• Banquet and Birthday Celebration for historians Him Mark Lai and Philip P. Choy, featuring keynote speaker Gary Locke, former Governor of Washington State.

• Opening reception and pre-registration at the Chinese Historical Society of America, celebrating CHSA’s joint exhibition of historical political cartoons with the Manilatown Heritage Center.

• Opening luncheon with keynote speakers Charles B. Reed, California State University Chancellor, and Henry Der, former Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, Education Equity, Access and Support, California Department of Education.

• Field trips to local historical sites with Chinese American significance, such as Bay Area Chinatowns, the National Archives-Pacific Region facility, Angel Island Immigration Station, Ng Shing Gung in San Jose, and Locke, one of the last remaining Chinese American communities in the Sacramento Delta.

• Over fifty conference panels on historical, cultural, and political Chinese America, including:
- Chinese Americans in politics, civil rights, and protest
- The intersection of class and race in the Chinese American community
- The impact of the Cold War on the Chinese American community
- Chinese language schools, literature, and media
- Chinese American genealogy and genealogical research
- Chinese American literature, art, and culture
- Social, cultural, and legal concerns of queer and mixed-race Chinese Americans
- Preservation efforts at Chinese American historic sites
- The politics of anti-Chinese and anti-Filipino racism in political cartoons
- Chinese American community health and wellness
- Religious and spiritual practices in Chinese American communities
- “What is Chinese American Art?”, addressed by artists Lo Ching, Jade Snow Wong, and Gary Woo, in conjunction with CHSA’s C.C. Wang exhibition

• Caucus of over a dozen Chinese American and Chinese Canadian historical societies and museums.

• Ten authors talking about their new books, including Russell Jeung, Him Mark Lai, Karen Leong, Mary Lui, Krystyn Moon, Mae Ngai, K. Scott Wong, Marie Rose Wong, Judy Wu, and Albert Hoy.

• Filmmakers showing their documentaries and documentaries-in-progress