How Chicago Works
The Business Alumni Association and the Liautaud Graduate School of Business are proud to present and invite you to the 2008 "How Chicago Works" event series. This series explores iconic Chicago venues and institutions with "behind the scenes" tours and engaging business-related discussions and presentations from keynote speakers who are experts on the venue or tour topic. At the conclusion of each tour, our guests are invited to socialize at a networking reception with fellow CBA alumni, friends, current students and business leaders.
| Topic: | Going Green |
| Keynote: | Ginger Zee, NBC Channel 5 News |
| Tour Venue: | Christy Webber Landscapes |
| Presentation Venue: | Chicago Center for Green Technology |
| Date/Time: | Saturday, July 12, 2008/Noon |
| Starting Address: | 2900 West Ferdinand Street, Chicago, IL 60612 |
Following a tour of Christy Webber Landscapes, the BAA and our guests will listen to a panel of experts respond to a keynote presentation by Ginger Zee from NBC Channel 5 News. After Zee's presentation, hosted at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, she will moderate the panel discussion and field questions from attendees. Panelists include Ori Sivan, president and co-founder of Greenmaker; Christy Webber, president and founder of Christy Webber Landscapes; and, a Representative from the City of Chicago's Department of Environment.
Co-sponsored by New West Realty and Ivy Hall:
| Topic: | Urban Universities as Urban Developers |
| Keynote: | Tom Bothen, UIC College of Business Administration |
| Tour Venue: | UIC Forum |
| Presentation Venue: | New West Realty's Ivy Hall |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, August 14, 2008/4:45 p.m. |
| Starting Address: | 725 W Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 |
Special thanks for Co-Sponsorship to:
The BAA will tour the UIC Forum, a new building on the south side of campus. Tom Bothen, associate director of the UIC Center for Urban Real Estate, will keynote the event at New West Realty's Ivy Hall and panelists will respond. The panel will include Ted Mazola, co-founder of New West Realty and former alderman; Vincent Forgione, president of New Frontier Real Estate Development Inc.; and, Mike Landek, UIC associate vice chancellor for student affairs (under whose jurisdiction the Forum falls and who was instrumental in organizing community support for such south campus developments).
| Topic: | Changing Federal Regulations for Broadcast Technology |
| Keynote: | Reese Marcusson, WTTW executive vice president and CFO |
| Tour Venue: | WTTW |
| Presentation Venue: | WTTW Studio |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, October 2, 2008/4:45 p.m. |
| Starting Address: | 5400 North St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625 |
Attend the whole series for $105.00 per person, or purchase admission to individual events for $40.00 per person. Ticket sales sustain the "How Chicago Works" series and provide capital to support outreach initiatives sponsored by the Business Alumni Association. Ticket purchases are not tax deductible. To register for the "How Chicago Works" series, use the link below or contact C. Nathan Harris in the CBA Office of Development by phone at (312) 996-7650 or e-mail at harrisn@uic.edu.
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