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Day 1 November 16, 2005      ilCTC 2nd Annual Conference

8:00 am

Coffee and Registration

9:00 am

Plenary Session

Michael Maranda
Co-Chair, Illinois Community Technology Coalition
Angela Stuber
Executive Director, Ohio Community Computing Network

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Break-out sessions: Choose one to attend

Funding Resources

 

Youth Programs

 

Recycling Hardware

 

Carolyn Hodge Brown
Lt. Gov Office
John Barr
Illinois DCEO
Mary Kay Akers
Donors Forum of Chicago

Chad Williams
Alternatives Inc.
Jeff Gerhardt
KACS/YCTP

Jim Craner
FreeGeek Chicago/NPOTTechs
Andrew Pincon
MEDA Today
Paul Adams
Prairienet

Noon

Luncheon address: Community and Volunteer Network Capacity for Response in Crisis
Nicole Friedman, Center for Neighborhood Technology, and Sascha Meinrath, CUWiN

1:15 pm

Break-out sessions: Choose one to attend

Grant Writing Workshop

 

Spanish Language Resources and Other Limited English Proficiency Populations

 

Building Collaborations and Using Collaborative Tools

 

Paul Adams
Prairienet Community Network

Angel Rivera
Hispanic Housing Coalition
Jane Norton
Hispanic Housing Coalition
Gideon Jesionowski
CAAELII

Gaston Amour
Illinois DHS
Jeff Gerhardt
KACS
Frances Roehm
Skokie Library
Ann Bishop
University of Illinois

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Community Technology Centers Showcase

Meet with successful community technology centers. Experience best practices. Learn how you might implement these outstanding projects at your center.

 

 

4:30 pm

Adjourn

 

5:30–7:30 pm

Future of Digital Literacy Reception

 

Day 2 November 17, 2005     6th Annual Building a Brighter Future

8:00 am

Coffee and Registration

9:00 am

Welcome

Keynote: Bringing the Promise of Universal Broadband to Illinois

 

Jonathon Feipel,
Illinois Commerce Commission

9:45 am

Health Keynote: Transforming Healthcare with Information Technology

Julie McGowan,
AHRQ National Resource Center for Information Health Technology

 

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Break-out sessions: Choose one to attend

Telehealth: Electronic Health Records

Development of a Shared Electronic Medical Record System in a Rural County (download powerpoint presentation)

Illinois Health Network Update: Secure Exchange of Health and Business Information

ilCTC: Youth Multimedia Projects Community

 

Innovative Community Projects

 

 

 

Martin MacDowell

Mary Ring
Illinois Hospital Association

Noon

Luncheon Address: Eliminating the Divide, Expanding Opportunity: The State's Efforts to Strengthen the Illinois Economy by Increasing Access to Vital Technology
Jack Lavin, Director, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

1:00 pm

Break-out sessions: Choose one to attend

Telehealth: Telepharmacy

Answers for Small & Rural Hospitals: Virtual Pharmacy

Utilizing Telepharmacy Services to Improve Care in Rural Hospitals (download powerpoint presentation)

ilCTC: Community Technology Centers/Policy and Practice

Innovative Community Projects

Exploring the Public/Private Partnership Model (download powerpoint presentation)

 

 

Larry Sanders and Susan Batchelor
Clay County Hospital
Flora, Illinois

Jac Davies via Videoconference
Inland Northwest Telehealth Services
Spokane, Washington

Timothy King
Public Benefit Broadband, Inc.

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

PANEL: State Policy Issues Relating to Telecommunications Broadband Deployment

Ed Feser
U of I Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Steven Simon
Office of Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn
David Loomis
Institute for Regulatory Policy Studies, Illinois State University

4:00 pm

Adjourn