Speech Panel-2: Ju Dehua (ECUST, China) Mr. Dehua Ju is a professor and Chair of Computer Science at East China University of Science & Technology (ECUST), and a research scientist at Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sience. Prof. Ju was cofounder of a CASE tool company spin-off from ECUST since 1988. Currently, he is a director member of Shanghai Computer Society and executive director of Shanghai Software Industry Society. His research interests include development of CASE tools, advanced software engineering environment, software automation, software agent, distributed computing, Intranet and Multimedia applications. He has served on several program committees for national and international conferences. He was the program cochair of 1996 International Symposium of Future Software Technplogy (ISFST-96), sponsored by SEA, Japan and UNU/ IIST. He was awarded the first prize of 1991 Shanghai S&T Achievements and the second prize of 1992 National S&T Achievements for excellence in research and application of CASE tools. He received a "State Distinguished Expert" award from Chinese government and a talent nominee award in Shanghai Scientific & Technical Circles. Dehua Ju China asti@public.sta.net.cn