Friday, February 27, 2009
Taubman Center, 5th Floor, Kennedy School of Government

7:00 pm - 7:45 pm Registration & Opening Reception

7:45 pm - 8:05 pm Opening Remarks by William F. Lee

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Friday Keynote Address by Senator Colleen Hanabusa

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Film Screening of The Slanted Screen

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Austin Hall, Harvard Law School

8:00 am - 9:30 am Breakfast and Registration

9:30 am - 10:45 am + Panel Session A
- Raids, Detentions, and Deportations: America's Increasing Nativism after 9/11
- American Dreams Shattered? Asian Pacific Americans and the Financial Crisis

11:15 am - 11:55 pm Saturday Keynote Address by Controller John Chiang

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch/Career Fair

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm + Panel Session B
- Making Partner: Succeeding in the Private Sector as an Asian American
- Why in our Backyard? Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in APA Communities
- Negotiation Workshop (until 3:10pm, registration opens Saturday morning at 8am at the check-in tables)

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm + Panel Session C
- International Trade Panel: Asia's Role at the Table
- Claiming the Torch: Institutional and Intra-Community Challenges to APA Political Leadership

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Charles Hotel Ballroom

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Banquet Registration

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Banquet

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Entertainment by Smith Point

10:00 pm - 1:00am After-party