KAAN 2024 Conference: Full Schedule

Join KAAN from June 21 – 23 for three days of keynotes, films, presentations, roundtables, performers, exhibits, support forums, and life-changing community. KAAN offers an Adoptee-Only track, as well as sessions for a general audience that are open to all. There are programs for adults aged 18+ and youth aged 8-17. Everyone is welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings, and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

Register now at tfec.org/kaan2024

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5:00pm CDT

Signers Dinner (Offsite)

This dinner is for anyone (Deaf, hearing, adopted, not adopted, etc.) who can hold a conversation in ASL on their own. No interpreters will be present and you must be comfortable in an all signing environment. This is an opportunity for the signing community within KAAN to have their own time and space together, without linguistic barriers. Dinner will be split and paid out of pocket by those who attend at the end of the meal.

Meet at 5:00 PM near the KAAN check-in table (outside Grand Ballroom A and B). We will carpool and Uber/Lyft to the restaurant. Please email scottie@wearekaan.org to RSVP.

Please note that this is not an official KAAN meal, and the cost is not covered under the KAAN conference ticket.

Friday June 21, 2024 5:00pm - 7:30pm CDT
TBD

Meals

5:30pm CDT

Community Dinner (Offsite): RSVP in Advance

Please email Jon Oaks to RSVP for this community dinner: jonnyoaks@gmail.com

The dinner is open to all and will be hosted by Jon Oaks and Matt Lull at an offsite restaurant TBD. Please plan to pay for yourself.

Please note that this is not an official KAAN meal, and the cost is not covered under the KAAN conference ticket.

Speakers

Jon Oaks (he/him)

KAAN Tech Team/Website

Friday June 21, 2024 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
TBD

Meals

6:30am CDT

Wellness Activity: Jog with Katie Bozek (Meet in Hotel Lobby)

Speakers

Dr. Katie Bozek

Executive Director, KAAN

Katie Bozek, PhD is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has worked in the mental health field for the past 20 years providing services that are aimed at helping people be able to be and show their authentic selves. She currently serves as the Executive Director of KAAN... Read More →

Saturday June 22, 2024 6:30am - 7:00am CDT
TBD

Activities

KAAN 2024 Conference

5:00pm CDT

5:30pm CDT

Jon Oaks (he/him)

6:30am CDT

Dr. Katie Bozek

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