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2013 UIC Urban Forum
December 5, 2013 @ 8:45 am - 3:45 pm CST
$25,
The University of Illinois at Chicago is pleased to announce the 2013 UIC URBAN FORUM “Technology and the Resilience of Metropolitan Regions” People and institutions engage in the public square and the private marketplaces for the purpose of promoting commerce and growth, improving the quality of life in neighborhoods and cities, and creating institutions to promote democratic governance. These interactions are constrained and shaped by the rapidly emerging technologies and access to those technologies by individuals and institutions. Today, the capacities of institutions, communities and societies to govern collectively and ensure a sustainable and acceptable quality of life for metropolitan regions are challenged. The shape and direction of metropolitan growth and development depends on access to appropriate technology, scaled to the metropolitan region, and informed by the individual, household and community needs of the city and region. The 2013 UIC Urban Forum will debate the role of technology as a critical element in enhancing the capacity of public institutions to adjust and adapt to metropolitan regions’ emerging economic, political and social conditions. The Forum will bring together public intellectuals, stakeholders, academicians, policy analysts and citizens to examine both the enhancing and the constraining effects of technology on the capacity of local and regional governments to meet their health-care responsibilities, workforce-training and education needs, demands for promoting economic development and opportunities, and service-delivery responsibilities to their citizens. White papers–which will inform panels that will include mayors, policy officials, scholars, thought-leaders, and journalists–will be prepared by renowned scholars: • Dr. Karen Mossberger (Arizona State University) on “the role of technology in innovation and inclusion” • Dr. Jane Fountain (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) on “connecting technologies to citizenship” • Dr. Bénédicte Callan (Arizona State University) on “technology and health care” • Dr. Howard Wial (University of Illinois at Chicago) on “technology and advanced manufacturing” • Dr. Darrell West (Brookings Institution) on “workforce development and technology” Confirmed 2013 Urban Forum Board of Advisors: MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council Randy Blankenhorn, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of HUD, former Mayor of San Antonio Clarence Anthony, Executive Director, National League of Cities Michael Coleman, Mayor of Columbus Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago Lee Fisher, former Lt. Governor of Ohio; CEO and President, CEOs for Cities Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor of Gary Bruce Katz, Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution Jeffery A. Malehorn, President and C.E.O, World Business Chicago Terry Mazany, Chicago Community Trust Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners More information about the 2013 Urban Forum will be available in the coming months at www.uicurbanforum.org. For questions, please call 312-413-2194 or email UICurban@uic.edu.
