Whats Happening Around the Country in the Asian American/Pacific Islander Business Community

Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Follow ACE on Twitter @NationalACE or on Facebook: Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship. Please note that this is only a partial listing of AAPI business events. We apologize if we have inadvertently missed your event on this calendar.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce The 5th Annual State Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce Legislative Forum Virginia General Assembly Building, 910 Capitol Square, 7th Floor, Richmond 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. www.aabac.org Saturday, January 18, 2014 Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles 2014 Miss Los Angeles Chinatown Pageant Los Angeles www.lachinesechamber.org Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn Federal Government Contracting 8001 Centre Park Drive, Austin, Tex. 12 noon to 1 p.m. Members: Free; Non-Members: $10 Tel. (512) 407-8240

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Thursday, January 23, 2013 Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and Southwest Washington Leadership, Cultural Identity & Professional Empowerment/Empowering Women of Color in Business Conference Portland Building, 1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, Ore. 8 a.m. Member: $50; Non-Member: $80 www.apacc.or.org Friday, January 27, 2014 Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce Increase Your Profits Series 8001 Centre Park Drive, Austin, Tex. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (as part of a broader series) www.austinasianchamber.org Saturday, January 28, 2014 Asian Business Association Inland Empire Welcome Our Sister City to the Inland Empire RCC Wheelock Gym, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, Calif. 7 p.m. www.ieaba.org Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Asian American Chamber of Commerce Culture Night with Shen Yun The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. 7:30 p.m. www.asian-americanchamber.org Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Orange County FACCOCs Mixer & Lunar New Year Celebration! Posch Lounge, 18912 MacArthur Boulevard, Irvine, Calif. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. www.faccoc.org Wednesday, January 22, 2014 California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, Golden California, Inc. and Chic Group California Center in Shanghai Launch Reception The Park Ultra Lounge, 1116 15th Street, Sacramento, Calif. 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. RSVP: ghinkle@californiacenter.us
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Thursday, January 23, 2014 Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and Southwest Washington Leadership, Cultural Identity & Professional Empowerment-Empowering Women of Color in Business Conference Portland Building, 1120 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, Ore. Members: $65; Non-Members: 80 8 a.m. www.apacc-or.org Friday, January 24, 2014 Sacramento Asian Chamber of Commerce 21st Annual Installation & Awards Dinner Hyatt Sacramento, 1209 L Street, Sacramento, Calif 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. www.sacasiancc.org Saturday, January 25, 2014 America for Global Business Seminar Doing Business in Asia Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Bank of America Room, 350 S. Bixel Street, Los Angeles 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Asian Business Association of San Diego ABA Signature Rice Club Event Entrepreneurship 101 Emerald Chinese Seafood, 3709 Convoy Street, San Diego, Calif. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Members: $30; Non-Members: $40; Door: $45 www.abasd.org Wednesday, January 29, 2014 National Asian American Coalition First Non-Profit Summit Jacobs Center, San Diego, Calif.
www.naacoalition.org

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Thursday, January 30, 2014 Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida Installation Luncheon Ming Court, 9188 International Drive, Orlando, Fla. 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Members: $15; Non-Members: $25 www.asianamericanchambercfl.org Thursday, January 30, 2014 Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce 2014 Annual Meeting Night Hotel, 2645 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Tex. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Contact: Irma@GDAACC.com Friday, January 31, 2014 Asian American Chamber of Commerce 2014 Lunar New Year Luncheon Hokkaido Seafood Buffet 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. www.asian-americanchamber.org Saturday, February 1, 2014 The Asian Chamber of Commerce of Arizona 21st Annual Lunar New Year Banquet Great Wall Cuisine, 5057 N. 35th Avenue, Phoenix, Ariz. 7 p.m. www.asianchamber.org Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Asian Business Association of San Diego 20th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration Presented by Viejas Pearl Chinese Cuisine, 11666 Avena Place, San Diego, Calif. Members: $50; Non-Members: $55: Door: $60 www.abasd.org Friday, February 7, 2014 Asian Chamber of Commerce of Colorado ACC Luncheon: Presenting Magically by Ms. Brenda Wise Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Conference Room, 924 W. Colfax Avenue, Second Floor, Denver 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. www.acccolorado.org

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Saturday, February 8, 2014 Asian Business Alliance Second Annual Lunar New Year Celebration Location: TBD Contact: Grace Barry, grace@servpro9332.com Monday, February 10, 2014 Asian Women in Business Lunar New Year Celebration The Metropolitan Museum, New York Save The Date www.awib.org Saturday, February 15, 2014 Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival & Parade www.chineseparade.com Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and Southwest Washington Wine, Cheese & The Art of Living Real Umpqua Bank, 1448 NE Weidler Street, Portland, Ore. 5:30 p.m. www.apacc-or.org Thursday, February 20, 2014 Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce/Michigan APACC PM Networking Event Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PLC, 34977 Woodward Avenue, Suite 300, Birmingham, Mich. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. RSVP: Ms. Christina Mui: christina@apacc.net www.apacc.net Saturday, February 22, 2014 Asian American Chamber of Commerce AACC Chamber Awards Gala The Westwood Country Club, 800 Maple Avenue East, Vienna, Va. www.asian-americanchamber.org

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Thursday, February 27, 2014 Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (ACE) National Board Meeting Warner Bros. Pictures Entertainment, 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, Calif. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Community Reception: 4 to 6:30 p.m. www.NationalACE.org Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Ascend Ascend National and Advisory Board Meeting Location: TBD 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. www.ascendleadership.org Friday, March 7-9, 2014 National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) 2014 NAAAP National Leadership Academy Dallas, Tex. www.naaap.org Wednesday, March 19, 2014 California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce CAPCC Board Retreat Drexel University, One Capitol Mall, Suite 250, Sacramento, Calif. 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. www.calasiancc.org Thursday, March 20, 2014 Asian Business Association Inland Empire Third Annual Health to Wealth Expo Chaffey College Chino Community Center 5890 College Park Avenue, Chino, Calif. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information, contact: Raziel@ieaba.org Thursday, April 3, 2014 Asian Chamber of Commerce/Houston 24th Annual Awards Dinner Hold The Date; Details to follow www.asianchamber-houston.org

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Monday, April 7, 2014 Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce/Michigan East-West Business Connection Troy Marriott, 200 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy, Mich. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Tentative Time) RSVP to Ms. Christina Mui: Christina@apacc.net www.apacc.net Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Asian Women in Business Raising the Bar: Asian Women Corporate Counsels White & Case, LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York Save the Date www.awib.org Wednesday, April 16, 2014 (Through April 19) Association for Asian American Studies National AAAS Conference 2014 Location: San Francisco TBA www.aaastudies.org Wednesday, April 30, 2014 to Thursday, May 1, 2014 Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce ProcureCon 2014 10th Annual International Business Conference The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Downtown Richmond April 30: 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. May 1: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.aabac.org Saturday, May 3, 2014 Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce/Michigan Annual Dinner Celebration MGM Grand Detroit, 1777 Third Atreet, Detroit, Mich. 6 p.m. to Midnight RSVP: Ms. Christina Mui at Christina@apacc.net www.apacc.net Thursday, June 19, 2014 Asian American Business Development Center 2014 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Cipriani Wall Street, New York www.outstanding50award.com

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 (Through Aug. 3) Asian American Journalists Association JCamp Emerson College, Boston www.aaja.org Saturday, August 23-25, 2014 (Through Monday, August 25) Ascend Seventh Annual National Convention and Career Fair The Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Details: TBD Thursday, September 4-6, 2014 (Through Saturday, Sept. 6) National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) NAAAP National Convention Hilton Anaheim, Anaheim, Calif. www.naaap.org Thursday, September 18-19, 2014 California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce and ACE California Asian Business Summit The Palace Hotel, Two New Montgomery Street, San Francisco www.calasiancc.org

Affordable Care Act/ObamaCare

Section inspired by the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), San Francisco and Washington, D.C. By Mr. Iyanrick John, APIAHF Senior Policy Analyst.

Best Practices Section

Section Inspired by Ms. My Lan Tran, Richmond, Va.

Lessons Learned Section

Section inspired by Ms. Erin Yoshimura, Denver

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Wish List
A few of the business leaders have mentioned that they have a Wish List of things they need or want. If your organizations have access to any of these needs, please let us know.

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