9:00 am-4:15 pm | College Class Visits (on your own)

Go back to school with a visit to a current class! You can just drop in, but the professor may limit attendance. Not all classes meet on Friday, so check the schedule carefully here.

1:00-2:30 pm | Admissions Information and Student Life at Harvard

The Lyman Room, Agassiz House, 5 James Street, Radcliffe Yard

How does Harvard College identify and compose a class of bright, talented, and compelling students who will serve the needs of the Harvard community and ultimately the world? How does Harvard make its transformative education accessible to all regardless of economic circumstance? Alumni registrants and their families are invited to meet Directors Robin Worth and Jake Kaufmann and other staff members, who will discuss Harvard's admissions process and financial aid programs and the role they play in realizing Harvard’s educational mission. We will also hear from several current Asian American students. Please note: The Directors and staff will not be able to answer questions about the active litigation. Speakers: Robin Worth AB ‘81, EdM ‘86, EdD ‘90, Director of International Admissions, and Jake Kaufmann AB ‘93, EdM ‘05, Director of Financial Aid and Senior Admissions Officer.

2:45-3:45 pm | Special Tour of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America

Schlesinger Library, 3 James Street, Radcliffe Yard

Take an insider’s tour of the Schlesinger Library, the premier library of U.S. women's history, with Marilyn Dunn, Executive Director. Join us to learn about the Schlesinger’s initiative to expand its collections that document the lives of Asian American and Asian women in America. Visit the Schlesinger’s 75th-anniversary exhibition of objects and papers from its collections and hear about the strategic directions of this important research library in the future.

Coordinated by Elizabeth Wang AB '86. #H4A Summit @Harvard4A @RadInstitute

3:30-5:00 pm | Tour of Harvard Art Museums, with a focus on Asian works

Meet on the Lower Level of Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Experience the world-class collections of the Harvard Art Museums in a private tour designed especially for members of H4A! The Harvard Art Museums, stunningly renovated in 2013-2014, comprises what we once knew as the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. Its Asian art collection includes works from East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Western Asia, ranging from folding screens and scroll paintings to prints, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, lacquers and textiles that span more than 7,000 years, from Neolithic times to the present. Our exciting tour will take us from the magnificent Calderwood courtyard through key highlights—including the renowned collection of ancient Chinese bronze vessels and jade objects. Soyoung Lee, the new Chief Curator of Harvard Art Museums, will greet the group and provide an introduction. Limited to 45 attendees: priority to those who pre-registered; first-come first-served for remaining spaces. Coordinated by Eric Yeh AB '98, SM '98, H4A Founding President.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @HarvArtMuseums

5:30-8:00 pm | Opening Reception & Summit Registration

Harvard Northwest Building Atrium, 52 Oxford Street

The Summit officially launches with a greeting by Summit Co-Chair and H4A Secretary and Board Member Athena Lao AB '09 and welcome remarks and Q&A by new Harvard President Lawrence Bacow JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78. Bacow will be introduced by William F. Lee AB '72, Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation. We will also hear from Gerald Chan SM ‘75, SD ‘79, Co-Founder of the Morningside Group and patron of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Chamber music by Lily Tsai AB '17, violin, Christine Hong COL '19, violin, Ellen Shrock AB '16, viola, and Audrey Chen AB '18, cello.

Sponsored by Samsung NEXT

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @HarvardChanSPH @SamsungNEXT

7:30-8:30 pm | HLS Alumni and Student Meet-up

Harvard Law School WCC 3018, 1585 Mass Ave.

HLS alumni and current HLS students are invited to connect, share our stories, and begin planning for an Asian Pacific American HLS alumni reunion. If you have not been on campus in the past few years, you will not want to miss visiting Wasserstein Hall and the Caspersen Student Center. Dessert will be provided. RSVPs to julie@jchiulaw.com are appreciated.

