Since 1960 the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association have combined resources to hold the largest state conference for professionals and officials of park, recreation, conservation, municipal and special recreation agencies.
But, until now, members of the IAPD and the IPRA have often felt they had to toggle between both association’s web sites to get a complete picture of this annual event. With the unveiling of the Soaring to New Heights Conference web site at ILparksconference.com, those days are now gone.
The 2008 Soaring to New Heights Conference will be held January 24 to 26 at the Hyatt Regency - Chicago. Each year more 4,500 Illinois park and recreation professionals, elected and appointed officials and students make this conference the event to attend.
With more than 200 educational sessions, an exhibit hall featuring 300 exhibitors and a variety of networking opportunities, you’ll want to plan your conference experience carefully. The pre-conference guide in the upcoming Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine is a start. But the dynamic ILparksconference.com web site will likely become your first and best resource for conference information.
On this site, you will be able to:
• Register for conference
• Make hotel accommodations
• Get educational session and workshop details
• Find out what networking opportunities are available
• Learn about exhibitors and sponsors supporting the conference
• Get information about the awards programs
• Download important forms specific to those volunteering
• Comment on items posted to the site (we love feedback!)
• View pictures from last year’s conference
News pertaining to the conference will be posted on the new site so be sure to check it out. You may want to save the conference web site as one of your favorites and check back often. Or you can let the news come to you by entering your email address into the Subscribe area on the main page to receive updates via email.
Let the countdown to the 2008 Soaring to New Heights Conference begin!