Kahn Auditorium in the Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB).
109 Zina Pitcher Pl, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00 am
9:00 - 9:10
Duxin Sun (Chair of FAPA symposium organizing committee, The University of Michigan)
Haifan Lin (President of FAPA, Yale University)
Valeria Bertacco (Vice Provost for Engaged Learning, The University of Michigan)
Laurie McCauley, recorded video (Provost, The University of Michigan)
9:10 - 10:25
i. H V Jagadish (Director, The Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society, The University of Michigan) "Responsible Use of AI for Research"
ii. Yiran Chen (John Cocke Distinguished Professor, Duke University) "Edge AI: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"
iii. Dug Song (Co-Founder and CEO, Song United, Co-Founder & Former Chairman & CEO, Duo Security (Acquired by Cisco)) "Frontier Tech Needs Frontiers: Universities, Regions, Michigan and the Future of AI-Driven Discovery"
Moderator: Mingyan Liu (Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, The University of Michigan)
Coffee Break 10:25-10:45 am
10:45 - 12:00
i. Ceren Budak (Associate Professor of Information, The University of Michigan) "Multi-Agent Deliberation and Narrative Personalization for Pro-Social AI"
ii. Hua Xu (Associate Dean for Biomedical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine) "From LLMs to Agents – AI for Biomedical Applications."
iii. Xuedong Huang (Chief Technology Officer, Zoom Video Communications, Inc) "Dialogue, Intelligence, and Action: Toward a New Paradigm of AI Systems."
Moderator: Kayvan Najarian (Associate Director, The Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society, The University of Michigan)
Lunch 12:00 - 1:30 pm
1:30-1:38
Opening remarks & Presidential Address: Haifan Lin
1:38 - 1:50
- Gisela Perez Kusakawa, Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum
- Paul Cheung, President of Committee of 100
- Lily Li, Ph.D., President, Sino-American Pharmaceutical Association
-Haipei Shue, President, United Chinese American
1:50 - 2:10
Congressman Ted Lieu (Vice Chair, the US House Democratic Caucus)
Moderator: Haifan Lin
2:10 - 2:30
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (Member, Energy and Commerce Committee & Natural Resources Committee)
Moderator: Yan Chen (Board Member, FAPA)
2:30 - 3:20
Pre-discussion Remarks: CT Attorney General William Tong
Panelists: Representative Michelle Au (GA), Representative Gene Wu (TX), Senator Stephanie Chang (MI), and Linh Song (Former Council Member, City of Ann Arbor; Co-Founder, The Skillman Foundation)
Moderator: Ann Chih Lin (Associate Professor, University of Michigan)
3:20 - 3:30
3:20- 3:22 Introductory Remarks: Haifan Lin
3:22-3:26 Speech I: Carolyn Smith, Alder, New Haven City, MBA candidate, Yale School of Management
3:26-3:30 Speech II: Yuan Feng, President of BioCosmo
Coffee Break 3:30-3:50 pm
3:50-4:40
Panel Discussion: Navigating Civil Rights in Academia
Panelists: Gordon Mehler (Partner, Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP), David Nacht (Firm Founder and Principal, NachtLaw), Abraham Rein (Chair, White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group; Chair, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Post &Schell P.C.), Brian Sun (Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP)
Moderator: Shangqin Guo (Associate Professor, Yale University)
4:40-5:05
4:40-4:46 Musical Prelude (Xiao-Dong Wei)
4:46-4:50 Introduction and Award Citation: Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) (presented by Haifan Lin)
4:50-4:52 Conferral of the Award to AASF (by Rongwei Yang, Vice President, FAPA)
4:52-4:55 Acceptance Speech by the AASF Representative
4:55-4:58 Award citation: Mr. Haipei Shue (President, United Chinese Americans) (presented by Haifan Lin)
4:58-5:00 Conferral of the Award to Mr. Haipei Shue (by Qin Yan, Secretary, FAPA)
5:00-5:03 Acceptance Speech by Mr. Haipei Shue
5:04-5:05 Group photo of the recipients and presenters
5:05-5:25
5:05-5:10 President’s Report (Haifan Lin)
5:10-5:13 Treasurer’s Report (Shusheng Wang)
5:13-5:20 Q&A
5:20-5:25 Election-related Issues.
Reception 5:10-6:10 pm
Invited dinner to follow the reception from 6:30-9:00 pm