Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, Chief of Asian Division, Library of Congress

Greetings by Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress

Moderator: Dr. Larry Hajime Shinagawa, Director of Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland

Keynote Speech by the Honorable David Wu, U.S. House Representative

Keynote speech by the Honorable Mazie K. Hirono, House Representative

Response by Dr. Larry Hajime Shinagawa, Director of Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland

Patron Perspectives on the Importance of the Asian Pacific American Collection in the Library of Congress

Moderator: Ms. Katy Goring, Executive Director, U.S. Indonesia Society

Dr. Krystyn R. Moon, Assistant Professor, History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington

“Researching Asian American History at the Library of Congress:
Anecdotes from a Junior Scholar”

Ginny Gong, National President of the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)

“The 1.5 generation of Asian Americans and their contribution to America's history”

Hunan Dynasty Restaurant, 215 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE (one block from the Madison Building of the Library)

Welcome by Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, Chief of Asian Division, Library of Congress

Greetings by Honorable Elaine C. Chao, Secretary of Labor

Keynote speech by Honorable Mike Honda, House Representative and Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech

Mistress of Ceremony: Dr. Anchi Hoh, Assistant to the Chief of the Asian Division

Welcome by Dr. Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress

Keynote Speech by Dr. Frank H. Wu, Dean and Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, and the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White

“The Future of Asian Pacific Americans: An Agenda for Research”

Moderator: Dr. Ling-Chi Wang, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Evelyn Hu-deHart, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University

"Asians in the Americas: A Hemispheric Approach to the Study of Asian Migration"

Dr. Juanita Tamayo Lott, Supervisory Survey Statistician, U.S. Census Bureau

"Towards the Fifth Decade of Asian American Studies and Scholarship: Lessons from 1968 through 2007”

Dr. Don T. Nakanishi, Director and Professor, Asian American Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles

"An Ever-Expanding Field: Asian American Studies in the 21st Century”

Moderator: Dr. Franklin Odo, Director, Asian Pacific American Program, Smithsonian Institution

Dr. Kent Ono, Professor, Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

“The Asian American Studies Library Project at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2002-2005, in the Context of a Discussion of National Asian American Studies Collections”

Marjorie Lee, Librarian, Asian American Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles

“Reclaiming Neglected S/Cites in the Bibliographic Universe: Asian & Pacific Island American Studies Library Collections”

Luncheon Host: Reme Grefalda, ADFS Vice President in charge of Outreach and Fundraising

Corky Lee, Undisputed, Unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate

“Photography Exhibit - Not on the Menu: Images from Asian Pacific America”

Stephen Y. S. Shey, Concert Cultural Artist

“Fusing the Asian Pacific American Experience in Music”

Moderator: Dr. Jeremy Wu, Program Manager, U.S. Census Bureau and former National Ombudsman of the Department of Energy

Dr. Ling-Chi Wang, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

"When Will We Ever Learn? Asians in America and Americans in Asia"

Dr. Betty Lee Sung, Board Chair of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute and Professor Emerita and former Chair of the Department of Asian Studies, City College of New York

"Making the Asian Pacific American Collection a Reality"

Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, Chief of Asian Division, Library of Congress

“Building a Distributed and Networked National Asian Pacific American Collection: An Action Plan”

Moderator: Ms. Ginny Gong, National President, Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)

Panel Members:

Dr. Michael Lin, Executive Director, Organization of Chinese Americans National Office

Rama Deva, Indian American community leader and former publisher of the Indic Magazine for the Indian American community in the U.S.

Remé Grefalda, Co-author of Towards a Cultural Community: Education, Identity and Cultural Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts, A Ford Foundation Report

Dr. Prema Kurien, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University

Frank Joseph Shulman, Bibliographer, Editor and Consultant for Reference Publications in Asian Studies and President of the Library of Congress Asian Division Friends Society

Dr. Larry Hajime Shinagawa, Director of Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland

Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, Chief of Asian Division, Library of Congress