CAST-NC 2007 Annual Meeting Announcement
旅美科技协会北卡分会(CAST-NC, http://www.castnc.org
)2007年年会经过几个月的筹划，定于12月1日（周六）晚上七时正在北卡州立大学(NSCU）Talley 学生中心4楼的Walnut Room举行。
今年年会的主题是“事业开拓与领导才能”。北卡科技协会非常荣幸地邀请到在制药业巨擘GSK担任高级副总裁的洪志博士就这一主题与大家分享他的见解和体会。洪志博士毕业于复旦大学，后赴美留学获纽约大学水牛城分校生物化学博士学位。他不但是一名出色的高级行政管理人员，还是一位药物开发科学家，获多项专利，并发表了过百篇学术论文。
组委会还邀请到另一位有多年经验、专门为生物/生命科学领域公司招聘人才的主管Don
Alexander为大家介绍三角地区生物/生命科学领域人才市场的需求以及就业的技能，他并且会就应试策略、简历撰写以及通过关系网寻找工作等问题为大家提供咨询和帮助。他还将在现场招聘人才。
这次的年会无论从内容和形式都力求符合三角区专业人士的诉求以及为大家提供信息与帮助。我们热诚期待CAST-NC的会员与朋友们积极参与这一活动。年会后将在同一地点举办舞会，欢迎各界朋友参加。
Dear CAST-NC Members and Friends,
The Chinese Association of Science &
Technology, North Carolina Chapter (CAST-NC) will hold its annual all-member
meeting on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 7:00pm at Walnut Room, 4th Floor,
Talley Student Center, North Carolina State University (NCSU).
Besides a few brief reports, this year’s
annual meeting will be featured by a new theme of “Leadership and Career
Development.” Dr. Zhi
Hong, both an outstanding scholar and a high level executive officer at GSK,
has gracefully accepted our invitation to give the keynote speech at the
meeting.
We also invited Mr. Don Alexander, Recruiting
Manager, Director Business Development - Life Sciences of Carlyle & Conlan for a presentation titled "
Translational Skill Sets in Life Sciences". His talk will focus on
what employers value as transferable skill sets from
one area to another area in life sciences. He will also talk about employment
in life sciences sector in the Triangle, what areas are in high demand and
growing, how to attract an employer's attention (interview process, resume
creation and network strategy).
CAST-NC members are strongly encouraged to
make every effort to attend the meeting, and to renew your membership on
site. Non-member friends are also
welcomed, not only to join the meeting, but also to join CAST-NC on site for
our commonly shared interests.
The networking session will start at 6:45pm.
Finger foods, drinks and refreshments will be provided. The meeting will be
followed by an evening dance party. For directions, see http://www.ncsu.edu/student_center/
We are looking forward to meeting you soon!
Executive Committee and Board of Directors of
CAST-NC http://www.castnc.org
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Brief Biography of the Speakers
Dr. Zhi Hong:
Dr. Zhi Hong is
Senior Vice President and Head of the Infectious Diseases Center of Excellence
for Drug Discovery at GSK. Before taking
this position in April this year, Dr. Hong was Executive Vice President and
Chief Scientific Officer of Ardea Biosciences, Inc.,
a
Dr. Hong received his bachelor’s degree in
Biochemistry from
Mr. Don Alexander
With over a decade of executive search
industry experience, Don has spent the last several years focusing on executive
search with a concentration on local and national search projects for mid to
senior level professionals in the Life Sciences. His searches have involved
senior level individual contributors through C level executives, with particular emphasis
on sales, business development, marketing, product development, project
management and pre-clinical R&D. In addition, Don has prior experience
recruiting in Technology and Engineering. An enabler of relationships that have
resulted in quantifiable goodwill for his constituency, Don is recognized by
his clients, candidates and peers, as routinely creating value through a powerful
network and deep industry knowledge. Throughout his recruiting career, Don has
consistently finished in the top quartile of his peer group.
Prior to the recruiting industry, Don spent
several years in the financial services industry and managed several
million dollars in assets. He holds the designations of CFP and AAMS and a BA
in Business Management and Economics from