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March 8
E-Government: Connecting Citizens with Government in the Digital Age

8th Annual SSS - 2006

March 9
Managing Your Career: Moving in and out of the Public Sector Flyer (.pdf)
Changes in the public sector workplace impact us all, whether we work in the public sector, or rely on it for funding or assistance. Hear from those with first-hand public sector experience and how they remained independent of or weathered political fallout; learned to manage diminishing funding sources and budget crunches; and look forward as the baby boomers begin to retire in unprecedented numbers.

Moderator
Sharon Mastracci, Assistant Professor, UIC Public Administration. Prof. Mastracci will share her findings from a recent report on federal government work arrangements.

Panelists
Karl Bradley (Mitchell Development Partners, previously with LaSalle and DOH); Jim Brown (Village of Lemont, Retired U.S. Army formerly attached to various US Embassies); and Ron Shimizu (Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc., previously with CATS)

Location
Illini Center, 200 South Wacker Drive, Chicago (near Quincy CTA Station serving Brown, Purple, and Orange Lines)

Program
5:30 p.m. Registration and Networking Reception including light appetizers and beverages
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Panel Discussion

Registration Fee - General Admission: $10; U of I Alumni Association Members: $5 (Join the UI Alumni Association when registering for this event and pay just $5); Students: $3 with UIC I.D.

To register, contact Kara Knack at (312) 996-2569 or kknack2@uic.edu. Pre-registration is appreciated but not necessary.

April 6
Sharing Responsibility: Complying with the Illinois
Affordable Housing Act Flyer (.pdf)

Guest Speaker
Charlie Hoch, Professor, UIC CUPPA, will present a paper entitled Suburban Response; Illinois Affordable Housing and Planning Act

Panelists
Beth Dever, Housing Director of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus; Betsy Lassar, Housing Planner, City of Highland Park; Nicholas Brunick, Attorney, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen

Location
National City Bank, 1 North Franklin, 3rd Floor, Chicago (near
Washington CTA Station serving Brown, Purple, and Orange Lines)

Program
5:30 p.m. Registration and Networking Reception including light appetizers and beverages
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Panel Discussion

Registration Fee - General Admission: $10; U of I Alumni Association Members: $5 (Join the UI Alumni Association when registering for this event and pay just $5); Students: $3 with UIC I.D.

To register, contact Kara Knack at (312) 996-2569 or kknack2@uic.edu. Pre-registration is appreciated but not necessary.

April 18, 2006
Leveraging Community Involvement: Case Studies in Community Organizing

Three panelists will describe their respective efforts on engaging the community in their programs related to the environment and sustainability.

Moderator
Brent D. Ryan, Assistant Professor in the UIC Urban Planning and Policy Program & Co-Director of UIC City Design Center

Panelists
• Ben Helphand, Co-Founder, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail
• Edde Jones, Program Director, Greencorps Chicago
• Karen Wan, Director of Sustainability & Competitiveness, Chicago Manufacturing Center

Location
Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2125 West North Avenue, Chicago (near the Damen CTA Blue Line Station)

Program
5:30 p.m. Registration and Networking Reception including light appetizers and beverages
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Panel Discussion

Registration Fee - General Admission: $10; U of I Alumni Association Members: $5 (Join the UI Alumni Association when registering for this event and pay just $5); Students: $3 with UIC I.D.

To register, contact Kara Knack at (312) 996-2569 or kknack2@uic.edu. Pre-registration is appreciated but not necessary.

7th Annual SSS - 2005

March 8
Neighborhoods and Shopping Districts: Can Big Boxes and Local Businesses Work Side by Side?
Flyer (pdf)

Moderator: Lee Brown, AICP, President/Principal, Teska Associates, Inc.
Panelists:

Sidney Hollander, President, Board of Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

Bill Purcell, Director, Office for Peace and Justice, the Archdiocese of Chicago

Ann Woodward, Vice President for Community Supportive Services, Lakefront Supportive Housing

March 9
Changing Neighborhoods...Changing Schools
The panel will address issues of changing communities and changing schools and how planners, public administrators, and the community can plan for schools as a tool of true community revitalization and improvement of quality of life in all neighborhoods.
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March 30
Improving the Environment...Improving the Community
Join us in a discussion and learning session on environmental issues in our area and what planners, policy makers, government officials, businesses, and citizenscan do to tackle current problems and prevent future deterioration of our valuable and irreplaceable environment.
For detailed information, click here.

