Concurrent 3A: China 101

Adrian Stanley is The Chief Executive Officer for The Charlesworth Group
(USA), prior to this Adrian worked for 4 year as Director for Charlesworth
China, setting up the Beijing office which now employs more than 150 staff,
working on Rights and Licensing agreements for US and UK publishers, and
Composition services, which include automated XML pagination workflows.
Adrian works closely with a wide range of North American publishers, helping
them fully understand and maximize the potential in the China market. He is
also an active committee member for the SSP (Society for Scholarly
Publishers), The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
(ALPSP North American Chapter) and the Council of Science Editors CSE; he
has 20 years experience working in the publishing/printing sector.

Stephen Welch is the Vice President of Publications and Editorial Resources for the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). He is also Executive Editor of CHEST, the ACCPs flagship journal. His responsibilities include all the business and operational aspects of CHEST, as well as oversight of ACCPs educational publishing efforts and internal editorial processes. Steve has worked for ACCP and CHEST for more than 13 years. Prior to joining ACCP he worked in the educational testing, medical certification examination development, and medical publishing fields. In the past 13 years he has focused on growing the technologic and business aspects of CHEST, and leveraging its brand extension especially licensing, translations, and institutional subscriptions in order to support the growth and financial goals of ACCP overall. Steve lives in the north suburbs of Chicago with his wife, three great danes, and two iguanas. When not working, he spends his time scuba diving, collecting original comic book artwork, and searching for (and drinking) good wines.

Wendy Wu is the Director of Business Development for Everwell Corporation. She has developed Chinese versions of CHEST and PEDIATRICS in last two years, oversees the business and in-house editorial process as well as other projects of Everwell. Wendy Wu actively participated in publishing societies in China.

Wendy Wu completed her undergraduate in Pharmacy, Fudan University, obtained her Master of Science from School of Pharmacy, State University of New York at Buffalo, and her MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Wendy Wu worked for Johnson & Johnson for 8 years in New Jersey. She was the authors of 10 scientific papers and 4 patents, the recipient of Achievement Award of J&J. In 2000, Wendy Wu moved back to China. She served as Director of Media Service for e-SinoMed, developed the Chinese version Ophthalmology Times and became the publisher of the journal before she joined Everwell.