IDPT(SDPS) 2008 Asia University

CONFERENCE KEYNOTESPEAKERDr. Edgar MitchellSixth man walked on the Moon;Founder of the Institute of NoeticSciencesMonday, June 2, 2008 9: 30 am - 10:00 amRoom: A101author and/or interviewee in dozens of articles in both professionaland popular periodicals.As a lecturer, he delivers 25 to 50 addresses annually on cosmology,human potential and topics relating to the evolving future of thespecies on planet Earth. His most current lecture series discussesthe Implications of recent discoveries in science as they affect ourindividual lives in the home, the workplace and society - at - large.He is a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows and hasbeen featured in several documentary films relative to his interests.Retiring from the government service in 1972, Dr. Mitchell continuesto write, speak and do research for a number of new books. Heis a consultant to a limited number of corporations and foundations.Dr. Mitchell’s honors and awards include the PresidentialMedal of Freedom, the USN Distinguished Service Medal, the NASADistinguished Service Medal and the NASA Group AchievementAwards.KEYNOTE PANEL-IScience, Spirituality, andManagement10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Monday June 2, 2008Room: A101Organizers and Chairs: Dr. Raymond T. Yeh:Dr. Jeffrey J. P. TsaiOn January 31, 1971, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, then a U.S. Navy Captain,embarked on a journey through outer space of some 500,000 milesthat resulted in becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon. Thathistoric journey terminated safely nine days later on February 9,1971 and was made in the company of two other men of valor -Admiral Alan Shepard and Colonel Stuart Roosa. Scientist, testpilot, naval officer, astronaut, entrepreneur, author and lecturer, Dr.Mitchell’s extraordinary and varied career personifies humankind’seternal thrust to widen its horizons as well as explore its inner soul.His academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in IndustrialManagement from Carnegie Mellon University in 1952, aBachelor of Science in Aeronautics from the U.S. Naval PostgraduateSchool in 1961 and a Doctor of Science degree in Aeronauticsfrom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. In addition,he has received three honorary doctorates from New MexicoState University, the University of Akron and Carnegie Mellon University.In 1973, a year after retiring from the U.S. Navy and the AstronautProgram, Dr. Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences. It isa foundation organized to sponsor research in the nature of consciousnessas it relates to cosmology and causality. He is also aco-founder of the Association of Space Explorers, an internationalorganization founded in 1984 for all who share the experience ofspace travel. Both organizations are educational, developed to providenew understanding of the human condition resulting from theepoch of space exploration. He is author of Psychic Exploration: AChallenge for Science, G.P. Putnam and sons, 1974, a major referencebook; and The Way of the Explorer (in publication). He is alsoDr. Raymond T. YehSDPS Lifetime Honorary MemberDr. Raymond Yeh is a senior research fellow at IC2 Institute at theUniversity of Texas at Austin, and a Chair Professor at Asia University(Taiwan). He taught at several universities for 20 years and helpedtwo Computer Science departments to achieve top ten nationalrankings. Dr. Yeh held the CDC Endowed Chair Professor at theUniversity of Minnesota in 1983, and has been an honoraryprofessor at several universities. He has published ten technicalbooks and coauthored two business books.As the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on SoftwareEngineering, and founder of the IEEE International Conference onSoftware Engineering (ICSE), he helped Software Engineeringdeveloped into a formal academic discipline.He co-founded two successful software companies and had beena management consultant to many nations, and worked withexecutives of many leading edge global companies as well as withfounders of many start-up enterprises.He is a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(IEEE), the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS) andwas an honorary research fellow of Fujitsu’s International Institute.Dr. Yeh is a recipient of the Pioneer in Information Technology Awardfrom the government of Taiwan, IEEE Centennial Medal, and theATLAS Gold Medal, among others.