Agenda

GO TO 2040 Implementation Launch
11:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Harris Theater Rooftop Terrace at Millennium Park
Event Program
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1. Announcement: Approval of the GO TO 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan

Gerald Bennett
Mayor of Palos Hills
Chairman, Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

Gary Hannig
Illinois Secretary of Transportation and MPO Policy Committee Chairman

John A. Canning, Jr.
Chairman, Executive Committee of The Chicago Community Trust
Chairman, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC

Gerald J. Roper
President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Richard J. Durbin
U.S. Senator

Randy Blankenhorn
Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
 

2. Panel: GO TO 2040 and the Urgency of Long-Range Planning

Moderator: Geoffrey Baer
Producer, Program Host, and Writer, WTTW

Richard M. Daley
Mayor, the City of Chicago

Michael Moskow
Board Vice Chair and Senior Fellow on the Global Economy,
the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

George Ranney
President and CEO, Chicago Metropolis 2020

Jesse Ruiz
Chairman, Illinois State Board of Education
Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Member, Executive Committee of The Chicago Community Trust

Samuel Skinner
Of Counsel, Greenberg Trauig
former Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
former Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority
 

3. Reception