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Friday, October 30

Global Asia
Technology in the Age of COVID-19-Focus on Taiwan and Other Asian Tigers
Time:
8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Presenter:
Dr. Michael Liu, Dr. Hsien-Chang Lin, Dr. Munseob Lee, Dr. Kirsten Strayer
Location:
via Zoom online
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center

8:30 a m. Welcome and Greetings
Dr. Christopher Jespersen, Dean, College of Arts and Letters, University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia.

8:45 a. m. Program Overview
Dr. James A Cook, Associate Director, Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Rajgopal "Raj" Sashti, Director, Nine University and College International Studies
Consortium of Georgia, ABAC, Tifton, Georgia.

9:00 a. m. The Taiwanese Tiger in Asia's Development - 1895 - Present.
Dr. Michael Liu, The Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh's 2020-2021
Global Professor

10:00 a. m. Question and Answer - Participants

10:15 a. m. Refreshment Break

10:30 a. m. Why Taiwan Matters? Taiwan's Public Health System and How It Fights COVID-19.
Dr. Hsien-Chang Lin, Associate Professor in Public Health, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.

11:30 a. m. Question and Answer - Participants

12:00 p. m. Lunch Break

1:00 p. m. THE COST OF PRIVACY: WELFARE EFFECTS OF THE DISCLOSURE OF COVID-19
CASES
Dr. Munseob Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Global Policy and Strategy,
University of California – San Diego.

2:00 p. m. Question and Answer Session - Participants

2:15 p. m. Refreshment Break

2:30 p. m. UNCOMMON AND MARGINALIZED PERSPECTIVES THROUGH FILM: TAIWAN AND
OTHER ASIAN TIGERS
Dr. Kirsten Strayer, Visiting Instructor and Program Coordinator, SCREENSHOT: ASIA, Asian Studies Center,
University of Pittsburgh.

3:30 Question and Answer Session and Closing Remarks

4:00 Adjournment