CityU Distinguished Lecture by Dr Barry Lam

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Event: CityU Distinguished Lecture by Dr Barry Lam

Date: 10 November 2010 (Wednesday)

Time: 4:30pm

Venue: Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building, CityU

Event: CityU Distinguished Lecture by Dr Lee Kai-fu

Date: 12 November 2010 (Friday)

Time: 11:00am

Venue: Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building, CityU

Dr Barry Lam, Founder and Chairman of Quanta Computer, will give a talk titled “Cloud Computing Enables Digital Knowledge Economy” on 10 November, showing how cloud computing can impact our everyday life and make a difference to society. Dr Lam is widely hailed as a visionary in the IT field. Under his leadership since 1988, Quanta Computer has undergone rapid development, becoming the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of notebook computers within 10 years.

Dr Lee Kai-Fu, Innovation Works Chairman and CEO, will give a talk titled “The Chinese Internet: A Reflection of China” on 12 November. He will compare the Chinese Internet to its US counterpart in terms of development, usage and demographics. He will explain why Chinese video, social networking, search, gaming, instant messaging, marketplace, payment, blogging/microblogging activities have evolved in different directions compared to those in the US.

Dr Lee has held leading positions at Apple, SGI, Microsoft, and then served as a Google Vice President and the President of Google Greater China before setting up his own business in September 2009 to help young people in China.

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