convention agenda - Joint Convention 2017

12TH ANMA/NASeA JOINT CONVENTION September 2-4, 2016 “Nepali American Community, Preserve Our Culture and Identity”

CONVENTION AGENDA CONVENTION LOCATION St. Louis Union Station – a Double Tree by Hilton 1820 Market St. St. Louis, MO 63103 Phone: 314-231-1234

REGISTRATION The Convention Registration Desk is located at Depot Reg Office near Grand Ballroom (take stair to Grand Hall to Midway Bridge to Grand Ballroom after the entrance). Full Convention registration includes welcome reception, lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday, all programs and sessions including cultural program and DJ except concert. Please contact the registration desk or Mr. Prakash Shahi via 314-440-7619 or [email protected] if you have any questions regarding registration and convention.

REGISTRATION DAY/HOURS Friday, September 2: Saturday, September 3: Sunday, September 4:

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

GENERAL INFORMATION Registration Full Convention: Saturday Only Convention: Sunday Only Convention: Saturday Concert (1974 AD) Regular Admission: VIP Admission: Sunday Cultural Program Admission:

$95 $50 $65 Advance $35 $50 $25

Gate $45 $60

PROGRAM TIMES Each program will run within allocated times. Program coordinators are responsible for executing (moderating) the program from start to end. We will have a ROOM MANAGER as the time keeper to stop the program instantly at the assigned end time. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that may cause. NAME BADGES Name Badges for the registered participants are provided at the registration desk. Please wear your name badge at all times when you are attending events and programs within the conference hotel. This badge informs us that you are a registered conference attendee and it will allow you access into meetings and meal functions. You will not be able to participate in any events without the name badge. ELECTRONIC DEVICES As a courtesy to your colleagues, please turn off or silence all electronic devices during sessions, workshops, and plenary addresses.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 TIME

VENUE ROOM

EVENT

TARGET

6:00PM-8:00PM

Depot Reg Office

Registration

General

6:00PM-8:00PM

Pegram

Pre-Event Mixer: (Refreshment/Cash Bar)

General

6:00PM-8:00PM

Pegram

Movie Night: Nepali Movie

General

COORDINATOR Prakash Shahi Balram Panthi

CONTACT EMAIL

ROOM MANAGER

[email protected]

Prakash Shahi

[email protected]

Balram Panthi

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 TIME

VENUE ROOM

EVENT

TARGET

COORDINATOR

CONTACT EMAIL

ROOM MANAGER

9:00AM-6:00PM

Station Master Room

Consular Service: Tour Office, The Embassy of Nepal

General

Balram Panthi

[email protected]

NA

9:00AM-9:00PM

Depot Reg Office

Registration

General

[email protected]

Prakash Shahi

Pooja/Chanting

General

Sports: Soccer/Volleyball

Adults

Regency B

Media Seminar: The effective role of Media to Preserve Our Culture And Identity

General

9:30AM-11:30AM

Midway Suites III & IV

Health Related Seminars: Gardening for Health, Cancer Screening, Managing Health, ANMF presentation on earthquake relief efforts, Immigration and Mental Health

General

10:00AM- 5:00PM

Regency C

Children: Children Program

Children

8:30AM-9:30AM

8:00AM- 4:30PM

9:30AM-10:30AM

Midway Suites I & II Renaud Spirit Center O'Fallon, MO 63368

Prakash Shahi TBD Kush Bhusal

Shiva Bista

Subash Bashyal

Arpana Thapa

Julie Bhusal

[email protected]

Kush Bhusal

[email protected]

Sanjay Ghimire

[email protected]

Subash Bashyal

[email protected]

Kamal Thapa

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 Contd…. TIME

VENUE ROOM

EVENT

TARGET

10:30AM-11:30AM

Midway Suites I & II

Seminar: Buddha Dharma Session

General

11:30AM-1:00PM

Pegram

Lunch

General

1:00PM-3:00PM

Grand Ballroom D,E,F

Talent Show

Youths & Adults

1:00PM-2:00PM

Regency B

Presentation: Empowering Children In Nepal to Reach Their Potential

General &Adults

1:30PM-2:30PM


Talk with Q and A: Rebuilding Rainaskot :A Villlagercentric Model in Postearthquake Nepal

