Green Collar Jobs and Building a High-Tech Green Economy

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Chicago Alderman Manuel Flores

Expert panelists on economic development, new technologies, research, and education include Dan Swinney, executive director of the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council; Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Chicago Department of Environment; Dan Luria, Michigan Technology Center; Jim Wirtz, National Railway Equipment Company; Dave Loomis, Center for Renewable Energy at Illinois State University; and Deborah Popely, Delta Institute.

Participants also may visit with Chicago area vendors of green products and services. The conference concludes with a “roundtable” sharing of ideas developed during each panel.

For information contact Robert Sompolski, dean of mathematics and technology at 847.635.1690. 

To register, visit www.chicagomanufacturing.org.

Sponsored by:
Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council
Workforce Board of Northern Cook County
Illinois workNet Center
Delta Institute
Oakton Community College