The 5x5x5 is a venue for women entrepreneurs to gain experience pitching themselves and their businesses - empowering them with the skills and the tools to seek out other investments in the future.
Hear from founders, experts and startup execs in clean tech, energy & renewables.
Leadership insights from women founders and CEOs in biohealth and STEM. Hear from women innovators, founders and CEOs on ways women in biohealth and STEM can have their voices heard, influence felt, and see themselves as (current or future) entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders.
Learn how researchers and companies large and small are driving innovation in the battery and storage markets Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Wauwatosa.
With over two dozen sessions (virtual and in-person) and some 75 speakers in six days, we have a lot to talk about in Wisconsin. Recently announced speakers include Carl Bernstein, U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Melissa Agard, Dominique Brossard, Ruth Conniff, Mary Felzkowski, Charles Franklin, Andrew Maraniss, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Ajay Sethi, Jocelyn Benson, Barb McQuade, Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels, and more.
Nominations for the 2022-23 Outstanding Women of Color Awards are due by Sept. 13, 2022. Help us honor the amazing women of color at UW–Madison and in greater Madison community by submitting a nomination today.
Is your organization making a social impact in Wisconsin? The Force for Positive Change will provide financial prizes to organizations addressing social challenges locally. Applications are now being accepted for the fifth Force for Positive Change award competition. Phase I applications are due by September 15.
SSE's vendor shows are all about easier access to potential customers. We work hard to make sure you have a great experience.
This two-hour practice session is an invitation for persons who identify as male to gather virtually for community and meditation practice.
The Innovation-to-Market course is intended as an entry point for innovators, seekers of a creative solutions, designers of novel approaches to social problems or makers of impactful products at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Igniter is driven by interviews with real customers and partners. If you haven’t yet spent time on customer interviews to refine product-market fit for your innovation, you may want to consider attending our Innovation to Market (I2M) program first. During Igniter, teams will answer important questions that help shape the development of a sustainable business model to implement the innovation.
Leaders throughout our state—business and industry leaders, economic-development professionals, and academics—are coming together to look forward to Wisconsin’s future economy in this first-ever statewide summit. Explore the opportunities to foster strong businesses and thriving communities, support and expand our workforce, and empower the next generation of Wisconsin thinkers and creators.
Join us for an exciting discussion with local experts, held in partnership with the UniverCity Alliance.
It’s not all about the technology. To have a competitive SBIR/STTR proposal you’ll need to have a qualified team to support your efforts and be prepared to manage your award. This virtual classroom you’ll learn how to build a qualified team and how to use sub-contractors, Advisory Boards and Technical Advisers to strengthen your company and proposals.
UW-Madison graduate students and postdocs are invited to join us for Careers and Beers. Enjoy drinks and appetizers while networking with community members and explore alternative science career options after graduate school through informal conversations.
The new Piloting Research Innovation & Market Exploration (PRIME) grant program will support critical research needed for commercialization of innovations developed at UW–Madison. Administered by UW–Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P), successful project awards will be funded from $25,000 to $50,000.
Experts have forecast for decades that smart use of digital health data would someday reinvent medicine. Combined with the rise of genomic or “personalized” medicine, that prediction is becoming reality. Hear at the Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Madison from members of the Verona-based Epic Systems team on how one of the world’s largest health-related databases is helping patients and clinicians alike.
Lunch and Learn with Boston Analytical, this session will cover an overview of Boston Analytical capabilities
Join WiB at Findorff for networking and engaging discussions!
‘First Lady of Badger Sports’ to headline Sept. 29 W·O·M·E·N reception in Madison Cindy Alvarez, who was a behind-the-scenes force in the rise of UW-Madison athletics over the course of three decades, will speak Sept. 29 at the annual W•O•M•E•N reception in Madison.
Sign up for 1:1 partnering meetings with Illumina in Madison, Wisconsin on October 18, 2022. Illumina is eager to meet with entrepreneurs, innovators, and collaborators for 1:1 meetings in Madison.
Milwaukee Tech Week is a weeklong celebration of tech, designed to connect, educate, and celebrate innovation in Southeast Wisconsin – created by and for the community.
Please join us, in-person, October 5, at the Discovery Building on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to hear from a range of experts on innovations in diversity, technology, and care being developed by clinical research professionals across Wisconsin!
Startups will have the chance to give five-minute presentations through the Tech Council Investor Networks track, as well as 90-second pitches through the Elevator Pitch Olympics. Some companies will also be selected to meet one-on-one with angel and venture capital investors at the event.
The Wisconsin Leadership Summit will be returning on October 10th - 11th at the Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club in Madison, featuring two days of discussion, networking, professional development and planning for the future of communities of color across the state.