Youths & Adults

2:30PM-4:00PM

Regency A

Talk: Women's Empowerment and Domestic Violence

Women

3:00PM-4:00PM


Fund Raising for Nepal: Ek Ek Paila

General

3:30PM- 4:30PM

Regency B

Presentation: Changing Banking Industry and its importance in daily life

General

4:00PM-5:00PM


Interaction: Bibeksheel Friends Reunion

Youths & Adults

4:30PM- 6:00PM

Regency A

Reunion: Budhanilkantha School Alumni

General

5:00PM- 6:00PM


Sports Forum: Youth Education and Sports in Nepal

Youths & Adults

COORDINATOR Tilak Shrestha

CONTACT EMAIL

ROOM MANAGER

[email protected]

Urmila Panthi

[email protected]

Shyam Basnet

[email protected]

Keshav KC

Dr. Christine Schutz

[email protected]

Urmila Panthi

Natasha Wozniak

[email protected]

Prabhakar Dhungana

Madhavi Basnet Karki

[email protected]


[email protected]

Ashim Lamichhane

[email protected]

Suman Shrestha

[email protected]

Ashim Lamichhane

[email protected]

Bharat Kandel

[email protected]

Dhiraj Pradhan

PJ Lohani Keshav KC

Sharda Thapa Madhav Dhakal and Prashim Poudyal Sanjay Rimal Bharat Kandel Sita Pandey

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 Contd… TIME

VENUE ROOM

EVENT

TARGET

5:00PM- 11:00PM

Regency C

Children: Child Care

Children

5:00PM- 5:30PM

Regency B

Health Education: What is GMO, Do we need it?

General

5:30PM- 7:30PM

Pegram

Dinner

General

5:30PM-6:30PM

TBD

VIP Red Carpet and Photo Session with the 1974AD Band

General

6:30PM- 11:00PM

Grand Ballroom

Concert: 1974 AD with New Lineup

General

DJ

Youths & Adults

11:00PM- 1:00AM

Grand Ballroom

COORDINATOR Arpana Thapa Khusi R Tiwari, Ph.D. PJ Lohani Divesh Pradhan Divesh Pradhan Divesh Pradhan

CONTACT EMAIL

ROOM MANAGER

[email protected]

Kamal Thapa

[email protected]

Subash Bashyal

[email protected]

Shyam Basnet

[email protected]

Divesh Pradhan

[email protected]

Divesh Pradhan

[email protected]

Divesh Pradhan

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 TIME

VENUE ROOM

EVENT

TARGET

COORDINATOR

CONTACT EMAIL

ROOM MANAGER

9:00AM-6:00PM

Station Master Room

Consular Service: Tour Office, The Embassy of Nepal

General

Balram Panthi

[email protected]

NA

9:00AM-8:00PM

Depot Reg Office

Registration

General

[email protected]

Prakash Shahi

8:00AM-9:00AM

Outside Hotel Entrance @ Market Street

Morning Walk

General

[email protected]

N/A

8:30AM-9:30AM

Regency B

Health and Wellness: Fitness Workshop

Youths & Adults

[email protected]

Amit Jha

9:00AM- 4:00PM

Renaud Spirit Center O'Fallon, MO 63368

Sports: Soccer/Volleyball

Adults

[email protected]

Kush Bhusal

9:00AM-5:00PM

Conductor Room

Blood Donation: Blood Donors of America

General

[email protected]

Subash Bashyal

Prakash Shahi Subash Bashyal Ramakant Kharel Kush Bhusal Subash Bashyal

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 Contd…. TIME

VENUE ROOM

EVENT

TARGET

9:30AM-12:00AM

Grand Ballroom

Opening Ceremony

General

10:00AM- 5:00PM

Regency C

Children: Children Program

Children

12:00PM-1:30PM

Pegram

Lunch

General

1:30PM-2:30PM


Forum: Youth Fued and Youth Speech

1:30PM-3:30PM

Regency A

Competition: Literature and Poem

1:30PM-2:30PM

Regency B

Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities of Nepal Tourism Promotion in US IT: Information Technology, Mobile Development, and Mobile Games Forum: NASeA Silver Jubilee 2016 "NASeA Services 25 Years and Beyond Parenting: How to Raise Happy Children & Cultural Differences in Parenting

