CANCELLED – Wisconsin Biohealth Symposium 2020

Event Postponed – Date TBD

discover | collaborate | transform

The UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and UW Health, along with our campus partners, Discovery to Product (D2P) and Isthmus Project, are working with key stakeholders to establish Wisconsin as a national innovation hub. This one-day conference will highlight how Wisconsin academic institutions, businesses and government can collaborate to achieve this bold vision.

Where: Fluno Center, 601 University Ave, Madison, WI 53715

Who: We invite start-ups, biohealth industry, faculty, students, researchers, funders, policy makers, support organizations and others across the state to join us to learn about and inform new ways to strengthen:

• • • Workforce development
    • Funding and resources
    • Academic and industry collaborations

Featured Speakers: Kevin Conroy – CEO, Exact Sciences and Erik Iverson – CEO, WARF

Cost: The UW-Madison Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership is pleased to present this conference at no cost to participants

REGISTER TODAY

Agenda

10:00 am – 10:30 am – Registration
10:30 am – 10:45 am – Opening Remarks
10:45 am – 11:45 am – The Brookings Report – Emerging Opportunities in the Heartland
11:45 am – 12:45 pm – Lunch – Speaker, Erik Iverson, CEO, WARF
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm – Panel 1 – Workforce Development – How can Wisconsin best create the workforce that industry needs to thrive in Wisconsin?
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Panel 2 – Funding and Resources – What are the key funding and other resources in place to attract start-ups as well as established companies, and what else is needed?
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm – Panel 3 – Academic and Industry Collaborations – What opportunities exist and what can be done to improve collaboration?
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm– Keynote Speaker – Kevin Conroy, CEO, Exact Sciences
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm – Concluding Remarks
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm – Networking Reception

Supporting Partners:
UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health | Isthmus Project & UW Health | UW-Madison Discovery to Product | UW-Madison School of Pharmacy | UW-Madison Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership

Questions? Contact Rob Hagan via email or phone 608-265-6192