| THURSDAY | |
| 3:00 PM | JETAA Chicago Welcome Desk open at Inn of Chicago (162 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611) |
| 7:00 PM | Meet in Hotel Lobby to walk to USJETAA Reception (or join us anytime at the bar after 7:30) |
| 7:30 PM | USJETAA Welcome Happy Hour – Lizzie McNeill’s (400 N McClurg Ct, Chicago, IL 60611) |
| FRIDAY | Breakfast in Buckingham Room- Provided by MOFA (Supported by USJETAA) |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast in Headquarter Suite – donated by Robert Corder (Supported by USJETAA) |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome Remarks |
| Ella McCann, President, JETAA Chicago | |
| Takahiro Ando, Deputy Director, CLAIR New York | |
| Kotaro Oe, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan | |
| Bahia Simons-Lane, Executive Director, USJETAA | |
| Monica Yuki, Country Representative, JETAA USA | |
| Chapter Delegate Introductions & Omiyage | |
| 10:00 AM | Keynote Speech – JET: Playing the Long Game – Margot Carrington, former Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo |
| 10:30 AM | Growth and Sustainability in the Grassroots – Peter Kelley, President, NAJAS |
| 11:00 AM | How to Leverage USJETAA’s Resources Locally – Bahia Simons-Lane |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch in Headquarter Suite courtesy of CLAIR New York (Supported by USJETAA) |
| 1:30 PM | Five Year Plan: Be Proactive Instead of Reactive – Andy Shartzer, JETAANY & Monica Yuki, JETAA USA |
| 2:30 PM | Growing (and keeping) Strong JET Leaders – Rachel Reed, JETAADC and Katherine Meyer, JETAAMN |
| 3:15 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Remote Outreach & Engagement – Samantha Corpuz, PNW JETAA |
| 4:15 PM | Chapter Presentation (JETAAMN, JETAA Music City, and JETAA Texoma) |
| 4:30 PM | Growing Chapter Visibility and Branding – Teri Galvez, JETAA Rocky Mountain |
| 5:00 PM | Instructions for evening events & free time |
| 6:15 PM | Meet in hotel lobby to walk to Japan Information Center |
| 7:00 PM | MOFA Reception at Japan Information Center 737 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60611 |
| 8:30 PM | Nijikai |
| Scavenger Hunt: Team Activity to See the Best of Chicago at Night! | |
| SATURDAY | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast in Headquarters Suite (Supported by USJETAA) |
| 9:00 AM | Scavenger Hunt Results – Tom Collins, JETAA Chicago |
| Overview from Friday Conference and run through of the agenda – JETAA USA | |
| 9:30 AM | Everything You Ever Needed to Know About GIA But Were Afraid to Ask – Aki Sugawara & Tomoko Fujiwara, Assistant Directors, CLAIR New York |
| 10:00 AM | Building Membership, Step-by-Step – Kelly Bolen & Jennifer Kuang, JETAA Hawaii |
| 10:30 AM | How to Host a Successful Family Friendly Event – Maureen Brase-Houchin, JETAA Heartland (Nebraska) |
| 11:00 AM | Once a JET Always a JET: How to Keep Your Sempai Engaged – Melissa Cruz, JETAASC |
| 11:30 AM | Breakout Session: |
| 1. Focus on Growth in Subchapters – Rachel Reed, JETAADC | |
| 2. Focus on Growth in Leadership and Boards – Faye Valtadoros, JETAA USA | |
| 3. Focus on Growth of Sempai and Family Friendly events – Melissa Cruz, JETAASC | |
| 12:00 PM | Chapter Presentation (JETAA Alaska, JETAA New England, and JETAA Rocky Mountain) |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch in Headquarter Suite courtesy of CLAIR New York (Supported by USJETAA) |
| 1:30 PM | Non-profit status: Who’s got it, who wants and how should we be using it? |
| 1:45 PM | Breakout session: |
| 1. Chapters with 501(c)3 status can share ideas on how to take full usage of being an NPO – moderated by Monica Yuki, JETAA USA Country Rep | |
| 2. Chapters that are working towards 501(c)3 status can gain tips and insights with other chapters in the process – Moderated by Bahia Simons-Lane, USJETAA | |
| 3. Chapters without 50(c)3 status and not working towards it and how they are able to partner with other organizations – Moderated by Dustin Henrich, JETAA USA | |
| 2:15 PM | The Reality of Small Chapters | Analyzing JETAA’s Challenging Relationship with the JET Pipeline |
| 2:45 PM | Just Do It: Implementing the Lessons from NatCon – JETAA USA |
| 3:30 PM | Chapter Presentations (PNW JETAA, JETAA Portland, JETAANC, JETAASC, JETAANY, JETAA Mid-South, and JETAA Florida) |
| 4:30 PM | Instructions for evening event & Free Time |
| 5:30 PM | Meet in Lobby to take Lyft to reception |
| 6:00 PM | CLAIR Reception at Izakaya Mita (Supported by USJETAA) |
| 9:00 PM | Nijikai- Headquarters Beercade (213 W Institute Pl, Chicago, IL 60610) |
| SUNDAY | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast in Headquarter Suite – donated by Robert Corder (Supported by USJETAA) |
| 9:00 AM | Delegate sock exchange |
| 9:30 AM | JET Alumni: Impacting the U.S.-Japan Relationship – Paige Cottingham-Streater, Chair, USJETAA |
| 9:40 AM | JETAA International Update – Xander Peterson, JETAA International Advisory Board |
| 10:00 AM | JETAA Canada Update – Andrew Mossley, Country Representative, JETAA Canada |
| 10:20 AM | Chapter presentations (JETAA Heartland, JETAA Great Lakes, JETAA Hawaii, JETAADC, and JETAA Chicago) |
| 10:45 AM | Come Together, Right Now: Working within Your Region |
| 11:50 AM | Final Words – Ella McCann, JETAA Chicago & Faye Valtadoros, JETAA USA |