Sponsored by Julie Chiu JD '88 and Victor Ho

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @Harvard_Law

8:00-10:00 pm | Mid-Career Conversations Dinner (pre-registration required)

Harvard Northwest Building Atrium, 52 Oxford Street

In this session we will explore the joys and challenges of being in mid-career, including breaking through the Bamboo Ceiling and helping coach others through their career journey. Buck Gee MBA ‘80, former VP/GM Cisco Systems, will present an analysis of EEOC data finding that Asian Americans are the least likely to be promoted into management; and Mo Fong MBA '02, Director, Google Technical Solutions and formerly in Google People Operations, will walk through a case study of how Google has supported its Asian community and highlight resources and best practices that you can bring back to your organizations and for your own development.

Sponsored by Google

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @Mo_Fong @Google

10:00 pm | Summit After Hours

Hong Kong Restaurant, 2nd Floor, 1238 Massachusetts Avenue

Kick back at the Kong and continue connecting and conversing over drinks—and maybe a Bowl? No-host bar.

8:00-8:30 am | Tai Chi

Science Center Lobby, 1 Oxford Street

Start off the day with Tai Chi practice outdoors. This slow and fluid form of ancient Chinese martial arts will energize you for the whole jam-packed day. No special clothing requirement. Led by Master Yon Lee, Harvard Tai Chi Tiger Crane Club. Coordinated by Jiajun Gu, SM ‘04, PhD ‘08

8:00-5:00 pm | Registration

Science Center Lobby, 1 Oxford Street

Please check in as early as possible, as you will need your name badge for admittance to Summit events. Starting at 5:30 pm on Saturday, please check in at the Northwest Building. On-site registrations will be accepted only as space allows.

8:30-9:45 am | Networking Breakfast

Queen's Head Pub, Memorial Hall Lower Level (enter from the external stairs on the Science Center side) 45 Quincy Street

Kick off the first full day of the Summit at this morning meet-up, designed to help you build meaningful connections and a better understanding of fields that interest you. Tables will be hosted by alumni in various sectors (media, entrepreneurship, law, design, and more) and regions (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston). Sector Hosts: Neal Adolph Akatsuka AM '13, ALM '18, Communications and Design Coordinator, Harvard University; Archan Basu AB '93, Senior VP, Fidelity Investments; Michelle Chen AB '99, Producer, Children's and Educational Media, Thirteen/WNET (New York Public Media); Elena Chit AB '12, Healthcare Consultant, McKinsey & Company; Scott Eun AB '93, Portfolio Manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments; Lee-Sean Huang AB '03, Founder, Foossa (creative consultancy); Christine Lee MEd '14, Human Capital Manager, Boston Public Schools; Joy Lin AB '05, Producer, NBC (Meet the Press); Vanessa Liu AB '96 JD '03, Co-Founder, FEVO; VP, SAP.iO; Joyce Zhang AB '09, Founder, Verdiq; Darshak Sanghavi AB '92, CMO, Optum Health; Nelson Wang AB '93, Editor, TheStreet.com; Takemi Ueno AB '87 JD '93, Principal Appellate Court Attorney, NY State Supreme Court; Sheryl WuDunn MBA '86 Hauser Fellow '18, Co-Author, A Path Appears; Regional Hosts: Douglas Chin AB '88, MD '94, ScMM '94, San Francisco; Tony Hung SM ’09, Boston; Jennifer Hsu AB '95, Los Angeles; Eric William Lin AB'09, New York.

10:00-11:15 am | Opening Town Hall—Harvard Power Players

Lecture Hall C, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Day Two of the summit kicks off with a welcome from Summit Co-Chair Anupam Agarwal MPH '05. And then you'll meet three of the Asian American alumni who help run Harvard. Margaret Wang AB '09 is the youngest-ever president of the Harvard Alumni Association, a vast network of 330,000 alumni. She'll moderate a conversation with Dean Rakesh Khurana AM '98, PhD '98, Danoff Dean of Harvard College, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at HBS, Professor of Sociology at Harvard, and Faculty Dean of Cabot House, and Tracy Palandjian AB '93, MBA '97, Co-Founder & CEO, Social Finance, and former Vice Chair of the Harvard Board of Overseers. They'll explain their roles and responsibilities in such recent momentous decisions as the final club sanctions and the presidential search and illuminate what Harvard looks like from the offices of those in charge. Coordinated by H4A VP and Board Member Mukesh Prasad AB '93

