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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