Kaiser Kuo, a journalist, technology trend-watcher and member of the Chinese rock band Tang Dynasty, will give the next lecture in the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. His speech, “Shouting Across the Chasm: Chinese and American Netizens Clash in Cyberspace,” is also the Lewis E. Harris Lecture in Public Policy. It is 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Born in the United States to Chinese parents, Kuo lives in China and identifies equally as American and Chinese.

Formerly director of digital strategy for the Beijing office of a global advertising agency, Kuo has worked as a technology and business writer for publications such as Time, TimeAsia, China Economic Review, and the South China Morning Post, and currently serves as an adviser for Youku.com, a leading video sharing company in China.

He also co-founded China’s most famous rock band, Tang Dynasty, and continues to be active in the Chinese music scene.

Using the Internet as a starting point, Kuo in his lecture will delve into a number of issues at the heart of disagreements between American and Chinese citizens.

Andrew Wedeman, associate professor of political science and chair of Asian studies at UNL, will give a pre-talk to the lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Lied Center’s Steinhart Room.

All Thompson Forum lectures are free and open to the public, however all events are ticketed. Tickets are available at http://enthompson.unl.edu or by calling the Lied Center ticket office at 472-4747.

Thompson Forum lectures will be available live on the Web (www.unl.edu), Lincoln Time Warner Cable Channel 21, NETSAT 104, UNL campus Channel 8 and UNL’s KRNU radio (90.3 FM). Live satellite broadcasts and follow-up discussion will be available in Scottsbluff, North Platte, Kearney, Wayne, Columbus and Omaha.

— By Sara Gilliam, University Communications