November ILCMA Professional Development Event & Metro Luncheon

The ILCMA  Professional Development Committee Presents:  “Emergency Disaster Planning:  Is Your Community Ready?”

Natural and man-made disasters can strike in any community at any moment. Is your community ready for a flood? A tornado? A train derailment? In many instances, if you have to develop a plan for how to address an emergency during the emergency it may already be too late. This session will help managers, assistants, and other department heads develop actionable plans to develop organizational resiliency and respond to emergency disasters. An urban planner, a waterfront engineer, and a chief innovation officer will walk you through the steps to prepare for various threats in Illinois and highlight pilot projects currently underway in Peoria. Crisis communications expert Dave Bayless will help you develop actionable steps to make sure your message is clear, consistent and actionable to communicate with the media and stakeholders when disaster strikes.

Panelists will include:

• Valerie Berstene, Architect & Urban Design, SmithGroup
• Mark Wagstaff, Senior Water Front Engineer, SmithGroup
• Anthony Corso, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Peoria
• Dave Bayless, Principal and Founder, Bayless Communications

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Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Time: 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

            9:00 – 11:30 a.m. 

Cost: $35 for Professional Development Only

           -or-

           $60 if also attending the Metro Manager Luncheon “Should you be Worried about a Ransomware Attack?” ($5 discount).

           $50 Students/Interns if also attending the Metro Manager Luncheon “Should you be Worried about a Ransomware Attack?” ($5 discount).

           $15 for remote access through GoToMeeting           

Members in Transition receive complimentary registration.

Cancellations must be made November 15, 2019.
Any cancellations or no shows after that date will require full payment. Payment not received by event date will be invoiced with a $5 invoicing fee.

Please join the Metro Managers for the March Luncheon:  “Should you be Worried about a Ransomware Attack?”

Municipalities are increasingly being targeted by ransomware, or malicious software intended to block access to computer systems until a ransom is paid. These attacks can come without warning and affect vital public safety, records and operating systems. Learn more about the signs and trends in ransomware affecting cities and villages, the business impacts that can occur when ransomware infects your system and how to prevent and respond to a ransomware attack.
Speakers Danish Ali, Nino Spuria and Ashley Smith of InterDev will present a state of the industry for municipal information technology systems and tips you need to know to manage ransomware in your organization, as well as real life examples you can implement today to prevent a future attack.

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Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019

Time: 11:30 a.m. Networking

             12:00 p.m. Luncheon

             12:30 p.m. Presentation

Cost: $30.00 

           $20.00 Student/Interns for Metro only

           $60.00 if also attending the ILCMA Professional Development Event “Emergency Disaster Planning:  Is Your Community Ready?“

           $50 Students/Interns if also attending the ILCMA Professional Development Event “Emergency Disaster Planning:  Is Your Community Ready?“

Members in Transition(complimentary) – you can now register online or email RSVP to agalindo@niu.edu

**ILCMA members – invite an MIT to lunch today!!

November 15, 2019.
Any cancellations or no shows after that date will require full payment. Payment not received by event date will be invoiced with a $5 invoicing fee.

Questions about this form please contact Alex Galindo 815-753-5424 or agalindo@niu.edu