Great Lakes Regional Conference

April 23-24, 2009 at the Lisle Hilton, Lisle, Illinois
Hosted by the Illinois Council for the Social Studies

The conference will begin with registration at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, followed by a variety of sessions, a visit to our vendors, and our first featured speakers Max and Donna Daniels as Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln at 10 a.m. Our luncheon, which begins at 12:15 p.m., will feature speaker Bruce David Janu, who teaches social sciences at John Hersey High School in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. His presentation will be based on his award-winning documentary Facing Sudan that has garnered two Best Documentary Awards. The evening activities get underway at 4:45 p.m. with ‘An Evening at Cantingy' featuring wine and hors d’oeuvres followed by a tour of their two museums, the World War II museum and the Robert McCormick mansion. The evening will continue at 8 p.m. with camaraderie and food at Lou Malnattis.

Friday's conference again opens with registration at 7:30 a.m., and sessions beginning at 8:30 a.m. Vendors will once again be available for viewing their products. The conference concludes with a luncheon, followed by our third featured speaker, Dr. Stacy Cordery, whose most recent work is Alice, a complete biography of "Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker."

For more information contact Bob Nimtz or call 618-438-0512.

For more information about our featured speakers, click the links below:

- Max and Donna Daniels
- Bruce David Janu
- Stacy Cordery