NAAAP Convention
The Leadership Convention and Career Fair is the largest event of the year organized by the National Association of Asian American Professionals. The Convention is a time to hear inspirational speakers, corporate practices in diversity and talent management, emerging topics and best practices, make new friends and renew old friendships, and recognize Asian leaders at every level – life time contributors, community unsung heroes, and NAAAP leaders.
Based on historical attendance and support, we anticipate more than 40 sponsors and 1000 attendees for the 2014 Convention. Most of the sponsors will have exhibits in our Career Fair to share their vision for diversity and leadership in the workplace and to recruit top Asian professional talent.
NAAAP was founded in 1982 in New York City, originally established as the National Association of Young Asian Professionals. The name soon changed to embrace a broader range of Asian Pacific American (APA) professionals and to better reflect the rapidly changing demographic. NAAAP National’s 1991 retreat held in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was more structured and was made accessible to the general membership. The retreat for all chapters later became our annual gathering for all Asian professionals, members and prospective members.
In recent years, the NAAAP National Convention and Career Fair have been hosted and organized in top cities in North America. 2010: San Francisco, 2011; Boston, 2012: New York City (NAAAP’s 30th anniversary was commemorated in the city of its birthplace), 2103: Toronto, and 2014: Anaheim/Southern California.
The 2014 Convention theme is Rise of Asian America, to focus on the breakthroughs of individuals in various professions, the increase in Asian influence and presence in politics, media, and entertainment. Through this theme, we hope to explore the trends and factors contributing to the Rise of Asian America and address the gaps and challenges we are still trying to overcome.