Sponsored by Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine AB ’92, MPP ’96

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @HarvardAlumni @TracyPalandjian

11:30 am-1:15 pm | Luncheon with Vivek Murthy

Northwest Building Atrium, 52 Oxford Street

Our featured luncheon speaker is Vivek Murthy AB ’98, 19th Surgeon General of the United States, in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti SM ‘01, Host and Editor of NPR’s On Point. They will explore Dr. Murthy's lifetime of public service, the controversies and challenges of the Surgeon General position and his views on today's most pressing public-health challenges. We will also learn the fun and surprising results of the 2018 H4A Member Survey, as presented by New York Chapter Head Alex J. Lee AB ’06, SM '06 and Eric William Lin AB '09. The luncheon's emcee will be Summit Co-Chair and H4A Bay Area Chapter Head Douglas H. C. L. Chin, AB ‘88, ScMM ‘93, MD ‘93.

Sponsored by Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine AB ’92, MPP ’96

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @Vivek_Murthy @MeghnaWBUR @EricWilliamLin @DougChinMD

1:30-2:45 pm | Session 1A: Rebels with a Cause: Advocacy and Activism

Lecture Hall A, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Hear from passionate and experienced advocates who have pushed for progress in areas as diverse as immigration, anti-human trafficking efforts, mental health, human rights, and health care. You'll learn from their insights on organizing, advocacy and the role that Asians and Asian Americans can play in advancing social justice. Speakers: Nisha Agarwal AB '00, JD '06, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Mayor on DemocracyNYC; Katherine Chon MPB '10, Director, Office of Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Quinnie Lin AB '09, MPP '12, Principal, QB Strategies, LLC; John Maa MD '94, President, San Francisco-Marin Medical Society. Moderated by Carolyn Chou AB ‘13, Executive Director, Asian American Resource Workshop. Coordinated by Athena Lao AB ‘12 and Shona Pendse, MD ‘97, MMS ‘05.

Sponsored by K. Daniel Riew AB '80 and Mary Riew MBA '92

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @NishasAgarwal @QuinnieLin @JohnMaaMD @CarolynChou

1:30-2:45 pm | Session 1B: View from the C-Suite

Lecture Hall D, Harvard Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Come hear from this panel of alumni who have achieved major leadership positions in corporate America. According to the Harvard Business Review article co-authored by Friday night's dinner presenter Buck Gee, Asian Americans are the least likely group to be promoted to management. So how did our panelists navigate any roadblocks and break through? They'll share their journeys and lessons learned along the way. Speakers: Rajiv Parikh MBA ‘97, Chief Executive Officer, Position2; Darshak Sanghavi AB ‘92, Chief Medical Officer and Senior VP for Translations, OptumLabs; Judy Shen-Filerman AB '88, MBA '94, CEO, Executive Coach, Leadership & Career Strategist, Dreambridge Partners; and Jen Wong MBA ‘04, Chief Operating Officer, Reddit. Moderated by Dolores Bernardo MPA '06, Founder & Managing Partner, Makena Leadership Group. Coordinated by Anupam Agarwal, MPH ‘05

Sponsored by Lisa Lee MBA '00 and Jun Choi

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @RajivParikh @DarshakSanghavi @OneWwong @MelissaLeeCNBC

2:45-4:30 | Coffee and Refreshments from Clover

Outside Lecture Hall A, Science Center, 1 Oxford St

3:00-4:15 pm | Session 2A: They Call Us Bruce” Podcast Taping with Sharmila Sen

Lecture Hall A, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Two of Asian America's most prominent commentators, Jeff Yang AB '89 and Phil "Angry Asian Man" Yu, bring their "They Call Me Bruce" podcast across the country for a live taping with the Summit audience. This episode's featured guest is novelist Sharmila Sen AB '92, an Executive Editor-at-Large at Harvard University Press and former Harvard professor, whose new book, Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America, tells about her search for identity after emigrating from India to the U.S. when she was 12. “I got race the way people get chicken pox," she writes. "I also got race as one gets a pair of shoes or a cell phone. It was something new, something to be tried on for size, something to be used to communicate with others. In another register, I finally got race, in the idiomatic American sense of fully comprehending something. You get what I’m saying? Yeah, I get you.” Lively and insightful conversation guaranteed!

