2015 National Leadership Summit

The Power of Change: Greeting the Challenge and

Making the Difference

 Saturday-Sunday, September 26-27, 2015

Microsoft Conference Center
16070 N.E. 36th Way
Redmond, WA 98052

Our National Leadership Summit focuses on building leadership capacity across all areas of life. Workshops and panels cover career development skills, including political skills and navigating the C Suite, finding your voice and speaking powerfully, business savvy, health, and a host of other topics and issues of concern to our AAPI communities. In addition, 2015 marks our 20th Anniversary. A special celebration will be hosted on Saturday evening at the Bellevue Hilton.

Lodging :

The conference hotel is the Hilton Bellevue. You may book directly on line using the following link - Book by August 25th to receive Group Rates :                        

 http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/L/LION-HF-CAPAWC-20150924/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Transportation :

Airport to/from Hotel - Taxis/rental cars are available at the airport. You may book your own shuttle ride from the airport to the hotel - http://smarturl.it/Oliveri

Hotel to/from Conference Center - will be provided from the hotel to the conference site for registered participants

DRAFT Schedule 2015_08_027

Saturday, September 26    

            7:30 a.m.– 8:30 a.m.                Registration/Continental Breakfast/Networking

            7:45                                         Bus will pick up people from hotel

8:30 a.m.                                 Ballroom

Welcome      

8:45 a.m.                                 Plenary Panel: Greeting the Challenge and Making a Difference

• Michele Russo: Moderator, EVP, Education and Learning, State Farm Insurance Companies
• Martha Choe, Chief Administrative Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, retired
• Martha Lee, Director, Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance and Founder, APAWLI
• Harsha Tank, Vice President of Finance, Sodexo

9:45 a.m.                                 Break

 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.                       Concurrent Workshops

• What Would It Take For You To Leave Your Job: Successful Career Transitions/Panel
• Finding Your Voice & Speaking Powerfully - Vanna Novak  
• It’s a Multigenerational World! Are You Ready! © Sonia Aranza
• Mid-Career APA Women: Why I Didn’t Get That Promotion and What To Do About It Kristin Chung-mei Lensen
• Policy & Politics: Making AAPI Issues & Voices Known and Heard/Panel
• Your Body and Leadership Dana Paredes             

          12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.                Lunch - Hosted Tables with Topic Facilitators: start at 12:45 

1:45 p.m.                      Break

2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.               Concurrent Workshops

• Entrepreneurs: Start Your Own Business / Agency/Panel
• Mental, Emotional & Physical Health and Well-Being: How to Thrive/ Panel
• Political Skill: Navigating to the C Suite Kay Iwata 
•  It’s a Multigenerational World! Are You Ready! © Sonia Aranza  
• AAPI Women & Work/ Panel
• First Steps for Strategic Thinking Norma Wong 

4:45 p.m.                      Buses pick up

            5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.   20^th Anniversary Reception, Marketplace and Silent Auction – No Host

                                                            Bar and light hors d'oeuvres

                                                             Martha Choe & Jill Nishi, Emcees

Sunday, September 27, 2015

          7:45am                                     Bus will pick up people from hotel

8:00 a.m.– 8:30 a.m.               Registration/Continental Breakfast/Networking  

8:30 a.m.                                 Emcee: Welcome        

8:45 a.m.                                 Plenary Session: Kay Iwata: The 4th Wave of Change for Organizations in the 21^st Century

9:45 a.m.                                 Break

          10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

• Philanthropy: Paying it Forward to the API Community/Panel
• AAPI Women Leading - Today's Changing Language of Race and Culture/Panel
• Mid-Career APA Women: Why I Didn’t Get That Promotion and What To Do About It  Kristin Chung-mei Lensen
• Finding Your Voice & Speaking Powerfully    Vanna Novak
• First Steps for Strategic Thinking Norma Wong       

12:30 p.m.– 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Panel: Leading at the Top: Changes, Challenges and Impact

             2:00 – 2:45                             Plenary Session –Closing Remarks –Rosie Abriam, Peggy Nagae, Joan Yoshitomi, Colleen Fukui-Sketchley 

3:00                                       Buses pick up participants

                             For more information email: info@apawomen.org

Special Thanks to our National Leadership Summit Sponsors

Nordstrom

State Farm Insurance

WalMart

Southwest the Official Airline of The Center for APA Women

Cole Chemical

Comcast

Sodexo