Program
Schedule
Access to workshops, career fair and exhibitors are free to the public.
Only paid registrants will have access to meals (breakfast,
lunch, banquet dinner and reception).
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Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
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3:00
– 6:00 pm |
Registration / Set-up |
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1:00 – 5:00 pm |
Board
Meeting
- San Juan Room |
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5:30 – 6:30 pm |
Reception
- San Carlos Room |
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Friday, October
21, 2005 |
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8:00 am
– 4:00
pm |
Registration / Check-in |
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8:00
–
9:30 am |
Breakfast - City Foyer |
| 9:00
–
9:30 am
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Plenary
Session -
Empowering Neighbors
Daphne Kwok,
Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation |
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9:45 –
11:15 am |
Workshop 1A
Strategic
Thinking - San Simeon
Room
Alan Kumamoto,
Partner,
Kumamoto Associates |
Workshop 1B
Financial Literacy: Credit, Homeownership, and
Opportunities - San Martin Room
Patricia Hughes, Consultant
Bobbie Salgado,
National Director of Public and Community Affairs,
New Century Financial Corporation
Julie Sun, Manager
- Strategic Initiatives, Freddie Mac
Van-Lan
Truong,
Mortgage Specialist,
TDBank North |
| 11:30 am – 12:45 pm |
Workshop 2A
Asian Americans in Public Office
- San Martin Room
Janet Nguyen, City Council, Garden Grove
Lan Nguyen,
East Side Union High School Board, San Jose
Madison Nguyen,
City Council, San Jose (invited)
Dang Pham,
Planning Commission, San Jose
Nancy Yu,
Policy Analyst, AALDEF |
Workshop 2B
Community Issues - Health, Social
&
Economic - San Simeon Room
Shirley Bordelon,
Health Insurance Specialist, Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Ngoc Bui-Tong, Chairwoman, Vietnamese REACH for Health Initiative
Tuyet
Ha-Iaconis, Director, American Cancer
Society
Michele Lew, President/CEO,
Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Thien-Nhien Luong,
Senior Health Care Manager, Public Health
Department, Santa Clara County
Thoa Nguyen,
Project Director, REACHING Vietnamese Women
Mylinh
Pham,
Program Manager, Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation |
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12:45 –
2:15 pm |
Lunch - Club Max |
Job Fair and Exhibits - San Juan Room
Note: Job Fair and Exhibits are
opened all day. |
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2:30 –
4:00 pm |
Workshop 3A
Managing Effective Collaboration
- San Simeon Room
Alan Kumamoto,
Partner,
Kumamoto Associates |
Workshop 3B
Best Practices in eNewsletters and Online Marketing -
San Martin Room
Matt Wilson,
Manager, Business Development, GetActive |
| 6:30 pm |
Check-in |
Dynasty
Restaurant
Grand Century
Mall
1001 Story Road, 2nd Floor
San Jose, CA 95122
(408) 286-6668
Nguyen Qui Duc
Host/Producer, KQED's Pacific Time
Master of
Ceremonies
The Honorable Michael Honda
U.S. House of Representatives (CA-15)
Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American
Caucus
Vice-Chair, Democratic National Committee
Keynote
Speaker
Van Lang Vietnamese Language and Culture
Education
Center
Honoree
Immigrant Resettlement & Cultural Center
Honoree |
| 7:30 pm |
Gala Dinner |
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Saturday, October 22,
2005 |
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8:00
am – 3:00
pm |
Registration / Check-in |
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8:00
–
9:30 am |
Breakfast - City Foyer |
| 9:00
–
9:30 am
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Plenary
Session -
Creating Opportunities
Carlos Scandiffio,
CEO, AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc. |
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9:45 –
11:15 am |
Workshop 4A
Asian Pacific Islander Americans
(APIA) &
the Media - San Simeon Room
Phuong Ly, Reporter,
The Washington Post
Nguyen Qui Duc,
Host/Producer,
KQED's Pacific Time
De Tran, Publisher,
Viet Mercury |
Workshop 4B
Growth of Vietnamese American Businesses
- San Martin Room
Thao Dang,
Vice President, CENTURY 21 Alpha
Jasmine Dinh,
Consultant
Nghi Si Huynh,
President/CEO, World Developers Group
Van Le,
LUTC,
Agent, State Farm Insurance
Lat Nguyen,
President/CEO, Latco Construction Co., Inc.
Tom
X. Nguyen, VP - Business Banking Area Manager, Citibank
Benjamin
Tran,
President, Vic Capital
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11:30 –
12:45 pm |
Workshop 5A
Impressive First Impressions - San Martin Room
Vu
Pham, Consultant, Spectrum Knowledge |
Workshop 5B
Minority Supplier Opportunities
- San Simeon Room
Leon Beauchman, SBC
(invited)
Bick Hile,
District Manager, TJ Maxx
Carlos Scandiffio,
CEO, AllWorld
Language Consultants, Inc. |
| 12:45 –
2:15 pm |
Lunch - Club Max |
Job Fair and Exhibits - San Juan Room
Note: Job Fair and Exhibits are
opened all day. |
|
2:30 – 4:00 pm |
Workshop 6A
Case Study: Hurricane Relief Efforts
- San Martin Room
Michael Luu,
Attorney/Community Activist (invited)
Debbie Nghiem, Vice President, United
Vietnamese Americans (invited)
Cynthia Shaw,
American Red Cross - Santa Clara Valley
Chapter (invited) |
Workshop 6B An Assessment of the Democracy
Movement in Vietnam - San Simeon Room
Bui Diem,
Author/Former Vietnam Ambassador to the United
States
Hoang Minh Chinh, Former
Director, Marxist-Leninist Institute
Nguyen Ngoc Bich,
Board Chair, NCVA |
|
4:00 –
4:30 pm |
Closing
Session -
Building a Sustainable Community |
|
5:00 – 6:00
pm |
Board
Meeting
- Chardonnay, Second Level |
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Sunday, October 23, 2005 |
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8:45
– 10:15 am |
Breakfast - San Juan Room |
| 9:00 – 11:00
am |
Board
Meeting
- San Juan Room |
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11:00 – 12:00 pm |
General Membership
Meeting - San Juan Room |
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12:00 – 2:00 pm |
Lunch and Site Visit
- Immigrant Resettlement
& Cultural Center (IRCC)
420-422
Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 971-7878 |
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