Workshop 2: Enhancing Computer Science Education through Pacific Rim Partnerships and International Experiences

October 24 - 26, 2008 - Beijing
Co-sponsored by Peking University


Location:
The Lakeview Hotel
located by Weiming Lake, adjacent to the campus of Peking University
No. 127, Zhongguancun North Road, Haidian District, Beijing Tel: 82689999 http://www.thelakeviewhotel.com.cn/
Do not contact the hotel directly. Bing will make reservations for you.



Workshop Overview

Working Sessions

We will continue to work in small groups to make progress on the projects that were the focus of the May workshop as well as on new ideas that have or will be proposed. These include:

Keynote Addresses (TBA), sumptuous Chinese banquets, and optional tourist activities


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Beijing Registration Form
Please fill out the Beijing Registration Form as soon as possible, or by August 10, 2008.

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Beijing Travel Arrangements

The NSF CPATH project through the University of Oregon will provide travel stipends for CPATH academic partners to attend the Beijing Workshop. Industry partners are asked to cover their own transportation. (We will cover up to four nights housing and all workshop meals for all partners.)

Departure RegionTravel Stipend (U.S. Dollars)
N. America (Pacific Northwest) $1000 - $1300
Hong Kong and Asia outside China $300-$800
China outside Beijing $100-$200

Academic CPATH partners: to receive your travel stipend check, please do the following by August 10, sooner if possible.

Note: If your registration is late, housing and travel support is not guaranteed (will be subject to availability of funds).

The travel stipend check will be given to you at the Beijing workshop. The following information must be provided for you to receive your check. You can provide this on the Registration Form or through separate email to Bing.

All partners: Name and full mailing address

U.S. partners only: Social Security Number. For security purposes, we recommend that you use U.S. mail.) Our business office will issue a Form 1099 and you will have to declare the stipend as income on your federal income tax return.

VISA
You will need to obtain a travel visa to enter China through your local travel agent or online China visa service. General information is available at the Chinese Consulate websites.

Below are two tourist visa services that our CPATH management team have used for travel from the United States to China:

Mr. Fai Li
Portland Visa Services
5370 NE Halsey Street
Portland, OR 97213
email: travelvisallc@yahoo.com
Phone: 503-235-2270
Fax: 503-235-2330
http://www.pdxtravelvisa.com/

and

http://www.citsusa.com/

Hints on Airfare:
We encourage you to obtain plane tickets as early as possible since prices are likely to increase.. On July 1, we found less expensive fares (under $1000) from Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver through Seoul, Korea and on Air China.


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Contacts
Please contact us, with any questions or concerns.
Bing Li bing@cs.uoregon.edu
Andrzej Proskurowski andrzej@cs.uoregon.edu
Ginnie Lo lo@cs.uoregon.edu
Cindy Brown cbrown@cs.pdx.edu

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Our Mission
To create and sustain a community committed to the internationalization of computer science education with the express purpose of identifying creative strategies to transform computing education.


National Science Foundation
Supported by the
National Science Foundation