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @_Sen_Sharmila @OriginalSpin @AngryAsianMan @TheyCallUsBruce

3:00-4:15 pm | Session 2B: Getting Political—Finding Our Voice in Local, State and Federal Government

Lecture Hall C, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Is politics the final frontier? Our panelists will share why they each answered the call to public service and the special rewards and responsibilities that come with the job. They'll discuss the state of Asian American political influence and explore ways to give greater voice to our communities. Speakers: Richard Pan MPH ‘98, California State Senate; Mark Takano AB ‘83, U.S. House of Representatives; Phil Ting MPP ‘94, California State Assembly; Jessica Vu JD ‘10, Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; Michelle Wu AB ‘07, JD ‘12, Boston City Council; and Andrew Yang, Candidate for President of the United States. Moderated by Kessely Hong AB ‘95, MPA ‘00, PhD ‘08, Faculty Chair of MPA Programs and the Mid-Career MPA Summer Program, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Coordinated by Douglas H. C. L. Chin AB ‘88, ScMM ‘93, MD ‘93.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @DrPanMD @RepMarkTakano @PhilTing @WuTrain @AndrewYangVFA @DougChinMD

4:30-5:45 pm | Session 3A: Asian American Studies—Past, Present, Future

Lecture Hall D, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

How does the Asian American community figure in the academic and intellectual narratives taught in universities today? Since 2015, Harvard students have ramped up the 40-year campaign for a more robust Ethnic Studies program, yet Harvard continues to lag behind its peer universities in its offerings in Asian American Studies. You will hear from four professors who will share insights about the state of Asian American Studies in higher education and about how their own student experiences at Harvard prepared them for their careers. Speakers: Melissa Borja AB ’04, Assistant Professor, American Culture, University of Michigan; John Cheng AB ‘86, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, SUNY Binghamton Department of Asian and Asian American Studies; Peter Nien-Chu Kiang AB '80, EdM '86, EdD '91, Professor and Director, Asian American Studies Program, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development (SGISD), University of Massachusetts Boston; Renee Tajima-Peña AB ’80, Professor, UCLA Asian American Studies Department; Producer-Co-Director, Academy Award-nominated documentary Who Killed Vincent Chin?. Moderator: Sally Chen College ‘19, Co-Coordinator, Undergraduate Task Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies. Coordinated by Jenny Choi '16 and Juhwan Seo '17.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @MelissaMayBorja @RTajima @JChoi_Queens @Juhwan_Seo

4:30-5:45 pm | Session 3B: Crossroads of Creativity: Where Art and Science Meet

Lecture Hall A, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

E.O. Wilson, the acclaimed biologist and entomologist, urged a synthesis of the humanities and the sciences in his recent book, The Origins of Creativity. Our guests on today’s panel have embraced that Wilsonian clarion call, embracing their passions in both the arts and sciences, and have each forged their own unique path of creativity, innovating in their chosen field of artistic pursuit. Come hear how you can think about creativity through a new and interdisciplinary lens, through unexpected combinations of ideas, and how you can pick up again whatever creative passions you might have left behind. Speakers: Yuga Cohler AB '11, Music Director, Ridgefield Symphony; Tech Lead, Google; Hubert Ho AB '98, Assistant Teaching Professor in Music Theory and Composition, Northeastern University and co-Artistic Director, Dinosaur Annex; Weike Wang AB '11, SM '14, SD '17, Author, Chemistry; Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award. Moderated and coordinated by Eric William Lin AB '09, Software Engineer and UX/Information Designer.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @YugaCohler @EricWilliamLin

