Program Schedule
8:30 Registration / Breakfast & Coffee
Morning Session
(Session Chairs: Drs. Shel Zhang and Dachao Li)
Innovation and Sustainability
9:00 Opening Remarks, Yabin Lei, Ph.D., 2017 President, Tri-State CACS
9:05 Welcoming Speech, Longqin Hu, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers University
9:10 Allison A. Campbell, Ph.D., ACS President (Video)
9:15 Litao Zhang, Ph.D., Vice President, Lead Discovery & Optimization, Bristol-Myers Squibb, “The Changing Face
of Science and Technology Innovation: Accelerating Drug Discovery from Concept to Drug Launch”
9:50 Lotus Huang, Ph.D., Director, Material Science & Engineering, Core R&D, Dow Chemical, “Dow Story – For
Now and For Tomorrow”
10:25 Vendor Show, Coffee Break & Networking
10:50 Mike Kerby, Ph.D., Corporate Strategic Research Manager, ExxonMobil, “Energy and Carbon”
11:25 Min Li, Ph.D., Vice president, Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co, “The Pursuit of a Scientific Research Career
in Pharmaceutical Industry – A Personal Journey”
12:00 Jin Zhu, Ph.D., Attorney at Law, Fox Rothschild LLP, “Battle at International Trade Commission – Expand and
Protect Your Intellectual Property Assets”
12:15 Lunch Break (on site)
Afternoon Session
(Session Chairs: Drs. Chii-Fen Wang and Zhiqiang Yang)
Cross-technology Prospective
1:30 Xiaomeng Zhu, Ph.D., President Assistant, Jiangsu Changshun Group Co., Ltd., “Catalysis Innovation Enabling
Excellent Performance of Polyurethane”
2:05 Xing Han, Ph.D., Regulatory Director, International Flavors & Fragrances, “Challenges to Modern-day Chemists:
Expanding Global Regulations and Growing Demand on Environmental Sustainability”
2:40 Prize Drawing, Vendor Show, Coffee / Ice Cream Break / Networking
3:15 Scott Kuzdzal, Ph.D., Director of Marketing, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, “Excellence in Science: New
Transformative Technologies from Shimadzu”
3:30 Sunny Wang, Global Head, Global Patent Operations, Sanofi, “What and How, When Talking About Career”
4:05 Closing Remarks, Li Xu, Ph.D., 2018 President-Elect, Tri-State CACS
4:10 Prize Drawing
4:30 End