Amber Lin – is a sophomore at Princeton University, pursuing a degree in civil and environmental engineering and architecture. She plans to pursue a career in the sustainable design of urban infrastructure, but is also interested in the bigger picture of mitigating climate change—and how science, industry, and government will have to work together to achieve an environmentally sustainable society. Her current research focus in on rammed earth architecture at Princeton’s Form Finding Lab, and she spent this past summer designing and constructing a spiraling rammed earth gazebo in Princeton's organic garden. She recently published an article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists titled "Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel: A bridge too far?", leads the student group Princeton University Energy Association, and works as an intern at the Princeton Office of Sustainability. On campus, Amber is also involved in the Glee Club, contemporary female acappella group the Tigressions, and the Opera Company. Outside of school, she is a competitive bridge player and represented the USA on the Girls Team at the 16th World Youth Bridge Championship in Italy this summer.                    

 

Jaron Ge – ​I grew up in an Asian household along with my brother, Kevin. During my younger years, I was spending a lot of my time playing baseball with the local baseball league. I was also heavily invested in music, specifically the piano. I attended JP Stevens High School and sang for the choir. After high school, I decided to attend Rutgers University to study Information Technology and Informatics. During my freshman year of college, I simultaneously enlisted in the United States Army National Guard as an 11B Infantryman. I completed basic training and infantry school at Ft. Benning, Georgia during the summer of 2015, between my freshman and sophomore years of college. As of today, I am a junior in school, splitting my time between earning my degree and serving my country.

 

Jeffrey Gu – I do not believe in stereotype. Do what you enjoy and excel at what you’re good at. I did not discover my passions at an early age like many modern Americans, but matured into them through a tedious system of trial and error. I am a current high school junior at Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut. I’ve served two years as a grade-wide Representative and likewise as a staff member aboard the school newspaper, The Razor. In the 2015-2016 school year, I took a Leave of Absence from Hopkins in order to follow a passion in playing ice hockey. For eight months, I lodged with a Junior A hockey team in a small town in Ontario, Canada, away from family and friends. During that time, I lived in four different houses, had five different head coaches, trained five hours daily (four hours on-ice, one hour gym), participated in assorted community service, completed online school work, and played games on the weekends… I’m a stronger person for having experienced the world outside my ‘bubble.’ I am authoring a book on my experiences and currently balancing a blog with my Hopkins workload. I will be participating in the annual Princeton Model Congress this year and am looking forward to playing an increasingly active role in politics.

Megan Pan – I am currently a rising junior at the Pingry School, and my interests lie mostly in the humanities. Writing is one of my passions, and I have won several writing awards both in school-wide and national contests. Within my school community, I am an assistant editor of the school newspaper and captain of the Creative Writing Club. Having trained public speaking ever since childhood, I have competed both in the Poetry-Out-Loud recitation competition as a state finalist and in the William Paterson Poetry Contest, a multilingual poetry recitation contest, as the recipient of first place winner in the Native Chinese category.  I am also very active in the school’s drama program, and I have held a leadership position in the school’s K-Pop dance club. Growing up as a person of Chinese heritage in America, I have always been interested in exploring different cultures. I enjoy traveling, and over the course of the past two years, I have toured cities in France on a school trip, studied Japanese as part of a homestay, and interned while living independently in China.  

 

Roger Zou - is a senior at Harvard University concentrating in Computer Science, with a secondary in Psychology. He has previously worked as a software engineering intern at Google and Square, and was a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Bryers Engineering Fellow. He is heavily involved with the Computer Science community on campus, having served as President of the Harvard Computer Society and HackHarvard, the annual intercollegiate hackathon at Harvard. Board games, music, and anime take up most of his spare time.

​Truman Liu – I graduated from Georgetown University with a double-major in business and a minor in Chinese. In college, I served as President of the Georgetown Scholarship Program, admissions committee reviewer for high school applicants, and NJ State Chair for Georgetown’s admissions ambassador program. Those positions not only gave me a platform to serve high school / college students, but also provided me with great learning experiences, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Currently, I work in Management Consulting at PwC to help corporations tackle difficult business problems. One of my pro bono projects allowed me to use business for good, as I worked with a nonprofit client to scale its operations. At PwC, I was also elected to serve on the New York Metro Staff Council, which aims to improve the overall work experience for thousands of staff members. Aside from work, I am a music enthusiast whenever I am performing, teaching, or listening to music.

Conference Agenda




*12:00pm - 12:30pm Registration and Networking

*12:30 pm - 12:45pm Opening Remarks

*12:45 pm - 03:15 pm Keynote Speech

*03:15 pm - 03:30 pm Book Signing/Break

*03:30 pm - 05:30 pm Fishbowl Forum 青少年实话实说