7:30 am

Doors Open/Security Check Point Pre-Registration (8:00 AM) and Photo ID required

8:00 am

Light Breakfast Provided

9:00 am

Mistress of Ceremony: Janet Chen, Membership Chair, FAPAC
Welcome Dr. Kin Wong,  President, FAPAC

Keynote Remarks: AAPI’s Time is Here!

Honorable Congresswomen Judy Chu's remarks delivered by Krystal Ka'ai

Honorable Senator Barbara Mukulski's remarks delivered by John Huang

9:30 am

Getting Ahead: Breaking the Glass Ceiling

Dr. Carson Eoyang, Former Chancellor of National Intelligence University

10:00 am

Making to the Top – Be a Political Appointee –

Mr. Sam Mok, former CFO, Department of Labor

11:00 am

Briefing from the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) 

Audrey Buehring, Deputy Director, WHIAAPI

11:45 am

Lunch (provided)

12:00 pm

Hot Issues for AAPI in this Session of Congress?

Honorable Congressman Mike Honda, California & Chair Emeritus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)

Honorable Congressman Ami Bera, California

1:00 pm

Working with Congressional Staff

Teal Takayama, Office of Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii

1:30 pm

How To Be Political Savvy:

Honorable Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, Illinois

1:45 pm

Your voice does matter

Honorable Congressman John Sarbanes, Maryland

2:00 pm

Break

2:15 pm

"Your voice does matter" Panel Discussion
Panelists:

Georgia Coffey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Veterans Affairs
Sui Lang Panoke, Director of Women Politics Media, LLC
Allen Li, Professional Staff on Space Subcommittee, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Moderator:

Selina Lee, Director, EEO Services, Department of Education

3:15 pm

Closing Remarks

Thanh Trang, Program Committee Chair, FAPAC