📅 Dates: Sept.13 – Sept.15, 2025
(optional day: Sept.16)
📍Location: Washington, D.C.
We are delighted to invite you to FAPA’s annual National Advocacy Conference (NAC).
- Learn about current U.S.-Taiwan bills going through Congress.
- Make your voices heard with your Congressional Representatives and Senators.
- Connect with FAPA advocates from across the country.
Program
Participants learn about grassroots advocacy strategies, U.S.-Taiwan policy, and FAPA’s issues of concern. After the two-day workshop, participants will apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired to advocate for bills to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan relations on Capitol Hill on Monday, September 15, and/or Tuesday, September 16.
- 9/13 Saturday: Keynote Speaker and Banquet
- 9/14 Sunday: Panels, Grassroots Advocacy Strategies, and Team Practice
- 9/15 Monday: Congressional Advocacy Day!
- 9/16 Tuesday (optional): Congressional Advocacy Day!*
*In response to the strong interest in previous years, we’re adding an optional second day of advocacy on Tuesday, September 16, for those who want to continue meeting with congressional offices.
Event Details
- Event Dates: September 13th – September 15th, 2025 (Optional day September 16th)
- Event Check-in Time: 2pm, Saturday, September 13
- Location: To be announced closer to the date of the event. For your planning purposes, the event will be at a hotel in DC.
- Airport Code: DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
Registration Information
Registration Fee: $100/person
This event is only open to FAPA members. If you are not yet a member, please join before registering.
Registration Deadline: August 10, 2025
The registration fee includes:
- Two nights of accommodations,
- Saturday night banquet,
- Sunday breakfast and lunch,
- Monday breakfast,
- Incredible program of speakers and presenters.
Important Notes
- Prompt registration is encouraged as seats are limited.
- Registration is not complete until you receive a confirmation email from FAPA staff.
- Room and board are for NAC participants ONLY.
- Full participation in the three-day National Advocacy Conference is required to ensuring the success of our Congressional Advocacy Day.
- If you are unable to make all three days, we will not be able to enroll your participation.
Full participation
Full participation in the National Advocacy Conference is crucial to ensuring the success of our Congressional Advocacy Day on Monday. Therefore, we ask everyone to attend the conference in its entirety.
If there are any questions regarding the 2025 National Advocacy Conference, please contact Vanessa Chen at [email protected].
FAQ
1. Can I request a single room? How do I pay?
Yes. FAPA covers a double room for two nights for each participant. If you would like to have a single room, FAPA will cover one night of your stay, and you will be responsible for covering the other night of the stay. You will pay at the counter when you check in.
2. I plan to arrive a day early to get ready for the conference. Can FAPA help arrange the accommodation?
Yes, we certainly can! You will have to be responsible for the cost of the night. Please indicate in the registration form if you have such a request.
3. Do I have to participate in all three days of the conference?
Yes. The ultimate goal of this conference is to visit Capitol Hill and make our voices heard, so it’s important that everyone participates fully.
4. What time will the conference end on Monday?
Depends on when your team’s meetings with the congressional office are.