When: Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Where: University of Illinois at Chicago, Illini Union, 828 S. Wolcott St., Chicago, Ill.,
Conference rooms A-B-C.

What: Action-specific, goal-defined initiatives in which the University of Illinois and
others are engaged in teacher preparation, retention and professional development will be deliberated by 100 educational and business leaders; two panel discussions and luncheon address by new Illinois state schools superintendent.

Scheduled panelists include:

• Robert Schiller, Superintendent, Illinois State Board of Education
• Daniel LaVista, Executive Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education
• Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public Schools
• Deborah Lynch, President, Chicago Teachers Union
• Clay Marquardt, Executive Director, Illinois Education Association
• Joseph Cipfl, President/CEO, Illinois Community College Board
• Eden Martin, President, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
• James Stukel, President, University of Illinois
• Sylvia Manning, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Curtis McCray, President, National-Louis University
• Gretchen Naff, President, College of Lake County