2017 CESASC Convention Business Innovation Competition

the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC) 2017 Business Innovation Competition was held in Universal Sheraton 4/15.

According to Xiwu Cao, Ph.D. Chair, 2017 CESASC Business Innovation Committee, the competition promotes innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership for our Chinese-American engineers and scientists.

The 2017 Business Innovation Competition was open to all the engineers, scientists, and college students. Based on submitted abstracts and business plans, 5 finalists were chosen to present their business plans to a panel of judges on April 15, 2017 during the 55th CESASC annual convention day program.

Winners were announced at the CESASC annual convention evening gala, and also be invited to meet with business investors and innovation experts to discuss about further investments and co-operations. The top winning team will also be invited to a business venture camp in China in summer 2017.

Competition finalist:

Best Innovation award: Only For Your Progress

Yang Deng, Wenxun Guan, Xu Liu, Guang Li

Best team: award: First Sight

Xi Wang, Harry Xu, Mingbo Gong

1st place: Eater Zone

2nd place: eClaim: A Rapid Auto Insurance Claim Management System Equipped with the Artificial Intelligence

3rd place: Anti-fogery Services Based on IoT, GIS and Big-data

Founded in 1962, CESASC is one of the most established Chinese-American professional organizations in Southern California. One of our mission is to promote interests, aspirations, and professional excellence of Chinese-American engineers and scientists. Our guests and awardees in the past years include Nobel Laureates, industry leaders, university executives, and top public officials, such as Dr. Steve Chu(朱棣文), Dr. Chen Ning Yang (楊振寧), Dr. Chen-Dau Lee (李政道), Yuan T. Lee (李遠哲), Dr. Samuel C. C. Ting (丁肇中), Dr. David Ho (何大一), Dr. Shu Chien (錢煦), and Ms. Elaine L. Chao (趙小蘭), just to name a few.