旅美科协第34届年会暨全球创新峰会在宾州举行：预计约400人出席、诺奖得主登台演讲
旅美科技协会（CAST-USA）第34届年会暨全球创新峰会10月31日在宾夕法尼亚州 King of Prussia 的 Crowne Plaza 酒店举行，来自全美各地的科学家、大学教授、医学专家、企业家与科技创新人才聚首费城都会区，预计约400人出席这一整天的主旨演讲、专题论坛与创新创业竞赛活动。 年会前一晚、10月30日晚，欢迎招待会在费城市中心 Market Street 1735号的毕马威（KPMG）费城办公室举行，来自全美各地的会员与各界嘉宾约120人出席。据协会介绍，《第34届年会暨2026全球创新峰会会刊》在招待会上正式发布，为年会拉开序幕。 主会于31日上午8时30分开幕、下午5时30分结束，由旅美科协大费城分会（CAST-GP）承办。议程包括主旨演讲、平行专题论坛、创新创业竞赛、青年交流与表彰等环节，议题覆盖超级智能（SI）、生物医药、医疗健康、金融科技、创新创业、法律法规、职业发展和青少年科技教育等领域。 据协会公布的嘉宾名单，主旨演讲嘉宾包括2023年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主 Drew Weissman、美国国家医学院院士宋红军（Hongjun Song）、伦斯勒理工学院生物医学成像中心主任王革（Ge Wang）等知名学者。Weissman 与合作者因核苷碱基修饰方面的发现、为 mRNA 疫苗的开发奠定基础而获得诺贝尔奖。 旅美科协1992年在纽约注册成立，是由在美华人科技工作者组成的非营利专业组织，现有会员近万人，在美国和中国设有40多个分会和联络处。年会是该会一年一度的旗舰活动，今年由大费城分会承办——大费城地区高校、医院、生命科学企业、金融机构与科技公司密集，是全美重要的科创走廊之一。 据主办方介绍，本届年会有望成为旅美科协近年来规模最大、参与人数最多的年度活动。年会议程、嘉宾名单与会刊信息均发布在协会官网 CAST-USA.us。
CAST-USA Opens 34th Annual Conference & Global Innovation Summit in Pennsylvania: Some 400 Expected, Nobel Laureate Among Keynote Speakers
The Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA) opened its 34th Annual Conference & Global Innovation Summit on October 31 at the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia - King of Prussia in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, drawing scientists, university professors, medical experts, entrepreneurs and technology innovators from across the United States to the Greater Philadelphia area, with some 400 attendees expected for a full day of keynote addresses, panel forums and an innovation and entrepreneurship competition. On the evening of October 30, a welcome reception was held at the KPMG Philadelphia office at 1735 Market Street in Center City Philadelphia, where about 120 members and guests from across the country gathered. According to the association, the official proceedings volume for the 34th Annual Conference & 2026 Global Innovation Summit was formally released at the reception, kicking off the annual meeting. Hosted by the CAST Greater Philadelphia Chapter (CAST-GP), the main conference ran from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on October 31, with keynote speeches, parallel forums, an innovation and entrepreneurship competition, youth exchange sessions and awards. Topics covered super intelligence (SI), biopharmaceuticals, healthcare, fintech, innovation and entrepreneurship, laws and regulations, career development and youth science and technology education. According to the association's published speaker list, keynote speakers included Drew Weissman, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Hongjun Song, a member of the National Academy of Medicine; and Ge Wang, director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Weissman shared the Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines. Founded and registered in New York in 1992, CAST-USA is a nonprofit professional organization of Chinese-American scientists and technologists, with nearly 10,000 members and more than 40 chapters and liaison offices in the United States and China. The annual conference is the association's flagship event; this year's edition was hosted by the Greater Philadelphia chapter, in a region home to a dense concentration of universities, hospitals, life-science companies, financial institutions and technology firms. Organizers said this year's conference was expected to be one of the largest in CAST-USA's recent history by attendance. The agenda, speaker list and proceedings are published on the association's official website, CAST-USA.us.
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