8:00 am Registration opens, continental breakfast
8:45 am Welcome: Badger Startup Summit Co-chairs
- Matt Younkle, Forward Festival Chair, CEO Cardigan
- Allen Dines, Executive Advisor, WISC Partners
The Badger Startup Summit is all about building networks. This event brings the varied participating and supporting entities that comprise Madison Startup Ecosystem into one room, in one time window. The Summit is a deep dive into Madison’s tech scene networks.
If you don’t make several new connections today, we aren’t delivering.
9:00 am Disruptive (r)EVolution Showcase – Part I
Moderator: Susan LaBelle, Faculty Associate, Master of Science in Biotechnology Program, UW-Madison
You hear about them all the time. In leveraging exciting new technologies, Badger entrepreneurs are developing new approaches to customer problems and changing the way we do things.
9:15 am Transforming Waste into Opportunity Joshua Shefner – Founder and CEO, Agricycle
9:30 am Harnessing the power of interaction for impact Jennifer Javornik – VP of Sales, Filament Games
9:45 am Innovating with new tech in the construction sector Chad Eschler – Business Development, Findorff
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Disruptive (r)EVolution Showcase – Part 2
10:15 am On-the-fly wearable allergen detection places food safety in the hands of the consumer Abigail Barnes – Co-founder and CEO, Allergy Amulet
10:30 am Tech innovations in forestry and architecture: creating high value products from low value timber Amelia Baxter – CEO, WholeTrees Structures
10:45 am Using advanced analytics to help oncologists improve treatment effectiveness Eric Horler – CEO, AIQ Solutions
11:00 am Keynote – Revisiting the big disruptive trends, Where are they going? Keith Witek, Senior VP Corporate Development, Strategy and General Counsel, SiFive
11:45 am The Million Cups VenFair – In the South Atrium
Welcome and Introduction Joey Frayne, 1 Million Cups Madison
Lunch is provided by VenFair Sponsor/Hosts at the various food stations distributed around the Atrium. Graze for small bites while you roam the VenFair
1:30 pm The MERLIN Pitch and Re-Play
Welcome and Introduction Susie Younkle—Program Director, MERLIN Mentors
Our signature pitch session returns in partnership with MERLIN Mentors. 20 tables, 20 entrepreneurs. Each starts at a different table of 5-8 attendees. Rotate to the next table every 15 minutes
Logistics and Expectations Dennis Barnum—MERLIN Mentors
3:15 pm Pitch Wrap-up Dennis Barnum
3:30 pm Concluding Remarks/Adjourn
Allen Dines, Matt Younkle
