill). Turn right onto Warm Springs Blvd. Drive past Warrant Ave. to Fourier Ave. Turn right onto Fourier Ave. and use the first or second parking lots on the right. 

*   From I-680: Exit I-680 at Mission Blvd.-Warm Springs District and drive west on Mission Blvd. (towards the Bay) to Warm Springs Blvd. Turn left onto Warm Springs Blvd. Drive past Warrant Ave. to Fourier Ave. Turn right onto Fourier Ave. and use the first or second parking lots on the right. 

2.  ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALLIANCE ORGANIZATION 

2.1   Monte Jade 14th Conference 

Date/Time:  Saturday, March 6, 2004  12:30pm - 10:20pm.  Dinner at  6:30 - 7:30pm

Place:  Santa Clara Convention Center,

            5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054

Speakers: Aart J. de Geus, Paul R. Gray, Sehat Sutardja,. Nancy T. Chang, and

                Jackson Hu 

Topics:

 *  Economic Vitality Amid Globalization

 *  Bay Area Research Universities and the Development of Pacific Rim High Technology Industry

 *  How Silicon Valley Maintains Leadership Position in Semiconductor Industry

 *  Xolair: From an Innovative Idea to a New First-in-Class Asthma Therapy

 *  Geographic Competitiveness of Semiconductor Foundry Business.

Cost:  Free for Conference

          Dinner: $50 for Monte Jade members and $60 for non-members             

Register: Monte Jade Science and Technology Association (West Coast)

               2880 Zanker Road, Suite 109  San Jose, CA 95134, USA

               Fax to:  (408) 428-0378  Info: (408) 428-0388   Judy,   (408) 428-9988x13 

               Nancy,  x11  Jenny,  x10  Yvonne  www.montejade.org 

2.2             2004 CLEO/OEC
 

Exhibit: May 18-20, 2004

Technical Conference: May 16-21, 2004

Moscone Center West, San Francisco, California, USA

http://www.cleoconference.org/ 

2.3 CINA March Monthly Seminar

Building Software Development Team in China

Date/Time:   Saturday, March 27, 2004, 10am - 12pm

                    10:00 am - 10:30 am     Registration & Networking

                    10:30 am - 12:00 pm     Presentation, Q & A

Venue:         Room 102, Fenwick & West LLP, 801 California St., Mountain View, CA 94041

Speaker:     Don Hsi, General Manager, Mirrors International Inc.(http://jupiter.ksi.edu/~mirrors/ )

Fee:             Free for CINA Members; $10 for Non Members

RSVP:         Emai to:  RSVP@cina.org

http://www.cina.org/2004-activities/cina-mar-monthly-seminar.htm

3.  INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHT

3.1               Lehman Says Capex Trend Has Turned

Lehman Brothers says things in telecom land are getting better and will continue to get better.

The bank's telecom equipment analyst, Steve Levy, raised his capital spending forecast, saying capex will increase 6 percent in 2004. Levy previously predicted a 5 percent capex jump and says the improving capital expenditure picture will help boost the revenues and profit margins of the equipment vendors.

“On the margin, things are getting better, and we’ve reached an important inflection point,” Levy said today on a conference call with investors.

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Want know more? Check http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=48707

3.2               Courts Overrule FCC Again

A U.S. appeals court today overturned some key FCC positions on UNE-P line-sharing, 

resulting in a rally for the shares of incumbent service providers and applause from the 

minority seats in the FCC.

In last August's Triennial Review, the FCC delegated much of the regulation of local 

telecom line-sharing to individual states. At the same time, the FCC rules said carriers had 

no obligation to share access to any new construction of fiber optic broadband access. 

The decision deeply divided the FCC, which split 3 to 2 on the decision on UNE-P and 

states' rights (see FCC Rumbles on the Rules , Fiber Surprise in FCC Rules? ).

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, said the FCC had no authority to hand 

control of UNE-P line-sharing over to the states. It also upheld provisions exempting 

line-sharing requirements for newly built fiber-access line sharing.

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Want know more? Check http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=48613&site=lightreading
 

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