Youths & Adults Youths & Adults Youths & Adults Youths & Adults

1:30PM-2:30PM

Midway Suites I&II

2:30PM-3:30PM

Regency B

3:00PM-4:00PM


3:30PM-4:00PM

Regency B

NASeA AGM

General

4:00PM-5:00PM

Regency A

ANMA AGM

General

4:00PM-5:00PM

Midway Suites I&II

Presentation: Financial Literacy Awareness

General

General Youths & Adults

COORDINATOR Balaram Panthi Arpana Thapa PJ Lohani Rama Ghimire

Urmila Panthi

Raja Ghale

Sanjay Ghimire

Bimal Nepal

Anita Adhikary Bimal Nepal Sushil Shama Naba Kadel

CONTACT EMAIL

ROOM MANAGER

[email protected]

Bharat Kandel

[email protected]

Kamal Thapa

[email protected]

Shyam Basnet

[email protected]

Keshav KC

[email protected]

Urmila Panthi

[email protected]

Shailesh Panth

[email protected]

Sanjay Ghimire

[email protected]

Shailendra Bajracharya

[email protected]


[email protected]

Shiva Bista

[email protected]

Bharat Kandel

[email protected]

Ashim Lamichhanne

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 Contd…. TIME

VENUE ROOM

EVENT

TARGET

4:30PM-6:30PM

Grand Ballroom D,E,F

Music and Dance: Teej Program

Women

6:00PM- 7:30PM

Pegram

Dinner

General

7:30PM- 8:00PM

Grand Ballroom

Cultural Fashion Show

General

7:30PM- 11:30PM

Grand Ballroom

Cultural Program

General

11:30PM- 1:00AM

Grand Ballroom

DJ

Youths & Adults

COORDINATOR Sangita Koirala PJ Lohani Keshav KC Diwakar Dahal Divesh Pradhan

CONTACT EMAIL

ROOM MANAGER

[email protected]

Urmila Panthi

[email protected]

Shyam Basnet

[email protected]

Diwakar Dahal

[email protected]

Diwakar Dahal

[email protected]

Divesh Pradhan

Hotel Directions: To the Hotel from Lambert Airport: A.

(Approximately 20-30 Minutes)

70 East. Exit Memorial Drive East. Turn right at the 3rd light (Market Street). Stay on Market Street until 18th Street. We are on the left hand side.

To Lambert Airport from the Hotel:

(Approximately 20-30 Minutes)

C. Take Market Street East toward the river (Downtown). Turn left on 4th street. Right on Chestnut. Left on Memorial to 70 West to Airport.

To Hotel via 70 East:

Same as Airport directions A.

To Hotel via 44 East:

Exit Jefferson. Turn left at the light. Turn right at Market Street, five blocks on right hand side.

To Hotel via 55 North:

Exit Market Street. Turn right on to Market Street. Hotel is one block East, on the right hand side.

To Hotel via 55 South, 64 West, 40 West or 70 West:

Stay in the left hand lane under I-64 signs (while on bridge). Once across the bridge, follow I-64 West for one mile. Exit Market at 21st Street. Turn right at the light (Market). We are three blocks on the right. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Parking Options:

Valet: (Available at Market Street) Group rate of $20 overnight

Self: (Available at 20th Streets) $5.00 per car—Evening events $10 for all day or overnight guests

Transportation To & From Airport: Metrolink (www.bi-state.org):

GoBest Shuttle (www.gobestexpress.com):

From Airport to Hotel: From Hotel to Airport: Running Time:

One Way: $21.00 or Two People for $17.00 Round Trip: $37.00 or Two People for $32.00 Running Time: From Marriott to airport: 5:50am-6:10pm (Please call 4 hours prior for evening transfers) Runs every 20 minutes from airport to downtown Reservation Hours: 6:00am-10:00pm / seven days a week Phone: 314.222.5300 (Please call if pickup is needed to the airport after 6:30pm) o GoBest Shuttle Desks at Baggage Claim near exit MT-12 (main terminal) and near information booth (east terminal).

$3.50 $2.25 M-F 5:00am-1:00am Sat 5:00am-2:00am Sun 5:30am-midnight Phone: 314.231.2345 ***Good for single travelers, with minimal luggage***

Taxi Service: One-Way:

Approximately $40.00