Dimitrios Nikolaou, Executive Director, Institute for Regulatory Policy Studies, Illinois State University
2025 IRPS Conference
Powering Illinois Forward: A Summit on Energy Resilience, Sustainability, and Innovation
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 1:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 7:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
All times are Central Standard Time
Location: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, 701 E. Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701Agenda
Tuesday, October 14
Wednesday, October 15
Registration is now OPEN.
If you would like to receive email notifications of our upcoming events please send your contact information (name, title, company, and email address) to irps@ilstu.edu.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
If you cannot attend, cancellation must be submitted via email to irps@ilstu.edu. A refund less a 20% processing fee will apply for cancellation more than two weeks prior to the start of the conference. For cancellations between one and two weeks prior to the start of the conference, a refund will only be issued if documentation of an emergency is submitted (the 20% processing fee still applies). Individuals who do not attend the conference (no-shows) will not be entitled to any refund. Substitutions may be made in advance by October 3 only with individuals within the same institution/company. Fees are non-transferable to future IRPS conferences.
IRPS reserves the right to cancel conferences due to the unlikely event of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a meeting is at capacity, canceled, or postponed, the Institute will refund registration fees, but cannot be held responsible for other costs or expenses, including cancellation/change in charges assessed by airlines, travel agencies, or hotels.
Hotel Reservations
A block of rooms has been reserved for our conference with a cutoff date of September 30, 2025. There is a limited amount of rooms, please reserve your room early.
As of September 16, all rooms at the conference hotel (President Abraham Lincoln Hotel) are full.
We have contacted the State House Inn by Wyndham (101 E Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701), which is a 5-minute drive (or a 10-minute walk) to the conference hotel (President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, 701 E Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701). They will honor the current conference hotel rate of $124.00 per night for October 14 and October 15. However, due to having to create a new contract with them, this will take a couple of weeks. What they recommend is to make a reservation now to secure a room, and then once the contract is ready, you can ask them to switch you to the conference block (if you are a state employee you do not need to switch to the conference block since your rate is $110.00 per night). If you decide to go that route, please let me know, and we can email you once we receive confirmation that the room block is ready. The link to their website to make reservations is here.
Send your contact information (name, title, company and email address) to: irps@ilstu.edu if you would like to be on the email list to receive information from the IRPS regarding these conferences.
Watch your email for announcements or check back here. CLE credits will be offered.