Please join MadREP for the Madison Region’s local Wisconsin Craft Brewery Day event. We will gather at 4:00 pm at Delta Beer Lab, a newly opened craft brewery located at 167 E Badger Rd, Madison, WI 53713. At 4:30 pm, we will raise our glasses as we participate in the statewide toast.

Governor Tony Evers recently announced that he, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Deputy Secretary Tricia Braun, and other state, county, city and community officials will visit craft breweries across the state on Thursday, Sept. 26 to celebrate Wisconsin Craft Brewery Day.

Craft breweries provide significant opportunities for community development. Not only do these breweries add value and bring in more taxes to their communities, but they also create a meeting place for informal social gatherings as well as events like art shows or live music. Additionally, many Wisconsin breweries continue to purchase and renovate underutilized and vacant historical buildings, acting as a catalyst for other businesses to invest in communities with underutilized properties.

To end the day, all officials, local residents and other craft beer fans are encouraged to participate in a “Statewide Cheers” around the state at 4:30 p.m. on social media. Using the hashtag #WICraftBeer, participants in Craft Brewery Day, regional economic development organizations and all fans of craft beer are encouraged to head to their local craft brewery and post a picture hoisting a Wisconsin craft beer. A number of local economic development partners (including MadREP) will be hosting events to celebrate.

These forums provide resource education and an opportunity for economic development professionals to learn and connect with colleagues to discuss opportunities, challenges and solutions for economic growth in the Madison Region.

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Check in! Grab a seat.
9:15 – 4:00 p.m. Agenda in process and will be shared soon.

Lunch and refreshments will be served.

Small & medium-sized organizations all have valuable data, which makes them prime targets for cyber criminals . However, these organizations (small businesses, non-profits, local governments, schools, etc.) are often under-resourced when it comes to protecting their sensitive assets. The National Cyber Security Alliance has developed a free hands-on half-day workshop to help organizations:

• Identify which business assets others want
• Protect those assets
• Detect when something has gone wrong
• Respond quickly and appropriately with an action plan
• Recover after a breach

AGENDA:

8:30AM-9:00AM: Registration

9:00AM-9:10AM: Opening Remarks (Eric Ness, District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration)

9:10-10:00: Fireside chat with local and national experts

• Lisa Plaggemier, Chief Evangelist, Infosec
• Brian Dennis, Director, Cybersecurity Center for Small Business, UW-Whitewater
• David Cagigal, Chief Information Officer, State of Wisconsin
• Matt Wernz, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission
• Molly Arranz, Partner, SmithAmundsen

10:00AM-12:00PM: Tabletop workshop where attendees will define what cybersecurity is, identify common misconceptions, learn “quick wins” to put into action now, and begin developing their own strategy for minimizing cybersecurity threats.

This workshop is not designed for cybersecurity experts. This workshop is designed for individuals with little to no cybersecurity expertise, but everyone is welcome to attend.

This half-day workshop on September 24th is in collaboration with the 7th Annual Wisconsin Governor’s Cybersecurity Summit, and is a kick-off to National Cybersecurity Awareness Month–observed throughout the month of October.

The CyberSecure My Business program is free to attend thanks to generous sponsorship: National Signature Sponsor: Trend Micro; National Contributing Sponsor: Infosec.

The advent of summer means people are getting back in touch with nature … and nature is touching humans, not always in a healthy way. Research to aid people and animals alike will be featured at the Tuesday, June 25 Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon meeting in Madison.  

Panelists are Dr. Jorge Osorio, professor at the UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine, who is researching vaccines for bats and ticks; Tom D’Orazio, chief executive officer of SpayVac-for-Wildlife, a company working on targeted contraceptives for overabundant, feral in invasive species. SpayVac was a finalist in the 2019 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest; and Dr. Keith Poulsen, director at the UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory who will discuss his research in zoonotic diseases, such as salmonella, listeria and tuberculosis.

Panelists will each give a seven-minute pitch to former “ag-tech” investor Kieran Furlong of the UW-Madison’s Discovery to Product.

The luncheon will be held at The Coliseum Bar & Banquet on Madison’s E. Olin Ave. Registration and networking begin at 11:30 a.m., lunch at noon and the presentation at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $10 for students and returning veterans, $25 for individual members, $35 for non-members and included for Tech Council corporate members.

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“With its outdoors and agricultural traditions, Wisconsin has long stood at the crossroads of research of diseases and conditions that can affect people and animals alike,” said Tom Still, president of the Tech Council. “We’ll learn more about that research can be transferred to markets that improve environments for all concerned.”

The Wisconsin Technology Council is the independent, non-profit science and technology adviser to the governor and Legislature, with events, publications and outreach that contribute to Wisconsin’s tech-based economy. To join, go towww.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com or call 608-442-7557.