6:00-7:00 pm | Authors' Book Signing

Northwest Building Atrium, 52 Oxford Street

As a testament to the importance of Asian American Studies, a Harvard Asian American Studies seminar in 2014, taught by visiting professor Christine Yano, inspired its students to stay together afterward as a writing collective. They eventually produced a book, Straight A's: Asian American College Students in Their Own Words, edited by Professor Yano and Neal Adolph Akatsuka AM ’13, GSA '16, ALM '18, which was published this summer. Professor Yano and Alumni contributors Franklin Odo AM '63, Amy Chyao AB '16 HLS '19, Lee Ann Song AB '15 and Joan Zhang AB '17, will be on hand to sign copies of the book available for purchase during the evening reception. Summit Speakers Sharmila Sen, Weike Wang, John Cheng and Due Quach will also be signing their books. Coordinated by Neal Akatsuka.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @NAAkatsuka @Franklin Odo @AmyChyao @LeeAnnSong

6:00-8:00 pm | H4A 10th Anniversary Celebration and Awards

Northwest Building Atrium, 52 Oxford Street

Get ready to applaud and cheer because H4A has much to celebrate tonight! To mark our 10th Anniversary this fall, H4A President Jeannie Park AB '83 will honor our first two presidents, founding president Eric Yeh AB '98, SM '98 and immediate past president Bill Yao AB '88. We will also shine a spotlight on Asian American Studies at Harvard, for which students and faculty have been advocating for more than 40 years. We will recognize those alumni who found a spark at Harvard that led them to become Asian American Studies scholars and are now teaching at other institutions. And we will honor those who teach Asian American Studies at Harvard and have created an academic home for students in the field, including Eleanor Craig MTS '08, ThD '17, Administrative and Program Director for Ethnicity, Migration, Rights; Genevieve Clutario, Assistant Professor of History and History and Literature; Ju Yon Kim, Professor of English; Nicole Newendorp AM '96, PHD '04, Lecturer on Social Studies and Assistant Director of Studies for Juniors and Seniors in Social Studies; and Natasha Kumar Warikoo EDM '97, AM '05, PHD '05, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

We will also celebrate H4A's contributions to the student experience by introducing you to the students who were recipients of two very special prizes this year: The first Asian American Studies Thesis Research Grants, which were created by funds contributed by you, H4A members. And the first Public Service Fellowship for service in the Asian American community, sponsored directly by H4A. In between all the awards, we'll eat, mingle and enjoy jazz by Aditya Raguram '18, piano, and Ryan Park-Chan '18, saxophone.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @EricGYeh @BillYao @NKWarikoo

8:00-9:00 pm | VOICES Storytelling Competition

Northwest Building, Room B-103, 52 Oxford Street

Storytelling is a powerful art. It can elicit delight or fear, laughter or tears. It can entertain, inform and inspire. Come hear powerful personal true stories about being Asian or Asian American from Harvard's best storytellers. In this final round of the VOICES Story Slam Competition, these six incredible finalists, selected by the Summit’s screening jury, will capture your heart as they perform their stories live:

• Kelsey Chen COL ’22, "An Anthology of Asian American Anxiety"
• Emil Guillermo, AB ’77, "Amok at Harvard: My Affirmative Action"
• Susan Lieu AB '07, "She Was The One"
• Abhijith Ravinutala MTS '19, "Time to Speak Up"
• Julia Riew Col '21, ".008% Korean"
• Xiadi Zhai Col '22, "Erosion (A Mother’s Love)"

A panel of distinguished judges will award thousands of prizes to the three top winners. You, the audience members, will vote on a prize of your own.

Finals Judges: John Lian, PhD Candidate in Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School; winner of 2014 VOICES Story Slam judge and audience prizes, Sharmila Sen AB ’92, Executive Editor-at-Large, Harvard University Press; author, Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America; Heidi Shin EdM ‘07, public radio and podcast producer; Renee Tajima-Peña AB '80, Professor, UCLA Asian American Studies Department; Producer-Co-Director, Academy Award-nominated documentary Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Screening Jury: Jane Sujen Bock AB ’81, lawyer; David Chan, AB '83, portfolio manager, former filmmaker; Linda Chin MS ‘84, Harvard OCS Arts Adviser, theater artist and producer; Pauline W. Chen AB '86, surgeon, author, columnist; Andrew Chow, AB '14, journalist; Julie K.L. Dam AB '93, content and branding consultant; Tania James AB '03, novelist; Vivian Toy, AB' 85, journalist. Finalists’ Coach: Sheila Traister, actor, writer and storytelling coach. VOICES Story Slam Committee: Jane Sujen Bock, AB '81, Chair; Marina Lee, EdM '97.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @EmilAmok @SusanLieu @_Sen_Sharmila @ByHeidiShin @RTajima

