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Mapping Your CSR Journey: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Future

Date: Friday, January 22, 2021

Program: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. CST

Location: Zoom (Details will be shared with participants prior to program)

Speakers: Jamie Jones Ezefili, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Northern Trust, Matt Kruse, Head of Social Responsibility, Groupon, Mignon Senuta, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Reporting and Engagement Manager, McDonalds, Alain Turenne, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Walgreen Co.

Moderator: Seth Green, Founding Director, Baumhart Center, Loyola University Chicago 

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Virtual Tour of Fast Radius: Lessons from a Factory of the Future

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Program: Noon - 1:00 p.m. CST

Location: GoToWebinar (link provided with registration)

Speaker: Lou Rassey, Co-Founder and CEO, Fast Radius

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Living and Working Mindfully: Coffee & Connect with Jana Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Family Institute at Northwestern University

Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021

Program: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CST

Location: Zoom (link provided with registration)

Speakers: Jana Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Nancy Burgoyne, Ph.D, Chief Clinical Officer, The Family Institute at Northwestern University

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Data to Dollars

Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Program: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CST

Location: Zoom  (Details will be shared with participants prior to program)

Speakers:  Dan Taneja, Founder & CEO, BevAnalytics, Keith Toney, Chief Analytics and Data Officer, Discover, Julie Winkler, Chief Commercial Officer, CME Group

Moderator: Hiral Chandrana, President and Board Advisor, Sunera Technologies

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Investigating Inflation Rates and What They Mean For My Business? Coffee and Connect with Venkat Veeramani, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Wintrust

Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021

Program: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CST

Location: Zoom  (Details will be shared with participants prior to program)

Speaker:  Venkat Veeramani, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Wintrust

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Mega-Developments in Chicago: ONE Central

Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021

Program: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CST

Location: Zoom  (Details will be shared with participants prior to program)

Speaker:  Robert Dunn, President, Landmark Development Services

Moderator: Christian Beaudoin, Managing Director, JLL

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Communications Crisis: How to Spot, Prevent, and Respond to Disinformation

Date: Friday, February 5, 2021

Program: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CST

Location: Zoom  (Details will be shared with participants prior to program)

Speakers:  Tina McCorkindale, President and CEO, Institute for Public Relations, Mike Sacks, Senior Vice President & Partner, Reputation Practice Leader, FleishmanHillard, Vikram Sharma, President, Crisp

Moderator: Andy Wilson, Executive Director, KPMG

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Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Distribution of the Covid-19 Vaccine

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Program: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. CST

Location: GoToWebinar (link provided with registration)

Speakers:  Dr. Allison Arwady, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), Dr. Matthew Hepburn, Vaccine Development Lead, Operation Warp Speed, John Standley, Executive Vice President, Walgreens Boots Alliance, President, Walgreens

Moderator: Dr. Sumit Dutta, Chief Medical Officer, OptumRx

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2021 Edelman Trust Barometer

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021

Program: Noon - 1:00 p.m. CST

Location: GoToWebinar (link provided with registration)

Speaker: 

Richard Edelman, Chief Executive Officer, Edelman

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Chicago’s Growth Plan in 2021: What Comes Next?

Date: Wednesday February 17, 2021

Program: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CST

Location: Zoom (details will be shared with participants prior to program)

Speakers: Al Friedman, Chairman and CEO, Friedman Properties, Carl Jenkins, Managing Director and Group Head of Community Investments, BMO Harris Bank, Nykea Pippion McGriff, Manager of Broker Services, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, West Loop, Coldwell Banker Realty and President, Chicago Association of REALTORS®

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Midwestern Edge: Chicago as an Anchor for Advanced Manufacturing

Date: Friday, February 19, 2021

Program: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. CST

Location: Zoom (details will be shared with participants prior to program)

Speakers: Haven Allen, CEO & Co-Founder, mHUB, Camille Batiste, President, Global Supply Chain, ADM, Phil Griffith, Vice President, Supply Chain, United, Lei Zhang Schlitz, Executive Vice President, ITW Automotive OEM Segment, ITW

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What’s Next? Two Tech Titans Discuss The Future

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Program: 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. CST

Location: GoToWebinar (link provided with registration)

Speakers: 

Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC, Co-Founder, AOL
Eric Lefkofsky, Founder and CEO, Tempus

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A Conversation with Alex Karp

Date: Tuesday March 16, 2021

Program: 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. CDT

Location: Zoom (link provided with registration)

Speaker: 

Alex Karp, Co-Founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies

Moderator:

Wilfred Frost, Co-Anchor, CNBC's Closing Bell

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A Conversation with Michael Greenstone

Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021

Program: Noon - 1:00 p.m. CST

Location: GoToWebinar (link provided with registration)

Panelist: Michael Greenstone,  Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, The University of Chicago 

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