Event Agenda


Agenda

28-06-22 05:00 pm

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

28-06-22 05:30 pm

Welcome

DAVID MANSKE
Senior Director in Digital Innovation, Northwestern Mutual

28-06-22 06:15 pm

Artist Working in Education Presentation

29-06-22 07:30 am

Registration, Breakfast brought to you by Rite-Hite

29-06-22 09:00 am

VC MKE Investor <> Startup meetings

29-06-22 11:00 am

Lunch Break - Private Lunch hosted by BMO and Michael Best

29-06-22 11:15 am

Private CIO Event - Led by WisconsinCIO

29-06-22 12:00 pm

Networking Lunch

29-06-22 12:45 pm

MKE Tech Hub Community Meetup

29-06-22 12:45 pm

Justice Tech Workshop

NADIYAH JOHNSON
Founder, Milky Way Tech Hub

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

29-06-22 01:00 pm

VC MKE Investor <>startup meeting continued

29-06-22 03:00 pm

Private CISO Event- sponsored by Netskope

29-06-22 05:00 pm

Summerfest Tech Networking Happy Hour, hosted by Zscaler

30-06-22 08:00 am

Welcome

30-06-22 12:00 pm

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

30-06-22 02:00 pm

UWM School of Information Welcome

30-06-22 02:05 pm

Announce Pitch Competition Winner at Summerfest Dockside Bar

30-06-22 08:00 pm

Summerfest Sponsors VIP Deck Parties - Briggs and Stratton, Generac

30-06-22 08:30 am

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

Kathleen Gallagher
Executive Director, 5 Lakes Institute

Dan Gawronski
Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Dawn Nguyen
Associate, Hyde Park Ventures

Keaton Nankivil
Principal, Alumnit Ventures

Darrin Vohs
Chief Information Officer, Molson Coors Beverage Company

Robert Wynn
President, CLIMB USA, Inc.

30-06-22 10:25 am

Funding All Ventures

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

30-06-22 11:15 am

Economic Impact of Cryptocurrency and NFTs in Music and Art

Jake Rohrer
Manager, Wipfli LLP

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

Christopher Perceptions
Founder, PerceptForm, Inc.

29-06-22 08:00 am

Welcome

Welcome: MKE Tech Hub Coalition

29-06-22 08:10 am

Innovation: Discovering The Mindset to Pursue The Impossible

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

29-06-22 09:15 am

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

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

JOE MANONE
President and CEO, Rite-Hite Products Corporation

MIKE TROUTMAN
Chief Information Officer, Zurn Water Solutions

CHAD JONES
Director of Software Engineering, Milwaukee Tool

BRUCE WISNEFSKE
Director of Advanced Manufacturing Operations, Sargento Foods

29-06-22 09:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Innovations - Innovating for Diversity

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

SUSANNE TEDRICK
Azure Technical Trainer, Microsoft Corporation

BERTINA CECCARELLI
Chief Executive Officer, NPower

29-06-22 09:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Innovations - Supporting Innovation in your Community

KISHA KEENY
Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Northwestern Mutual

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

RASHI KHOSLA
Founder and CEO, MARS Solutions Group

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

29-06-22 10:15 am

Collaborations: Engineering and IT Working Together

Sabha Museteif
Director High Performance Organization, Rockwell Automation

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

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

Tim Dickson
Chief Information Officer, Generac Power Systems

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

29-06-22 11:15 am

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

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

TIM BAACK
President and CEO, Pathfinders

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

NADIYAH JOHNSON
Founder, Milky Way Tech Hub

29-06-22 11:15 am

Breakout Sessions: Collaborations - Dream Building

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

JOSEPH WERNER
Project Operations, BlocPower

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

KENGE ADAMS
Founder and CEO, Connect Business Consulting

BLANCA GONZALES
Executive Director, i.c.stars

29-06-22 11:15 am

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

Doug Barton
Director, UW-Madison E-Business Consortium

Jody McDonough
Chief Information Officer, Sub-Zero Group

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

DAVE JONES
Senior Marketing Manager, Broan-NuTone

SAM GIRARD
Vice President of Customer Success, Johnson Controls

29-06-22 02:00 pm

Cybersecurity | Trends-Global, National, Regional

Amanda Knutson
Supervisory Special Agent, FBI

29-06-22 02:00 pm

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

29-06-22 03:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Cybersecurity - Protecting Critical Company Assets

COLE CREWS
Business Development Executive, UScellular

JAMES ROSE
Sr. Manager of Private Cellular Networks, UScellular

29-06-22 03:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Cybersecurity - Future of Cybersecurity Workforce

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

CHYTANIA BROWN
Chief Executive Officer, Employ Milwaukee

LAURA SCHMIDT
Chief Talent Development Officer, Rockwell Automation

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

29-06-22 03:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Cybersecurity - Cyber Insecurity

Ryan Brooks
CEO and Founder of Stack41

29-06-22 04:00 pm

Building Responsible AI, powered by AWS

Denis V. Batalov
PhD, Amazon Web Services