9:00-11:00 pm | Chocolate and Cognac Nightcap

Phillips Brooks House, Parlor Room, 1 Harvard Yard

Before you head off to bed, join us for a nightcap of chocolates and cognac. Susan Lieu, co-founder of Socola Chocolatier, presents her “truffles with a South Asian accent.” For this event, Socola Chocolatier and Moet-Hennessy have joined forces to curate thoughtful pairings of chocolates and cognac, including a cognac truffle created specially for the Summit. Attendees will also receive a special promotional code, good for 10% off Socola products through the end of the year. Great for holiday gifts!

Curated by Wendy Lieu and Susan Lieu, AB ‘07, Co-Founders, Socola Chocolatier, and Erica Kwei, AB ‘88, Senior Director, Moet-Hennessy USA and The Louis Vuitton Company.

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @SocolaChocs @SusanLieu

8:00-8:30 am | Meditation

Lecture Hall D, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Start your Sunday in an optimal mindset. Due Quach will guide a simple mind-hacking exercise to help you bring qualities such as presence, wisdom and connectedness to this last day of the Summit. Speaker: Due Quach, AB ‘00, Founder and CEO, Calm Clarity, Author,Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment and Joy. Coordinated by Jiajun Gu, SM ‘04, PhD ‘08

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @DueMQuach @CalmClarityOrg

8:30-10:15 am | Mentoring Breakfast (program participants only)

Mentors and Mentees in the 2018-19 H4A Mentoring Program will get to meet each other and begin their year of connection and support at this special breakfast. Coordinated by the H4A Mentoring Committee: June Koo MPP '16, HLS '21, Nicolas Xu COL '20, Judy Yang AB '17, Mengting Zhang AB '17

8:30-9:30 am | Coffee and Breakfast from Clover

Outside Lecture Hall A, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

9:00-10:15 am | Session 4A: Tech Disruptions: AI, IoT and Imagining Our Connected Futures

Lecture Hall D, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Ubiquitous computing and communication technologies intertwine into an Internet of Things (IoT) that has infiltrated our lives. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are changing how we shop, monitor our health, and conduct business. AI and IoT, as well as related technologies, will dramatically change many industry sectors and economic, legal and political institutions—along with how we live and relate to one another. This panel convenes alumni experts who are leading global innovation in these areas—from personal devices we hold in the palm of our hand, to the built environment of a “smart city”, to vast databases of personal and commercial information. Together, we will explore our interconnected future—for better or worse. David Eun, AB ‘89, JD ‘93, President and Founder of Samsung NEXT and Chief Innovation Officer of Samsung Electronics; Prem Ramaswami, MBA ‘13, Head of Product, Sidewalk Labs; Sharon Zhou, AB ‘15, Computer Science PhD student, Stanford University. Moderated by Wendy Hanamura, AB ‘83, Director of Partnerships, Internet Archive. Coordinated by Stanley Shaw, AB ‘87, MD ‘95, PhD ‘95

Sponsored by Jinhee Ahn Kim AB '85

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @Eunner @WHanamura @SYShaw

9:00-10:15 am | Session 4B: Let’s Talk about It: Mental Wellness in the Asian-American Community, with Screening and Discussion of Looking for Luke Documentary

