BGA-SJR Whiteboard: Gender Equity, Tech & Transportation Illinois turns 200 years old this December, and to honor the occasion, the Better Government Association and The State Journal-Register are asking experts on three crucial topics -Transportation, Technology and Gender Equity - to help us whiteboard the future: What needs to be done to make Illinois a leader? 9:10-10:00 a.m. | What's a Traffic Jam?: The Future of Transportation in Illinois Panel with IDOT Secretary Randy Blankenhorn, Lindsay Hollander of Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and Imad Al-Qadi, Director of the Illinois Center on Transportation and UofI's Smart Transportation Infrastructure Initiative. 10:10-11:00 a.m. | Trash Your File Cabinets: The Future of Information in Illinois A conversation with Representative Jaime M. Andrade, Jr., 40th, Chair of House Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT committee and Matt Topic, government transparency and media lawyer at Loevy & Loevy. 11:10-Noon | Diversity Is The Norm: The Future of Gender Equity in Illinois Panel with State Senator Melinda Bush (D), 31st, co-chair of the Senate Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Awareness and Prevention Task Force and co-founder of the Anti-Harassment, Equality, and Access Panel, Sen. Jil Tracy (R), 47th, co-chair of Senate Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Awareness and Prevention Task Force, State Rep. Carol Ammons (D); 103rd, co-founder of the Anti-Harassment, Equality, and Access Panel, and Senator Don Harmon (D), 39th, Senate President Pro Tempore. |