2013 Annual Event
Accelerating Change

Accelerating Change: Coverage wrap-up

MPC's 2013 Annual Luncheon, Accelerating Change, featured an inspiring keynote address by Margo Georgiadis on how technology helps governments and community leaders overcome obstacles and prepare for challenges, all while better connecting to their audiences.

• Read our press release for coverage of the event.
• Watch a video highlighting MPC’s accomplishments over the past year and goals for the future, featuring local stakeholders and partners.
• Watch Margo's keynote address.

MPC also awarded the 2013 Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning to the Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events for the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012, and the Champion Fighter Award to Andrew J. McKenna.

• Watch the Cultural Plan 2012 Burnham Award video and Andrew J. McKenna’s acceptance speech.

For a broad range of insights on technology’s role in improving our systems and our region as a whole, check out our Accelerating Change blog series, featuring posts by John Tolva, former chief technology officer for Chicago and the moderator for our Luncheon; Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer, who has spear-headed the land bank efforts across our region; McGee Young, creator of H2OScore; and our own MPC staff.

Thank you to everyone who made our 2013 Annual Luncheon a success!

Join the Metropolitan Planning Council for an informative keynote address by Margo Georgiadis, President, Americas, Google.

Margo Georgiadis

Accelerating change challenges every city and region, but technology is helping leaders spot trends and develop creative solutions to pressing issues such as traffic congestion, vacant properties and climate change. Georgiadis will discuss how successful governments, businesses and nonprofits reject the label “impossible” and use digital as a platform to re-imagine practically every aspect of their operations, achieving “10x versus 10 percent” improvement.