Hong Kong Productivity Council visits Stevens
HOBOKEN, N.J. — The Hong Kong Productivity Council, a delegation from Hong Kong currently on a U.S. study mission to learn more about e-commerce and e-marketing, will visit Stevens Institute of Technology this week.
The council will attend a symposium at Stevens from 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday, March 3, in the Fielding Room on the 3rd floor of Stevens’ Wesley J. Howe Center (main administration building). More than 10 council members will be on hand. The symposium is presented by Stevens in cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Newark Export Assistance Center.
More about the Hong Kong Productivity Council may be obtained from its web site at www.hkpc.org.
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM:
Welcome — Dr. Silvio Laccetti, Professor of Urban Studies and History, Stevens/U.S. Dept. of Commerce liaison, and symposium coordinator.
Statement of mission — S.K. Au Yeung, Hong Kong Productivity Council.
Overview of Stevens’ work with small businesses and Internet commerce — Dr. Laccetti.
Best practices for new product development; a study of successes and failures — Dr. Gary Lynn, Associate Professor of Management and Engineering Management.
Technology transfer programs at Stevens — Michael Epstein, Director of Technology Transfer.
Collaboration in distance learning — Robert Ubell, Director of Web-based Distance Learning.
Stevens’ new degree program in business and technology — Louis Laucirica, Associate Dean, Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Mangement.
NOTE TO REPORTERS: Please call Cass Bruton-Ward at the number in the top right-hand corner of this release if you plan to attend.
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Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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