Join our panel of experts as they start to answer these questions. The moderator and panelists will provide examples and perspectives on public-private partnerships, interaction with the community, and the importance of community buy-in for creating a true win-win development.
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March 26
Career Changes
Discussion of changes between academia, private, and public practice in the fields of urban planning and public affairs.
Panelists: William Howard, Executive Director, West Humboldt Park Family & Community Development Council; Dave Walker, Architect/Urban Designer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

April 30
Immigration Post-9/11
Explore the implications of September 11 on immigration policy and the resulting efects on immigrants and immigrant communities.
Panelists: Agata Gostynska-Frakt, attorney-at-law, Law Offices of Agata Gostynka-Frakt; Rami Nashashibi, Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN); Sarah Waxman, Program Director, Latinos Progresando. Moderator: Chirag Mehta, Economic Development Planner, UIC Center for Urban Economic Development.

May 28
Urban Design and Public Health
Learn how community design can lead to health benefits.
Panelists: Marya Morris, Senior Research Associate, American Planning Association; Matt M. Longjohn, MD, Senior Research Scientist, Children’s Memorial Institute for Education and Research; Randy Neufeld, Executive Director, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.
Moderator: Peter Skosey, Vice President of External Relations, Metropolitan Planning Council.

February 7
The Strategies Behind Legislative Redistricting in Illinois
Panelists: Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago, Illinois House Majority Leader; Billy Ocasio, Alderman, City of Chicago, 26th Ward

March 7
Facades/Landmark Protection
Panelists: Jon Boyd, SE., AIA, Klein and Hoffman, Inc. and chairman of the Chicago Committee on Highrise Buildings; Dan Korman, Director of the Illinois Main Street Association; Eleanor Gorski, Historic Preservation Division of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development

April 4
TEA21: Federal Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century
Panelist: John Tomczyk, Senior Project Director, Chicago Department of Transportation

February 20
Public Housing Residents Preserving Community and Choice
This discussion centered on the future of affordable housing as a result of the continuing demolition of Chicago Housing Authority buildings. The issues of relocation and inclusion of public housing in private development were discussed.
Moderator: Stacey Flint, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Panel: Teri Campbell, City of Chicago Empowerment Zone; Brian Gladstein, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs; Peter Levavi, Brinshore Development; Janice Patton, Stay Together Group.

March 29
Regional Planning in the Face of Home Rule
The panel discussed the impact of home rule, weak or strong county government and what other states are doing to encourage regional and intergovernmental planning in Illinois.
Moderator: Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council
Panel: Vaughn Blankenship, University of Illinois at Chicago, Public Administration Program; Ellen Shubart, Campaign for Sensible Growth; Jeffery D. Schielke, Mayor of the City of Batavia; and Terri Wintermute, Chairperson of the Kane County Board Zoning Committee.

May 22
Electronic Government
Moderator: Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council
Panel: Christopher C. O’Brien, Chief Information Officer for the City of Chicago; Rick Shamberg, Special Adviser for Technology Investment at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs; and Scott Goldstein, Vice President of Policy and Planning, Metropolitan Planning Council.

March 2
TIFs: Building Blocks for Community Development?
A panel discussion featuring Steve Friedman, President, S. B. Friedman & Associates; Bob Kunze, Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Planning and Development; and Judy Meima, Executive Director, Statewide Housing Action Coalition. Moderated by Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council.

April 6
Finding the Regional Role of Community Development Corporations
Panel members: Joy Arguete, Executive Director, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation; Lynn Cunningham, Executive Director, Southeast Chicago Development Commission; Doug Farr, Principal, Farr and Associates; and Maryann Shanley, former Executive Director, Joseph Corporation. Moderated by Joe Schwieterman, Director, Chaddick Institute.

May 4
The Future of Public Transit for the Chicago Area
Panel members: Richard Bacigalupo, executive director, RTA; Julie Hamos, State Representative, Illinois House of Representatives; Jon Hilkevitch, transportation reporter, Chicago Tribune; T.J. Ross, Executive Director, PACE; Frank Kruesi, President, CTA. Moderated by Joseph DiJohn, Director, Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, UIC Urban Transportation Center.
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1st Speakers Series - 1997-98

Two panels: Regionalism and regional governments. Panelists included Cook County Board President John Stroger, Special Assistant to the Mayor Rita Athas, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Executive Director Phil Peters, and CATS Associate Executive Director Andrew Plummer.
Panel: The regional impact of the communications revolution. Panelists included Gary Greenburg of Northwestern University and Scott Goldstein of the Metropolitan Planning Council.
Panel: The UIC South Campus expansion. Panelists included Julie Hamos from Hamos and Associates.