FY18 hart (heartland annual round table) Hosted by the swe central Illinois Section Peoria, IL september 8 9, 2017

FY18 HART

(HEARTLAND ANNUAL ROUND TABLE)
Hosted by the SWE Central Illinois Section
Peoria, IL

September 8 - 9, 2017

Contents

ABOUT HART & SWE 2

SCHEDULE 2

REGISTRATION 4

ACCOMMODATIONS 4

MAPS 5

FAMILY FUN 10

CONTACTS 13

SPONSORS 13

ABOUT HART & SWE

The Heartland Annual Round Table was established to provide region H senators the opportunity to fully discuss the important upcoming SWE legislative and strategic business with their constituents; to provide region council members a chance to network and share best practices with others in the region; and to provide leaders throughout the region with the necessary leadership and operations training to make their SWE organizations run smoothly and effectively support SWE’s mission.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology. To ensure SWE members reach their full potential as engineers and leaders, the Society offers unique opportunities to network, provides professional development and shapes public policy. SWE champions the value of diversity. We inspire young girls to become engineers and support them with scholarships in order to expand the engineering profession’s ability to improve the quality of life for billions of people worldwide.

For more information about the Society please visit www.swe.org or call [phone].

The organization is divided into regions to assist in communication flow from the Society to its members and vice versa. Region H (the Heartland Region) is the largest region with over 5000 members and it includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, and South Dakota. For more information about Region H, visit http://regionh.swe.org/, http://regionh.wordpress.com/, or contact the region governor at [e-mail].
The FY18 HART summit is the last one to be held, as part of the ongoing Governance changes from SWE include dissolution of the Regions.
ABOUT SWE-CI

The SWE - Central Illinois Section has over 300 active members across Central Illinois region and has been recognized at both Regional and Society level, for hosting successful events, ranging from professional development presentations to outreach activities to networking lunches and social outings to technical tours. For more information about SWE-CI, visit: http://centralillinois.swe.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/groups/138273795496/ .

SCHEDULE

Friday, September 8, 2017

Time	Event Description	Contact
6:00 -7:30 Optional RSVP required $20-30 approx.	Dinner & Networking Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse 101 Holiday St, East Peoria, IL 61611 (onsite at Holiday Inn & Suites, East Peoria) Private room reserved for SWE party Order from the menu - http://johnnysitaliansteakhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/JIS-IA-IL-KS-NE-dinner-menu-Jan2015.pdf	Megha Garg (for RSVP by 25 Aug) [e-mail]
7:30 -9:00 PM Optional RSVP required $32 (all supplies included)	Vino van Gogh Painting activity Get your creative juices flowing; Paint, Drink & Be Merry, with fellow SWE leaders. Private Team Building Group painting event, under guidance from a professional artist, in the same banquet as the dinner! http://vinogogh.com/peoria/home.aspx	Payment by 28^th August at: http://tinyurl.com/ybqpjrel Annie Haas (send a confirmation of payment) [e-mail]

Saturday, September 9, 2017

Time

8:30AM to 5PM HART Summit Agenda – COMING SOON!

Contact / Presenter(s)

Saturday Evening, September 9, 2017

Time	Agenda Topic/Event Description	Contact
6:00-8:30 PM Optional	Thyme Kitchen & Craft Beer 736 SW Washington St, Peoria, IL 61602 http://thymepeoria.com/ Drinks and Dinner with HART attendees, in semi-private mezzanine of Thyme restaurant in beautiful downtown Peoria by Peoria Riverfront	Sowmya Nagesh [e-mail]

REGISTRATION

Registration for FY18 HART leadership summit should be completed by 25^th August, via:

FY18_HART_Registration_form
There is no Registration / Conference Fees.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive by 6PM on Friday, 8^th September and depart on Sunday, 10^th September.

There is no virtual attendance.
For Travel Grant information, contact Region H Treasurer, Gina Janke at [e-mail]

ACCOMMODATIONS

Rooms are blocked for Friday and Saturday nights (Aug 8^th and 9^th) under Society of Women Engineers - HART at:
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites

101 Holiday St, East Peoria, IL 61611

[phone]

Hotel_reservation_link

 https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/east-peoria/piaws/hoteldetail?qAdlt=1&qBrs=6c.hi.ex.rs.ic.cp.in.sb.cw.cv.ul.vn.ki.sp.nd.ct&qChld=0&qFRA=1&qGRM=0&qGrpCd=SWE&qIta=99801505&qPSt=0&qRRSrt=rt&qRef=df&qRms=1&qRpn=1&qRpp=20&qSHp=1&qSmP=3&qSrt=sBR&qWch=0&srb_u=1&icdv=99801505

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  Rooms to be booked by 25^th August
  
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  Once you click on the link, you will be taken directly to the Holiday Inn East Peoria website. 
  
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  Enter your arrival and departure dates and then click on ‘Check Availability’.  This will pull the rooms and the discounted rates directly from our contracted block.  
  
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  This link is not compatible with some mobile devices and will not display the contracted rate.
  
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  If you are sharing the room with another attendee, reserve one room only, and fill out the Additional Guests section with the other attendee's name.
  
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  You may have to click on View More Rates below the ‘King bed room’ to see the ‘Two queen beds’ option online. 
  
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  If you would like to use the hotel shuttle to and from the Peoria airport, please contact the hotel directly to set it up
  

Room Block Price: $134/ night + $16.08 tax

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  King or Two Queens
  
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  Complimentary WiFi, Parking, Shuttle, Breakfast
  

Airport: (PIA) General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, direct flights from MSP, ORD, DTW, ATL

http://www.flypia.com/

Transportation from Airport: Onsite rental companies, Uber, Hotel Shuttle
By Road: If driving directly to the Holiday Inn Hotel in East Peoria,

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  Coming from Bloomington-Normal / Chicago, IL, you ll take Exit 94 to West Washington St, East Peoria from Interstate I-74.
  
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  Coming from Iowa City, you ll take Exit 94 to West Washington St, East Peoria from Interstate I-74.
  

MAPS

The following pages provide maps and directions to the hotel, HART venue, and dinner location.

From PIA to Holiday Inn Hotel

8.3 miles, 17mins drive

Saturday: From Hotel to Caterpillar venue (Tech Center) for HART

14.8 miles, 24 mins drive

Close-up view of Caterpillar Tech Center location and parking in Mossville.

COMING SOON!

Attendees will be escorted to and from the Security entrance, to the Innovation Collaboration space for the HART summit.

Saturday: From Hotel to Saturday Evening Dinner @ Thyme

1.6 miles, 6 mins drive

FAMILY FUN

The following pages provide ideas for places in the Peoria area, to visit with family over the HART summit weekend.

Note: The Riverfront Museum and CAT Visitors center are located next to each other on Washington St, in downtown Peoria.

CONTACTS

Megha Garg

HART Host Coordinator

SWE-Central Illinois Section Representative

[e-mail]

Cell/text: 309-361-8825


Thank You for attending FY18 HART!

SPONSORS

Special Thanks to Caterpillar and Stacey Delvecchio, Engineering Manager, Additive Manufacturing; for offering Caterpillar’s Innovation Collaborator space, for hosting HART FY18 on 9^th September, 2017.

Also, SWE-CI is grateful to Region H for their generous sponsorship to support HART leadership summit expenses.

By sponsoring HART they are supporting all our SWE members and the engineering profession through building stronger leaders for today and for the future of our profession.

Sponsors will be noted on the SWE Region H website: http://regionh.swe.org/ and advertised at the event.

2017-2018 Region H “Heartland Annual Round Table” http://regionh.swe.org