• The Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA) annually hosts a continental leadership conference that invites students and young professionals from across North America to gather for an event that will serve as a catalyst to motivate and inspire leaders within the Vietnamese-American and Canadian community.  

• UNAVSA-18 is hosted from July 13-16, 2023 in Houston, Texas at the Hyatt Regency Houston West.

• University students as well as young professionals will participate in the conference. Most attendees are affiliated with a Vietnamese-American or Vietnamese-Canadian student organization (VSAs, VSUs, UVSAs, etc.) seeking to develop personal leadership abilities, build on organizational management skills, and network with other leaders from around the North American continent.

• Conference registration for a seat at the conference opens on Tuesday, April 11th at 6PM PDT | 7PM MDT | 8PM CDT | 9PM EDT and closes Tuesday, May 2nd at 11:59PM PDT. Workshop and hotel registration are separate from registration. More information on workshop and hotel registration will be provided at a later date.

• The conference registration fee will be $130 USD or $175 CAD* per attendee.
• Conference alumni registration will be $130 USD or $175 CAD* per attendee. More details below.

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• When you are redirected to the payment section of the registration process, you will need to fill in your debit or credit card information.

• You will receive an automated confirmation email once you have completed the check out process. If you have not received it, please reach out to conference.registration@unavsa.org.

• Payment processing will occur immediately upon completion of conference registration. If there is high traffic on the site during the time of conference registration, it may take a few minutes.

• Networking opportunity with almost 400+ students and young professionals from across North America
• Access to interactive conference sessions and keynotes
• Admission to the Culture Show and Gala
• A UNAVSA-18 Conference T-Shirt
• Memories for a lifetime
• And so much more!

• If registration gets sold out, you are eligible to get onto a waiting list through the registration website. Once a spot becomes available, you will receive an email and will have 48 hours to complete the registration process.

• You are eligible to register as an alumni if you meet any of the following definitions:
• Alumni: Served as UNAVSA staff or UNAVSA executive board for one term
• Honorary alumni: Community members who contributed to UNAVSA in an official capacity. This may include but is not limited to UNAVSA mentors, CPP fellows, workshop presenters, keynote speakers and sponsors. 

• Alumni registrants will not be placed into “families” for the duration of conference.
• Alumni programming will be facilitated by UNAVSA E-Board.

• Hyatt Regency Houston West
• 13210 Katy Freeway
• Houston, TX, 77079
• View Map 

• No, transportation to and from the conference site will not be provided. You will be responsible for your own transportation.

• We suggest you contact your family and family leaders or use Uber/Lyft/Public Transit
• If you have trouble contact conference.logistics@unavsa.org

• It is important to be aware that UNAVSA is not liable to any guest contracting COVID at the UNAVSA-18 Conference. UNAVSA is not liable to reimburse any expenses incurred due to contracting COVID at conference, causing our attendees to not be able to participate in further conference programming. UNAVSA is not liable to reimburse any expenses due to no valid proof of vaccination status. Attendees will show the registration team during check-in their vaccination card but the UNAVSA-18 staff team will not keep any further medical records of each attendee. 

• The link to secure a hotel room at a UNAVSA group rate during the conference will be released after registration ends.

• The official cut-off date is Friday, June 23, 2023. Reserving a hotel room prior to the cut-off date is highly recommended due to a limited amount of rooms available. 

• UNAVSA group rate is available from Thursday, July 13th to Sunday, July 16th. 

• Check-in is at 3:00PM. Check-out is at 12:00PM. If you arrive early and the hotel has rooms available, then they can check you in early. 

• No, you are not required to. However, UNAVSA has secured a discounted rate for guests booking rooms through us. Attendees are highly encouraged to book their stay at the Hyatt Regency Houston West throughout the weekend of conference to ensure an unforgettable experience at UNAVSA-18!

• Free on-site parking is available 

• Join the UNAVSA-18 Conference Roommate Finder Facebook page to look for roommates.

• The room booking will process ONLY one credit card. 
• The repayment between people staying in the same room will be handled by those staying in the room. The UNAVSA conference staff team is not responsible for allocating and determining room cost splits amongst attendees per hotel room.

• For any questions pertaining to conference, hotel, and workshop registration, please contact conference.registration@unavsa.org.

• Email conference.registration@unavsa.org with your first and last name, your order code, and the email address you registered with.
• Once the Registration Committee receives your refund request, the team will process your refund and remove your ticket from your account. Once completed, the Registration Committee will then send you a confirmation email that they have processed your refund. You should get your payment back within a few days after the process has gone through.

1. Email conference.registration@unavsa.org with your first and last name, your order code, and the email address you registered with. Also include the first and last name and email address of the person you wish to transfer your ticket to. To help us expedite the process, please CC the person you wish to transfer your ticket to.
2. Transfer Payment Clarification: Both parties will need to confirm which route to handle the payment amount of the conference ticket. Please “Reply to all” whenever you reply back to us to ensure all parties are receiving the emails.
3. Option (A): If you would like us to refund the payment to the transferrer, the transferee will need to complete payment for the conference ticket by registering with a voucher code we will provide to you. The transferee will have 5 days from the day we receive both your confirmation to transfer emails to complete payment. If the payment is not paid by the deadline, we will issue the refund of the conference ticket to the original ticket holder (on the same card they paid with), the transfer will be forfeited, and the conference ticket will be returned to UNAVSA to be given to a waitlisted person.
4. Option (B): If you have already transferred the cost of the conference ticket between yourselves and want us to process the ticket transfer immediately, please let us know to proceed with this option.
5. Once we receive the confirmation emails from both parties, the Registration Committee will email you back