9:30am – 10:30am Conference Set-up

10:30am – 12:00pm Student Session

    Sharing common concerns, interests and aspirations
    Yen Ling Shek | UCLA
    Career path to engaged scholarship
    OiYan Poon | UCLA

12:15pm – 12:55pm Registration

1:00pm – 1:25pm Opening Session

    Taeku Lee | UC Berkeley, moderator
    Welcome and conference logistics
    Welcome by NEA representative
    Framing the larger agenda
    Margery Turner | The Urban Institute

1:30pm – 2:20pm Learning from Past Collaboration — EDA Case Study

    Deepa Iyer | SAALT, moderator
    Lisa Hasegawa | N-CAPACD
    Melany De La Cruz | UCLA
    Phil Saputo | Economic Development Administration

2:25pm – 3:15pm Exploring Possibilities — Alternative Models and Approaches

    Paul Watanabe | UMass Boston, moderator
    Margaret Simms | Joint Center and Urban Institute
    Olga Herrera | Inter-University Center for Latino Research
    JD Hokoyama | LEAP-UCLA Policy Program
    Mark Lopez | Pew Hispanic Center

3:15pm – 3:30pm Break

3:30pm – 4:35pm Approaches to Move the Agenda Forward

    Karthick Ramakrishnan | UC Riverside, moderator
    Summary and introduction of models
    Group activity on models and approaches

4:40pm – 5:00pm Closing session

    Final logistics and encourage long-term engagement
    Tarry Hum | CUNY, moderator

5:00pm – 6:00pm Social Hour