Itinerary

IKAA International Mini-Gathering New York
April 16-19, 2009

Itinerary

Tuesday April 14th	Activity	Venue
05:00 PM - 08:00 PM	Informal Social Event (for those arriving early)	Third Floor Café
Wednesday April 15th
05:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Informal Social Event (for those arriving early)	Manchester Pub
Thursday April 16th
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM	IKAA International Leadership Meeting and Annual Convention
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM	General Leadership Meeting
06:30 PM - 09:30 PM	Welcome Reception	Red Bar
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM	Registration (at Welcome Reception)
Friday April 17th
	Breakfast (on your own)
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration	Hotel Pennsylvania
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Small Group Discussion Sessions	Hotel Pennsylvania
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM	Korean Cooking Session AM	Persimmon Kimchi House
12:15 PM - 01:45 PM	Lunch	Bon Chon Chicken
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM	Korean Cooking Session PM	Persimmon Kimchi House
02:00 PM - 05:30 PM	Concurrent Workshops / Sessions	Hotel Pennsylvania
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM	"Adopted": Screening and Discussion	The Korea Society
08:30 PM	Optional Social Activities
Saturday April 18th
	Breakfast (on your own)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Workshops / Sessions	Hotel Pennsylvania
12:15 PM - 01:45 PM	Lunch (on your own)
02:00 PM - 04:45 PM	Workshops / Sessions	Hotel Pennsylvania
05:30 PM - 05:45 PM	Buses to Kum Gang San Restaurant	Leaving from Hotel Pennsylvania
06:30 PM - 09:30 PM	Gala Dinner Dresscode: Semi-Formal Attire / Hanbok	Kum Gang San Restaurant (Flushing, NY)
09:30 PM - 10:15 PM	Buses to Hotel Pennsylvania
10:30 PM	Closing Party
Sunday April 19th
11:00 AM	Optional Informal Brunch
This itinerary may be subject to changes. Please check for updates.

 

WELCOME RECEPTION AT RED BAR

The welcome reception will be held at Red Bar, a Korean bar located only a few blocks away from the hotel and Koreatown. There will be a private room open to Mini-Gathering Participants only, where you can sit and relax in one of the many couches, sing karaoke/노래방, or just mingle with other attendees. The rest of the bar will be open to other customers, however we suspect this will end up more-or-less being a private party.

Red Bar
51 West 35th Street, 2nd Floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
New York, NY 10001

Drink Specials (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
$5 Martinis & Cosmos (Flavor, add $1; Premium, add $1)
$3 Cocktail Shots
2 for 1 Tornados (Don't know what they are? Come and find out...)

 

LUNCH AT BON CHON CHICKEN

Friday's lunch will be held at Bon Chon Chicken which boasts some seriously delicious Korean fried chicken. This lunch is included in the registration fee and we will check your Conference IDs for entry.

 

Bon Chon Chicken
314 5th Avenue, 2nd Floor (between 31st and 32nd Streets)
New York, NY 10001

Buffet Lunch Includes:
- The most delicious fried chicken in the world
- Sushi
- An assortment of other side dishes
- 1 drink per person (glass of wine or beer, cocktail, juice, soda, etc...)

For more information about Korean fried chicken, you can read "Koreans Share Their Secret for Chicken With a Crunch" (The New York Times).

 

GALA DINNER AT KUM GANG SAN KOREAN RESTAURANT

The Gala Dinner at Kum Gang San Korean Restaurant is included in the registration fee and will be served buffet style. There will a large variety of Korean food served, including Korean rice cake (떡) for dessert, and the Gala Dinner includes a full open bar (wine, beer, mixed drinks/cocktails, soda, etc...).

Transportation to the Gala Dinner in Flushing, NY will be arranged for all registered participants and you will be asked to show your Conference ID to board the bus and for entry to the Banquet Hall.

Kum Gang San
138-28 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11354

 

INFORMAL SOCIAL EVENT AT THIRD FLOOR CAFÉ

   

Participants who will be in NYC by Tuesday, April 14th, can join us for an Informal Social Event at Third Floor Café, a popular Korean bar/lounge in K-Town. More information to come soon!

Third Floor Café
315 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor (at the corner of 32nd Street)
New York, NY 10016

Drink specials to be announced shortly...

 

INFORMAL SOCIAL EVENT AT MANCHESTER PUB

Participants who will be in NYC by Wednesday, April 15th, can join us for an Informal Social Event at Manchester Pub. Since so many events will be in or around Koreatown, we thought it would be nice to hang out in another part of the city!

Manchester Pub
920 Second Avenue (between 48th and 49th Streets)
New York, NY 10017

All Night Drink Deals:
- $1 Off Draught Beers
- $3 Bud / Bud Lights
- $5 Well Drinks

For a review of the food (at least the sandwiches) at Manchester Pub, check out "Manchester Pub's Sandwich Entry is Worth Going a Little Out of Bounds For" on MidtownLunch.com.

 

KOREAN COOKING SESSIONS

Registration for the cooking sessions has closed. They're both full, sorry!

*NOTE 1: If you sign up for the first cooking session, you will miss the breakout sessions..

**NOTE 2: If you participate in the cooking sessions, you will miss the group lunch on Friday afternoon. The portion of the registration fee that would have gone towards Friday's lunch has been applied to the cooking session fee, reducing it to $20 from $30.

Youngsun Lee
Executive Chef and Owner of Persimmon Kimchi House

Youngsun Lee is a self-developed chef. Immigrating to NYC at the age of twelve, he grew up in Queens and studied Graphic Design and Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts. Working at various magazine and graphic design companies was not as fulfilling and decided to follow his true passion – cooking! Helping his mother and grandmother since he was fifteen years old, it was only natural that he’d pick up the family recipes and create his own unique blend. He looks up to the chefs in this own family, many of them in Korea. One if them even cut sashimi for the President in the 70’s and 80’s.

Youngsun learned very traditional ways of cooking from his beloved grandmother, such as royal cuisine to true home cooking with ‘lots of love’. He learned how to put ‘love and care’ into food first, rather than the quickest way of making tasty food. That makes the ultimate difference in good cooking. He also refined his cooking techniques from his aunt, who studied royal cuisine. When he decided to become a chef, Youngsun attended the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE). He learned a great deal about other cuisines and now teaches Korean cooking classes (Korean BBQ, Korean Cooking for Seasons and Kimchi) at ICE.

Read more about Youngsun Lee and Persimmon Kimchi House: www.persimmoncuisine.com.