The North American Taiko Conference (NATC) is a gathering of taiko players that was first hosted by the JACCC in Little Tokyo in 1997. This year marks the first NATC-R, a regional conference series that will move between different regions and uplift local leadership in its shaping. This is also my first production as the Conference Manager for the Taiko Community Alliance, the non-profit created to manage the conference after it grew into a larger program.