2007 National IALI Conference Agenda
Democratic Dialogue
August 3-4, 2007
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 (Public Policy)
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Registration and Breakfast
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8:00 a.m.
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Welcome
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8:45 a.m.
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Opening Remarks
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U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
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U.S. Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
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U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
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9:00 a.m.
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The Indian-American Community and Foreign Policy
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Kishore Kuchibotla, IALI Board Member (Moderator)
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Sanjay Puri, Founder, USINPAC
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Manpreet Singh Anand, Staff Member, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Rich Verma, National Security Advisor, U.S. Senator Harry Reid
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9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
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The Indian-American Community and Local Issues
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Nick Rathod, Board Member, SAALT (Moderator)
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Udai Tambar, Special Assistant to the NYC Human Resource Commissioner
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Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia
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Sujata Lowenthal, City Council Member, Long Beach
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11:00 - 12:15 p.m.
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Keynote Speaker
- Neal Katyal, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
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12:15 - 12:30 p.m.
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Lunch
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12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
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The Indian-American Community and State Legislative Issues
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Ronnie Chatterji, Duke University and Center for American Progress (Moderator)
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Delegate Kumar Barve, Majority Leader, Maryland House of Delegates
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Representative Swati Dandekar, Iowa House of Representatives
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1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
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The Indian-American Community and Grassroots Efforts
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Vijay Ravindran, Catalist.org, LLC (Moderator)
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Deepa Iyer, Executive Director, SAALT
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Rajen Anand, President, NFIA
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Vinod Shah, Association of American Physicians from India
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Sivakanth Mundru, Immigration Voice
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Ravi Sakhuja, President, Indian American Political Forum for Education
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2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
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The Indian-American Community and Policy Trends
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Shamina Singh, Citigroup (Moderator)
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Kris Kolluri, Secretary, New Jersey Department of Transportation
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Aneesh Chopra, Secretary, Virginia Department of Technology
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Preeta Bansal, Former Solicitor General, New York Attorney General
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4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
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