Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference

"Forming Leaders for the Vietnamese American Community"

VAYLC 2008 Sponsors: Freddie Mac, State Farm, Asian American Press; Media - Vietnamese American Television

Program

The following is a tentative schedule for the Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference 2005.  Please visit us again to view a final VAYLC 2005 Program Schedule.

The Program Schedule will be revised and updated.

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Note:  We recommend Business Attire for today's events.

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.    Breakfast/Registration

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.    Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Charles Cuong Nguyen - Dean, School of Engineering, Catholic University of America

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.    Legislative Process and Working with Elected Officials

Daphne Kwok - Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies

12:00 - 1:30 a.m.     Public Policy and Advocacy - A Democrat's Perspective

The Honorable Mike Honda - U.S. House of Representatives, CA - 15th District, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

	Mark Keam - Counsel, Committee on Judiciary, Senator Richard Durbin (IL)
	Bob Sakaniwa - Senior Counsel, Representative Mike Honda (CA)
	Bryan Spoon - Outreach Liaison, Representative Jim Moran (VA)
	Invitations will be extended to Members of Congress to visit with VAYLC participants

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.    Public Policy and Advocacy - A Republican's Perspective

	Mina Nguyen - Director of Government Affairs, Republican National Committee (RNC)
	Uyen Dinh - Counsel, Committee on Armed Services, Representative Duncan Hunter (CA)
	Invitations will be extended to Members of Congress to visit with VAYLC participants

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.    Capitol Hill Tours (407 Cannon HOB)

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.    De-Briefing/Social Hour with Congressional Staff/Community Leaders

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.    Dinner