Event Agenda


Agenda

time icon28-06-22 05:00 pm

Opening Night Welcome Party - Hosted by Northwestern Mutual - 17:00 PM CST

time icon28-06-22 05:30 pm

Welcome

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DAVID MANSKE
Senior Director in Digital Innovation, Northwestern Mutual

time icon28-06-22 06:15 pm

Artist Working in Education Presentation

time icon29-06-22 07:30 am

Registration, Breakfast brought to you by Rite-Hite

time icon29-06-22 09:00 am

VC MKE Investor <> Startup meetings

time icon29-06-22 11:00 am

Lunch Break - Private Lunch hosted by BMO and Michael Best

time icon29-06-22 11:15 am

Private CIO Event - Led by WisconsinCIO

time icon29-06-22 12:00 pm

Networking Lunch

time icon29-06-22 12:45 pm

MKE Tech Hub Community Meetup

time icon29-06-22 12:45 pm

Justice Tech Workshop

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NADIYAH JOHNSON
Founder, Milky Way Tech Hub

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ELI RIVERA & RUBEN GAONA
Co-Founders, The Way Out

time icon29-06-22 01:00 pm

VC MKE Investor <>startup meeting continued

time icon29-06-22 03:00 pm

Private CISO Event- sponsored by Netskope

time icon29-06-22 05:00 pm

Summerfest Tech Networking Happy Hour, hosted by Zscaler

time icon30-06-22 08:00 am

Welcome

time icon30-06-22 12:00 pm

Summerfest Tech Networking Event at Dockside, brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies

time icon30-06-22 02:00 pm

UWM School of Information Welcome

time icon30-06-22 02:05 pm

Announce Pitch Competition Winner at Summerfest Dockside Bar

time icon30-06-22 08:00 pm

Summerfest Sponsors VIP Deck Parties - Briggs and Stratton, Generac

time icon30-06-22 08:30 am

"Pitch Competition, produced by Young Enterprising Society Sponsored by Molson Coors Beverage Company"

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Kathleen Gallagher
Executive Director, 5 Lakes Institute

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Dan Gawronski
Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

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Dawn Nguyen
Associate, Hyde Park Ventures

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Keaton Nankivil
Principal, Alumnit Ventures

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Darrin Vohs
Chief Information Officer, Molson Coors Beverage Company

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Robert Wynn
President, CLIMB USA, Inc.

time icon30-06-22 10:25 am

Funding All Ventures

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Matthew Friedel
Co-Founder of Milwaukee Venture Partners MVP Angel Network Senior Lecturer, UWM Adjunct Faculty, Marquette University Co-Founder of Disruptive Technologies Laboratory, UWM

time icon30-06-22 11:15 am

Economic Impact of Cryptocurrency and NFTs in Music and Art

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Jake Rohrer
Manager, Wipfli LLP

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Mal Montoya
President and CEO, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network and MARN ART + CULTURE HUB

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Christopher Perceptions
Founder, PerceptForm, Inc.

time icon29-06-22 08:00 am

Welcome

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Welcome: MKE Tech Hub Coalition

time icon29-06-22 08:10 am

Innovation: Discovering The Mindset to Pursue The Impossible

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Chuck Swoboda
Innovator-in-Residence at Marquette University, Executive Chairman of Vast Therapeutics, and the retired Chairman and CEO of Cree, Inc.

time icon29-06-22 09:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Innovations - Leading with Digital, Data, and Disruption

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DR. KRISTINA ROPELLA
Opus Dean and Professor, Opus College of Engineering, Marquette University

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JOE MANONE
President and CEO, Rite-Hite Products Corporation

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MIKE TROUTMAN
Chief Information Officer, Zurn Water Solutions

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CHAD JONES
Director of Software Engineering, Milwaukee Tool

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BRUCE WISNEFSKE
Director of Advanced Manufacturing Operations, Sargento Foods

time icon29-06-22 09:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Innovations - Innovating for Diversity

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ART HOPKINS
Consultant and Co-lead of Technology Officers Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates

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SUSANNE TEDRICK
Azure Technical Trainer, Microsoft Corporation

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BERTINA CECCARELLI
Chief Executive Officer, NPower

time icon29-06-22 09:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Innovations - Supporting Innovation in your Community

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KISHA KEENY
Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Northwestern Mutual

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STACY ZAJA
Lead Program Manager - Technology Community Outreach, Northwestern Mutual

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RASHI KHOSLA
Founder and CEO, MARS Solutions Group

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QUE EL-AMIN
Co-Founder, President Young Enterprising Society, Scott Crawford, Inc.

time icon29-06-22 10:15 am

Collaborations: Engineering and IT Working Together

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Sabha Museteif
Director High Performance Organization, Rockwell Automation

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Chris Nardecchia
SVP & Chief Digital & Information Officer, Rockwell Automation

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Amber Malone
VP Global Engineering Controls & Automation, Generac Power Systems

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Tim Dickson
Chief Information Officer, Generac Power Systems

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GREG GERNERT JR.
Vice President & General Manager, Rockwell Automation

time icon29-06-22 11:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Collaborations - Future-Proof: Bridging the Digital Divide in a Post-Pandemic World

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DAVID BERKA
Project Manager: Techquity & Resource Equity, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County

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TIM BAACK
President and CEO, Pathfinders

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ANGELA JOHNSON
Chief Information Security Officer, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

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NADIYAH JOHNSON
Founder, Milky Way Tech Hub

time icon29-06-22 11:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Collaborations - Dream Building

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LEANA NAKIELSKI
Community and Social Impact Investment Director, American Family Insurance

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JOSEPH WERNER
Project Operations, BlocPower

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ANIQUE N. RUIZ, MA, JD
WiscAMP STEM-Inspire Program Manager, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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KENGE ADAMS
Founder and CEO, Connect Business Consulting

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BLANCA GONZALES
Executive Director, i.c.stars

time icon29-06-22 11:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Collaborations - Collaborative Intelligence: Innovating with People Who Think Differently

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Doug Barton
Director, UW-Madison E-Business Consortium

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Jody McDonough
Chief Information Officer, Sub-Zero Group

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John T. Bartucci
VP Connected Products, The Master Lock Company

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DAVE JONES
Senior Marketing Manager, Broan-NuTone

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SAM GIRARD
Vice President of Customer Success, Johnson Controls

time icon29-06-22 02:00 pm

Cybersecurity | Trends-Global, National, Regional

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Amanda Knutson
Supervisory Special Agent, FBI

time icon29-06-22 02:00 pm

WARF "Innovation Day", presented by Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

time icon29-06-22 03:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Cybersecurity - Protecting Critical Company Assets

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COLE CREWS
Business Development Executive, UScellular

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JAMES ROSE
Sr. Manager of Private Cellular Networks, UScellular

time icon29-06-22 03:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Cybersecurity - Future of Cybersecurity Workforce

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DR. THOMAS KACZMAREK
Director of Center for Cyber Security Awareness and Cyber Defense, Marquette University

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CHYTANIA BROWN
Chief Executive Officer, Employ Milwaukee

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LAURA SCHMIDT
Chief Talent Development Officer, Rockwell Automation

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RAFAT ELSHAREF
Faculty of IT-Security, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)

time icon29-06-22 03:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Cybersecurity - Cyber Insecurity

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Ryan Brooks
CEO and Founder of Stack41

time icon29-06-22 04:00 pm

Building Responsible AI, powered by AWS

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Denis V. Batalov
PhD, Amazon Web Services