[Vacets-local-dc] Fw: Great Opportunity to attend one of the Largest Asian American andPacific Islanders Business Conferences in the US

[Hung Nguyen]

>
> April 18, 2005
>
> The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce will hold the largest
national Asian American business conference in the United States during its
20th Anniversary, May 4-6, 2005 in Washington, DC.   Please visit their
website to see the impressive roster of
> speakers who will include:
>       U.S. Secretary of Commerce, The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez;
>       U.S. Secretary of Labor , The Honorable Elaine Chao;
>       Small Business Administrator, The Honorable Hector Barreto;
>       Small Business Deputy Administrator, The Honorable Melanie
Sabelhaus;
>       Co-founder of Linksys Victor Tsao which was sold to Cisco for half a
billion dollars two years ago;
>       Astronaut Leroy Chiao who will speak from Space;
>       National Medal of Science recipient Praveen Chaudhry;
>       Father of fiber-optics Narinder Kapany;
>       Forensic Scientist Henry Lee and many many more.
> "The Ten Most Influential Asian Americans in Business" will also be
announced and introduced on May 5th during the Excellence Awards Dinner.
>
> There will be educational programs on Break Cultural Barriers; Woman
Pioneers Symposium; One-on-One business opportunity fair where you could
have prescheduled meetings with procurement managers from over 60 Fortune
companies and 15 federal agencies and
> discuss how you could do sell and business with them.
>
> Don't miss this golden opportunity to meet and network with many of the
best and brightest of talents and minds in the Asian American and Pacific
Islander community.
>
> For more information and to register, visit them at
www.uspaacc.com/celebrasian2005/
>
> CelebrAsian 2005 Conference At A Glance:
>
>  WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
>
>    Charity Golf Tournament             8:00am-3:30pm      Bull Run Golf
Course
>
>    Break Cultural Barriers             1:00pm-2:30pm       U.S. Department
of
>                                                                 Commerce
>
>    Woman Pioneer’s Symposium           2:30pm-5:00pm       U.S.
Department of
>                                                                 Commerce
>
>    Welcome Networking Reception        6:00pm-8:00pm       Palladian
Ballroom
>
>
>
>    THURSDAY, MAY 5
>
>  Breakfast/Plenary Session             8:00am-9:00am           Blue Room
>
>   Procurement Connections Session     9:15am-12:00pm           Blue Room
>
>  Procurement Connections &            12:30pm-2:30pm           Blue Room
>  Scholarship Awards Luncheon
>
>  Supplier Diversity Managers’          3:00pm-5:00pm          Calvert
Room
>  Summit
>  (by invitation only)
>
>   International Trade                  2:30pm-5:00pm           Blue Room
>
>  General Reception                     6:00pm-7:00pm      Ambassador
Ballroom
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>  Excellence Awards Dinner              7:00pm-9:30pm        Regency
Ballroom
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>
>
>   FRIDAY, MAY 6
>
>  Breakfast                             8:00am-9:00am           Blue Room
>
>   Franchising Seminar and             9:00am-12:00pm           Blue Room
>  One-on-One                                                   Prefunction
>   Consultations
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>   Ribbon Cutting Ceremony              9:10am-9:20am          Exhibit Hall
>
>   Guanxi Suppliers Opportunity        9:20am-12:00pm          Exhibit Hall
>  Fair
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>   USPAACC/Wells Fargo Asian           12:00pm-2:00pm           Blue Room
>  Business  Leadership Awards
>  Luncheon
>
>   Franchising Seminar and              2:00pm-5:00pm          Exhibit Hall
>  One-on-One
>   Consultations (cont’d)
>
>   Guanxi Suppliers Opportunity         2:00pm-5:00pm          Exhibit Hall
>  Fair (cont’d)
>
>
>
>   IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
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>        Bull Run Golf Course
>     3250 James-Madison Highway
>        Haymarket, VA 20189
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>                  U.S. Department
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>                        1401
>                    Constitution
>                     Avenue, NW
>                   Washington, DC
>                       20230
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> Erik F. Wang
> Deputy Director
> White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
> ewang at aapi.gov
> 202-482-2204 (T)
> 202-219-8809 (F)
>
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