The East-West Center (EWC) is excited to announce a partnership with the Pacific Islands Leadership Program (PILP) Alumni to co-host the second PILP Alumni Virtual Summit. Funding has been generously provided by the Republic of China (Taiwan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The goals of the Summit are to connect with PILP alumni across the Pacific, enhance regional awareness and understanding, and co-create spaces for learning and leadership development.

The 2022 Summit will take place virtually, one day a week for four weeks, on March 17, 24, 29, and April 7 from 2:00-5:15 pm in Hawai'i Standard Time. There will be two 1.5 hour sessions per day with a fifteen minute break in between. Refer to each week's time zone converter link below to find out what day and time the Summit will start in your country.

Week 1: Thursday, March 17 or Friday, March 18 (www.eastwestcenter.org/Zgh)
Week 2: Thursday, March 24 or Friday, March 25 (www.eastwestcenter.org/Zg7)
Week 3: Tuesday, March 29 or Wednesday, March 30 (www.eastwestcenter.org/Zg8)
Week 4: Thursday, April 7 or Friday, April 8 (www.eastwestcenter.org/ZgX)

There will be sessions led by the EWC and PILP alumni on topics relevant to the region. Registering for this event grants you access to all sessions of the Summit, so you can use the same link for each session! Registration for this event is only open to EWC staff, EWC students, PILP alumni, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) or Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) officials.

Session descriptions and speaker biographies are available in our program guide here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAE5Ghw1uiw/2MG7AC1urlutOgLVO618Cg/view?utm_content=DAE5Ghw1uiw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink.