Public Affairs Center, University of Illinois at Springfield
Please join us for the fifth annual statewide conference, Building a Brighter Future: Creating Connected Communities. This conference features telecommunications innovations in Illinois communities and new options for development.
At this conference, we will discuss the benefits of connectivity, share innovative uses of technology, and showcase pioneering applications in rural Illinois.
Two pre-conference sessions will be offered on the afternoon of November 9.
Grant
Writing Workshop:
Gaining Funding for
Telecommunications-Related
Projects
Location: Public Affairs
Center, University
of Illinois at Springfield
Telehealth
Workshop: Innovative
Practices and Programs
in Illinois
Location: SIU School
of Medicine at Springfield
All
of Illinois Online:
How to Achieve Widespread
Broadband Access for
the Information Age
Edward Feser, Department
of Urban and Regional
Planning, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
National
Health Informatics
John Lumpkin, SR VP,
Dir Health Care Group,
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
Bridging
the Digital Divide:
Empowerment for the
21st Century
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn,
Governor’s Rural Affairs
Council
In addition, three tracks of breakout sessions will feature new and exciting developments in the areas of telehealth, distance education, economic development, and strategies for communities planning their own telecommunications futures.
Statewide
Planning Committee:
Governor’s Rural Affairs
Council
Illinois Community
Technology Consortium
Illinois Department
of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity
Illinois Department
of Public Health
Illinois Institute
of Rural Affairs
Illinois Rural Health
Association
Illinois Telecommunications
Association
Rural Partners
Southern Illinois
University School
of Medicine
Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale,
Economic Development
University of Illinois
Extension
USDA Rural Development
Verizon
For more information, please contact Cindy Erickson at cericksn@uiuc.edu or 217-244-0433
