Schedule

2010 FAPA YPG Advocacy Conference Schedule

Sat, Aug 21 Meeting at Jefferson Room (South Tower 15th Floor)
13:00~14:00 Registration
14:00~14:05 Opening – Eileen Lin
14:05~14:10 Intro of FAPA YPG – FAPA Vice President Mark Kao
14:10~14:20 Intro of FAPA YPG & Local Chapter – YPG Steering Comittee (YPG SC)
14:20~15:10 Ice Breaker – Henry Lin
15:10~15:20 Coffee Break
15:20~16:20 Guest Speaker 1: Arm sales, International Participation, and US-Taiwan relations – Steve Yates
16:20~16:30 Coffee Break
16:30~17:30 Guest Speaker 2: ECFA / FTA – John Tkacik
17:30~18:00 Room check-in
18:00~20:30 Dinner (Discussion OPG-YPG relations, YPG direction and mission, ideas exchange) – YPG SC (Meeting at Wilson/Harrison Room, South Tower, Lobby Level)

Sun, Aug 22 Meeting at Jefferson Room (South Tower 15th Floor)
08:30~09:30 Breakfast
09:30~09:45 Misconceptions about Taiwan – Zoe Tseng
09:45~10:45 Current FAPA Advocacy Progress – Coen Blaauw & Gerrit van der Wees
10:45~10:55 Coffee Break
10:55~12:05 Issues of Concern and History – Jonathan Lee & Carolyn Wu Veterans, Ketty Chen & Eva Tseng
12:05~12:35 Short Movie: Red Caution
12:35~13:20 Lunch – Meeting at Wilson / Harrison Room
13:20~13:35 Stories of White Terror Victims – Ketty Chen
13:35~14:25 ABC’s of Grassroots Advocacy – Henry Lin & Jessie Lin
14:25~14:35 Coffee Break
14:35~15:35 Group preparation
15:35~15:45 Coffee Break
15:45~16:00 Current TA news – Jonathan Lee
16:00~17:00 Mock Congressional Visit
17:00~17:15 Conclusion – Eileen Lin
17:15~ Evening events to be announced by group leaders for those staying Monday

Mon, Aug 23
08:00~8:30 Travel from hotel to Capital, Congressional team leaders are responsible for taking the team to the meeting point – Meeting at Capital South Metro station
08:30~ Group photo & breakfast briefing – Meeting at Rayburn Room B338
The conclusion on Monday will end depending on the group you’re with, most will end before 4:30pm. Please let your group leader know at the beginning of the conference if you’ve made arrangements to leave before 4:30pm.