*Subject to change
| THURSDAY | |
| 3:00 PM | Check into the hotel |
| 6:00 PM | USJETAA Welcome Happy Hour – Darcy’s Bistro & Pub 4955 S Ulster St, Denver, CO 80237 |
| FRIDAY | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served in hotel |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome remarks |
| Adam Lisbon, President, JETAA Rocky Mountain | |
| Hiroaki Isobe, Executive Consultant, CLAIR Tokyo | |
| Kotaro Oe, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan | |
| Paige Cottingham-Streater, Chair, USJETAA | |
| Monica Yuki, Country Representative, JETAA USA | |
| 9:30 AM | Chapter Delegate Introductions with Omiyage |
| 10:00 AM | Tom Kelly, Colorado’s 1st Congressional District – Welcome to Denver from Diana DeGette, U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District |
| 10:10 AM | Strengthening the Network: Building USJETAA – Paige Cottingham-Streater, Chair, & Bahia Simons Lane, Director, USJETAA |
| 10:25 AM | Unlocking the Global JETAA Network: KenJETkai & Sister Chapter Programs – Mark Frey, Country Representative, JETAA USA |
| 10:55 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM | Bridging TOMODACHI Spirit: Career Opportunities – Emily Freeman, Program Administrator, Environmental Management System (EMS), City and County of Denver |
| 11:30 AM | Communicating with Everyone – How Our Digital Outreach is Engaging the Community – Patrick Finn, Marketing Coordinator, JETAA Chicago |
| 12:00 PM | Bringing Japan to Grassroots USA Through Movies – Dustin Henrich, President, JETAA Heartland |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch in Headquarter Suite courtesy of CLAIR New York |
| 1:30 PM | JETAA International Update – Matthew Gillam, JETAA International Board of Advisors |
| 2:00 PM | JETAA Canada Update – Dustin Reimer, Country Representative, JETAA Canada |
| 2:30 PM | JETAA USA National Initiatives – Faye Valtadoros & Monica Yuki, Country Representatives, JETAA USA, Matthew Gillam, JLGC |
| 3:30 PM | Break |
| 3:40 PM | Chapter Presentations (DC, Texoma, NoCal, Great Lakes, New York, and Music City) |
| 4:40 PM | Instructions for evening events |
| 4:45 PM | Office Hours – Opportunity to speak with CLAIR, Country Reps and USJETAA OR Free Time |
| 5:45 PM | Meet in hotel lobby to depart hotel and travel by private bus to MOFA Reception |
| 6:00 PM | Bus departs |
| 6:30 PM | Reception hosted by Japan Consul General of Denver |
| 8:30 PM | Reception Ends – depart reception via private bus making two stops |
| Nijikai – Tavern Platt Park 1475 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210 | |
| Return to hotel directly | |
| SATURDAY | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served in hotel |
| 9:00 AM | Country Representative Overview from Friday Conference and run through of day’s agenda |
| 9:10 AM | JETAA GiA Funding and Procedures – Satoshi Kuroki & Shinori Nagasawa, Assistant Directors, CLAIR New York |
| 9:40 AM | Building Reserve Funds – Virginia Kreisle & Greg Schuneman, JETAAMN |
| 10:10 AM | JETAA NatCon 2018 – Strengthening Leadership and Membership – McKinney – Brenda McKinney, President, JETAANY |
| 10:40 AM | JETAARM Presentation, Adam Lisbon, President, JETAA Rocky Mountain |
| 11:10 AM | Break |
| 11:20 AM | JETwit and the Past, Present, and Future of the JET Alumni Community – Steven Horowitz, Founder, JETwit.com, JETAA USA Board of Advisors |
| 12:10 PM | Chapter Presentations (New England, Chicago, and Heartland) |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch in Headquarter Suite courtesy of CLAIR New York |
| 1:30 PM | USJETAA presentation on grants and chapter visits, Bahia Simons Lane, Director, USJETAA |
| 2:10 PM | Sasakawa-USAUSJETAA Mini-Grant Program, Joy Champaloux, Program Officer, Education Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA |
| 2:50 PM | Brainstorm session on Mini-Grant Proposal Ideas |
| 3:30 PM | Chapter Presentations (Florida and Pacific Northwest) |
| 4:00 PM | Instructions for Evening Events |
| 4:05 PM | Office Hours – Opportunity to speak with CLAIR, Country Reps and USJETAA OR Free Time |
| 5:00 PM | Meet in Lobby to walk and take Light Rail to Denver |
| 5:28 PM | Board Northbound E Train bound for Union Station, arriving in downtown at 5:59 |
| 6:00 PM | Walk from Union Station to Wynkoop Brewery |
| 6:30 PM | CLAIR Reception at Wynkoop Brewery |
| 8:30 PM | Evening Social Event (3 options) |
| Scavenger Hunt | |
| Wynkoop Brewery | |
| Return to hotel via Light Rail | |
| SUNDAY | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served in hotel |
| 9:00 AM | JETAARM Scavenger Hunt Results |
| 9:30 AM | Chapter Presentations (SoCal, Minnesota, Alaska, South East, Mid South, Portland, and Hawaii) |
| 10:30 AM | Delegate Beer Omiyage Exchange |
| 11:00 AM | Cross Chapter Collaboration by region or topic OR Open Office Hours with Country Reps, CLAIR and USJETAA |
| 11:50 AM | Closing Remarks by JETAARM & JETAA USA Country Representatives |
| 12:00 PM | Conference Ends |