Lecture Hall C, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Why does a “well-liked, passionate and brilliant Harvard sophomore” end his own life? Looking for Luke attempts to answer that question by exploring the repercussions of Luke’s final actions. The screening will serve as the catalyst for a frank discussion about the epidemic of depression and suicide that disproportionately affects Asian-American youth. The session will share perspectives as well as explore avenues for prevention and treatment, in an effort to shed light, reduce stigma and raise awareness of these serious diseases. The documentary contains serious and emotionally fraught situations that may not be suitable for younger viewers. Speakers: Juliana Chen, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Instructor, Looking for Luke Executive Producer; Elisa Cheng, AB ’99, MD ‘05, Psychiatrist and Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Deanna Lee AB '84, Visiting Professor of Communications and Media Studies, John Cabot University; Alexis Ross, COL ’20, Student Mental Health Liaison and Room 13 peer counselor. Moderated by Yuhsien Wu, PhD, EDM ‘15, Co-Founder, Veritas Education Leaders. Coordinated by Julie Yao Cooper AB' 85, MBA' 91 and Yuhsien Wu, PhD, EdM ‘15

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @LFL_Film @DeannaJLee @EricLu

10:30 am-12:00 noon | Plenary: Affirmative Action and Asian Americans

Lecture Hall C, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

Our Summit takes place at perhaps the most intense moment of a heated debate around affirmative action that is centered on Asian Americans and how Asian Americans are treated by Harvard. Our expert panelists bring varied and nuanced views of race-conscious practices and whether or not they are beneficial to Asian Americans, to higher education and to society at large. They will outline the history of Asian Americans and affirmative action, provide insight into the current lawsuit and explore whether there are better ways to admit a college class. Speakers: Jeannie Suk Gersen, JD '02, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor Harvard Law School; Jin Hee Lee, Senior Deputy Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, which represents H4A; Julie J. Park, Associate Professor of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, and author of Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data; Natasha Kumar Warikoo, EdM ‘97, AM ‘05, PhD ‘05, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and author of The Diversity Bargain; And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities. Moderated by Frank Wu, Professor, University of California Hastings College of Law, author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, and President, Committee of 100. Coordinated by Margaret Chin AB ‘84 and Jeannie Park AB '83.

12:00-2:00 pm | Authors' Book Signing & Coffee Break

Outside Lecture Hall A, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

This morning's speakers Julie J. Park, Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Frank Wu, Nadya Okamoto and Due Quach, plus the editors and writers of Straight A's: Asian American College Students in Their Own Words, featured at last night's dinner—Christine Yano, Neal Adolph Akatsuka, Franklin Odo, Amy Chyao, Lee Ann Song and Joan Zhang—will be on hand to sign copies of their books, available for purchase.

12:15-1:30 pm | Lightning Talks—Lessons from the Edge

Lecture Hall C, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

During these 8 minute “lightning talks”, six accomplished speakers will share their unique professional and personal journeys, as well as the lessons they learned as they went from the edge of failure to the height of success. This slate of speakers is just a small sampling of the disparate careers and remarkable journeys of Harvard's Asian American alumni. Speakers: Lucy Koh AB '90, JD '93, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of California; Lange Luntao AB '12, Executive Director, Reinvent Stockton Foundation; Siddhartha Jha AB/AM '05, Founder/CEO, ARBOL; Nadya Okamoto, College ’20, Co-Founder & Executive Director, PERIOD; Due Quach AB '00, CEO & Founder, Calm Clarity; Author, Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment and Joy; Daniel Lee MDV '98, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation. Coordinated by Athena Lao, AB‘12, Shona Pendse, MD ‘97, MMS ‘05, and Anders Yang, JD ‘94

#H4ASummit @Harvard4A @LangeLuntao @LeviStraussFdn @NadyaOkamoto @DueMQuach @JSidLoc (Sid Jha)

1:45-3:00 pm | H4A Members Meeting

Outside Lecture Hall C, Science Center, 1 Oxford Street

One last session! (Lunch provided for those who attend.) All members and prospective members of the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance are invited to attend this meeting to meet H4A board and officers, learn more about H4A initiatives, share your ideas and find ways to get involved. H4A President Jeannie Park AB '83 will lead a quick post-mortem on the Summit and a discussion about the organization's priorities for the coming year. We are especially eager to meet alumni who would like to help us organize local activities and build our presence in new cities. Thank you for joining us at this Summit, see you at another H4A event soon!