What is the Summit?

Join industry peers and experts at Illinois' premier economic development networking and educational event, this year on Chicago's beautiful Magnificent Mile on June 2nd-3rd, 2022.  

This year we are all working Together Towards a Stronger Tomorrow. Join us as we gather to discuss and coordinate strategies with our regional, state, and international partners. We will look at the impact and top questions regarding Illinois' advanced manufacturing industry, marketing trends, talent attraction, and business retention.  Sit with leading voices in foreign markets to discuss doing business with Japan and other ways to improve foreign direct investment in your communities. 

We look forward to meeting you at the Summit Chicago for the 2022 Economic Development Summit, brought to you by the Illinois Economic Development Association. We can't wait to see you there!

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The Sessions You Want

The schedule is still tentative but here is a preview of what we have in mind...

IL Economic Development Plan	Advanced Manufacturing
Doing Business with Japan	Working with Economic Partners
Working with Our State Partners	Trends in EDO Marketing
The Pandemic & Recovery	Attracting Foreign Direct Investment
Talent Attraction	Business Retention

Details will be added as they are confirmed, including speakers and specific time slots.   

Our Amazing Sponsors

Pulling together a premier event like this in downtown Chicago takes the help of our community of industry partners. With their support, we are not only able to bring in fantastic talent, but we can keep our event prices and room rates extremely reasonable!  We want to recognize all of our amazing sponsors for making this possible. 

If you would like to join us as a partner, we have tiers available to match a variety of budgets.  Please click the button below for more information. 

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