American Telugu Association (ATA) is a national non-profit organization established to serve the people of Telugu origin in the North America. Telugu Association of Greater Chicago (TAGC) is hosting the 2004 ATA conference at Rosemont Convention Center, Chicago from July 2 - July 4, 2004.

TAGC, the conference host, organized the committee meeting in Chicago, on Sep. 27, 2003 with a dinner banquet.ATA national members and local TAGC members attended the meeting. Hanmanth D. Reddy, Ramesh Tummuru, Chandrasekhar P. Reddy, Venkata Koduru, Murthy Chimata, Chandra Reddy, Iftekar Shareef and Srinivas Goud Gopagani are some of the prominent attendees. Introducing the conference committee members, ATA President AVN Reddy spoke about various ATA community projects in Andhra Pradesh. Some of the other committee members, who spoke at the function, praised TAGC efforts for 2004 conference.

ATA received generous donations from many patrons. Shanthi and Prem Reddy family of Victorville, CA and Pailla Sadhana and Malla Reddy family of Searing Town, NY topped the list. The local Telugu people organized cultural programs following the dinner. Ramesh Tummuru gave vote of thanks, where he praised the TAGC for its hard work for the upcoming conference