Mina Nguyen - Director, Office of Public Liaison, Department of Labor

Prof. Nguyen Manh Hung - Director, Indochina Program, George Mason University

John Quoc Duong - Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Conference attendees will be separated into groups to enable networking and to develop a list of issues and priorities relevant to them and their region.

Legislative and Appropriations Process

	Honorable Tom Davis - U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia - 11th District
	Robert Primus - Chief of Staff, Representative Mike Capuano (D-MA)
	Kim Kotlar - Legislative Director, Representative Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
	Darryl Chew - former National Security and Defense Appropriations Legislative Assistant, Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)

Meet U.S. Representatives, Senators and Congressional staff

Fortune Restaurant
6249 Arlington Boulevard
Seven Corners Plaza
Falls Church, VA 22044
(703) 538-3333

Asian Pacific Americans (APA) in the Political Process: Get Involved!

	Christine Chen - Executive Director, Organization of Chinese Americans
	Uyen Dinh - Counsel, House Armed Services Committee
	The Honorable Joel Szabat - Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation

Cool Careers: Beyond the 9-5 Jobs

	1st Lieutenant John Dinh - Weapons Systems Officer, Naval Aviator, U.S. Marine Corps
	Carlton Nguyen - Agent, State Farm Insurance
	1st Lieutenant Ryan Pham - Pilot, U.S. Air Force
	The Honorable Tu M. Pham - U.S. Magistrate Judge, Western District of Tennessee
	Captain (selected) Due H. Tran - Defense Counsel, United States Marine Corps
	Minh N. Vu - Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice

Nostalgia: A Cultural Workshop

Lan Le - Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Cultural Arts Foundation

Violence Against APAs: Protecting Yourself

	Shamira Abdulla - Community Outreach Director, Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
	Jean Bruggeman - Legal Services Coordinator, Boat People S.O.S.
	Christopher Dang - Police Officer, U.S. Capitol Police

APA/Vietnamese-Americans in the Media: Behind the Scenes & in Front of the Camera

	Kim-Thu Bui - Senior Producer, CNN
	Phuong Ly - Writer, The Washington Post

Leadership Workshop

Meighan Belsley - Special Assistant, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

The Vietnamese Communities: Reflections on the Past and Hopes for the Future

Larry Berman - Professor & Director, University of California Washington Center and Author, "No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger and Betrayal in Vietnam"

Community Service & Public Sector Careers: Giving from the Heart

	Dr. Ngoc Quang Chu - President, Vietcare
	Hung Quoc Nguyen - President, National Congress of Vietnamese Americans
	Trang Tran – National Community Relations, Citibank
	KaYing Yang - Executive Director, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

Women's Role in Society: Dispelling the Myth & Breaking the Glass Ceiling

	Meighan Belsley - Special Assistant, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
	Uyen Dinh - Counsel, House Armed Services Committee
	Je Yon Jung - Board Member, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
	The Honorable Chiling Tong - Associate Director, Office of Legislation, Education and Intergovernmental Affairs, Minority Business Development Agency, Dept. of Commerce

Leadership Workshop

Minh-Uyen Dinh - Youth Coordinator, Vietnamese American Community of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area

Where does the Vietnamese American community go from here?

What is the Vietnamese American identity in the 21st Century?