Kane County’s top economic development professionals and partners will meet for a round-table discussion on Friday, May 13, 2016, as a crescendo for the first-ever national Economic Development Week.

The powerhouse roundtable discussion will take place at 9 a.m. Friday in the Ground Floor Auditorium of Building A at the Kane County Government Center.

Topics will include:

• Kane County’s groundbreaking high-speed fiber optic network.
• Brief updates on the Chicago Regional Growth Initiatives, including the renewed export grants incentive program, whose application deadline is May 27.
• A Kane County economic development ad debuting in Illinois Magazine aimed at marketing Kane County and encouraging businesses to move here.
• The newly updated “Why KANE” website and how each community in Kane County can link to it.
• How to use Kane County Connects to share your economic development news.

Following the round-table, Kane County’s Jobs Committee invites the general public as well as business and economic development leaders to a presentation focusing on health care jobs and opportunities. Speakers include Beth Batdorf,  director of human resources at Rush-Copley Medical Center, and Aaron Witkowski, human resources manager for ACL Laboratories and Advocate Sherman Hospital.

The Jobs Committee event takes place at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 13, in the County Board Room on the second floor of the Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva.

Still Time to Attend the 2016 Leaders Summit

There is still time to join the more than 160 people who have already registered for the 2016 Kane County Leaders Summit on May 27 on innovation and technology. “Connecting Our Futures” will reveal how to connect to Kane County’s 47 miles of fiber-optic cable — possibly the best-kept local technology secret of the new millennium.

Space is limited and advance registration is required. Click here to sign up now! Registration is $35.

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