Join fellow entrepreneurs, nerds, designers, geeks, hackers, and creative professionals from the Midwest in an 11-day celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship. The 2013 Forward Technology Festival provides the rare opportunity to interact with professionals across a wide range of disciplines. Network at events like High Tech Happy Hour, interact at events like BarCamp, and learn at the Forward Technology Conference.

Featured Event! Wisconsin Startup Night: Madison Startup Showcase
Presented by Accelerate Madison and Capital Entrepreneurs
With sponsorship from Madison Region Economic Partnership
Join us on August 19th for a lightning round of startup pitches from Madison’s most compelling emerging companies on the “big stage” at the Majestic. The area’s best tech networking begins at 5pm, and presentations start at 6pm. This event will be live webcast by Sonic Foundry and participants will receive a video recording of their performace. Registration is free through August 14.

Confirmed presenters so far are: PerBlue, Murfi, Drifty Co, EatStreet, Asthmapolis, HealthFinch, ShowShow, MobileIgniter, Quintessence Bioscience, Networked Insights, and C-Motive Technologies. Please contact Accelerate Madison or Capital Entrepreneurs if you’d like to be included.

2013 Forward Technology Conference
The Forward Technology Conference on August 21st represents the summer’s best opportunity to spend a day networking with some of the area’s top entrepreneurs and hearing from experts on a wide range of topics relevant to your technology business. Whether you’re thinking about launching a startup business or you’re an experienced entrepreneur, you’ll find this conference relevant and insightful. The conference will take place at Memorial Union, with a reception to follow on the Terrace. Register online by August 19th.

View the festival events summary.

 

 

Join the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Food Export Midwest to discuss why U.S. food suppliers should export and what it takes for a company to become export ready with this free seminar.

Information includes:

• Steps you should take to develop your international business
• State and Federal services available for your company to export
• Success stories from Wisconsin companies currently exporting
• Opportunities for exporters of food and agricultural products

Who should attend: Food and agricultural companies that are not currently exporting, but interested in exploring opportunities.

Learn more and register online; pre-registration is required. For more information, contact Lisa Stout at 608.224.5126 or Ashwini Rao at 608.224.5119.

 

Ever want to know more about the growing entrepreneurial community in Madison? All doors are open on October 24! From 10am-1pm the doors of 100state, Sector67, Horizon, and Bendyworks will be open to the public. Madison Magazine is hosting a crawl of these spaces on that day (with a TV crew, too) and wants the whole community to attend!

The day will end later that evening at the Majestic Theatre with Hugh Forrest, director of South by Southwest Interactive, giving a keynote speech.

Learn more and get tickets to the keynote speech.

On October 25, development companies in Madison including Bendyworks and Hardin Design and Development will be joining forces for a Madison hackathon session.

The goal: work on day-long projects that make Madison a better place to live.

Who: Developers, graphic artists, and tinkerers teaming up with anyone present.

No RSVP required.

Join MITA for this second meeting in an ongoing series with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, to learn about the local resources available to do business internationally.

Attendees will learn from international development professionals about the benefits and challenges of going global. Featured speakers include:

• Stanley Pfrang, Market Development Director – India, the Middle East, and Africa; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
• Jen Pino-Gallagher, Bureau Director, Agricultural Market Development, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
• Teri Anderson, Senior Manager, International Channel Marketing, Promega Corporation
• Nick Kiernan, Executive Vice President for Media, TrafficCast
• Zach Brandon, President, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce

Register online.