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The 2020 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium: Registration now open!

Applications are being accepted now from young companies that want to tell their stories to investors at our annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium #ESSWI, to be held Nov. 9-11 on a virtual platform.

The conference will focus on increased opportunities for emerging companies and startups to meet with investors 1:1, pitch and present their companies. Our virtual exhibitor booths will be enhanced time to meet with sponsors and others. 26 investor groups have already signed on with many more to come.

Read the latest “Call for Companies” press release here. Applications due Sept. 25^th.

Watch for more information to come via the Tech Council Current, press releases and social media!

The Tech Council is part of a statewide group that is tracking the progress of “The Endless Frontier Act,” which is a bipartisan federal bill aimed at dramatically boosting research and development assets in the United States.

Related to the federal proposal is a webinar series on how Midwest assets can help to drive a national recovery.

“Shaping the Endless Frontier: How the Midwest Can Spark the U.S. Economy” is hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the Wisconsin Technology Council, Michael Best Strategies and UW-Milwaukee.

What will The Endless Frontier Act do? / 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 

This 60-minute discussion will include congressional co-sponsors and advocates of the Endless Frontier Act who will explain why now is the time, and the Midwest is a leading place, for bold investments in science, technology and innovation. For the last century, the United States had been the undisputed, global leader in university and industry research. Our panelists will explain how targeted federal investment in emerging growth centers focused on quantum computing, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and manufacturing can extend and expand U.S. leadership into the 21st century and beyond.

U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
Chancellor Mark Mone, UW-Milwaukee
Dr. Melissa Skala, Investigator, Morgridge Institute for Research; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UW–Madison
Tom Still (moderator), president, Wisconsin Technology Council

                                                          Last chance to register here.

COVID-19

• Madison.com: Gov. Tony Evers asks FEMA to reconsider new limitations to emergency COVID aid
• NYTimes: A new theory asks: Could a mask be a crude ‘vaccine’?
• Wall Street Journal: Speed over precision favored for tests in detecting COVID
• WISN: 9 vaccine makers sign safety pledge in race for COVID-19 vaccine
• Wisconsin State Journal: AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial that includes local component
• New Yorker: It will take more than a vaccine to beat COVID-19, but other therapies are on the way
• Madison.com: Fauci’s latest projection for a vaccine, likely early in 2021
• Economist: The virus seems to generate a robust and long-lasting immune response
• Watch The UW Now session on COVID-19 testing, treatments and vaccination featuring UW-Madison graduate physicians

ECONOMY

• Milwaukee Business Journal: New Republican stimulus proposal includes second PPP, COVID liability shield
• NYTimes: 7 ways the pandemic has changed the way we shop for food
• Axios: Pew survey says record 52% of young adults in U.S. live with parents
• NPR: Zoom towns and the new housing market for the 2 Americas
• MarketingDive: Consumers want brands to address systemic racism, survey says
• NPR: Financial pain from pandemic ‘much, much worse’ than expected, poll says
• Axios: The pandemic is reshaping the holiday shopping season

HEALTH

• NBC: Flu vaccine vital as COVID-19 deaths rise and America tries to avoid dueling winter crises
• Wall Street Journal: Why we need more black doctors – and how to get there
• JAMA Network: Prevalence of depression in U.S. adults before and during the pandemic
• Washington Post: One man’s battle shows why COVID-19 and obesity are a toxic mix
• ThriveGlobal: Why you should take a walk outside during the workday
• Chicago Sun-Times: A do-it-yourself colonoscopy: Millions of kits arrived back at Exact Sciences

ENTREPRENEURS + INNOVATION

• Medium: Former venture capitalist and tech exec looks to entrepreneurship to ‘build better’
• WisconsinINNO: Understory earns global recognition for weather-focused insurance tech
• The Hustle: David Hall: ‘We are seeing the boomerang of talent back into the Midwest’
• Arts Wisconsin: Gov. Evers announces $5 million COVID-19 Cultural Organization Grant Program
• Axios: Why tech couldn’t save us from COVID
• Elemental: A supercomputer analyzed COVID-19. An interesting new theory has emerged

INVESTING

• Wall Street Journal: COVID testing, not a cure, is what investors need to watch
• Economist: Tech wreck—the stock market hits rough water
• Forbes: Stock market sell-off: Dow falls over 600 points as tech shares plunge
• Harvard Business Review: Institutional investors must help close race, gender gaps in VC

EDUCATION

• Wisconsin State Journal: ‘It’s still a big day’: Students, families navigate unprecedented first day of school
• Tech Transfer Central: UW launches effort for reduce negative impact of COVID-19 on research
• Madison.com: UW-Madison facility starts manufacturing COVID-19 treatment drug
• Wisconsin State Journal: UW-Madison moves to all-online classes amid growing COVID-19 case count
• Madison.com: Zach Brandon: Help close the child-care gap in Greater Madison
• NBC15: Students with disabilities navigate return to school
• USAToday: School at home: How to keep attending virtual classes from causing pain
• Burbio: Map indicates K-12 virtual verses in-person learning in public U.S. schools
• Daily Cardinal: Residents frustrated as UW drives Dane County’s COVID-19 upswing   

Please send your upcoming virtual events for consideration to laura@wisconsintechnologycouncil.com

Middleton Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Update, presented by Tech Council president Tom Still is slated for Wednesday, Sept. 16

AmFam’s DreamBank presents Navigating the Market During a Pandemic on Wednesday, Sept. 16

Quarles & Brady’s Road to Recovery for the Hospitality Industry in the Wake of COVID-19 on Wednesday, Sept. 16

STAT offers Getting Real World Data about COVID-19 featuring U.S. FDA’s acting CIO Amy Abernethy on Thursday, Sept. 17

SVA’s webinar on Economic Indicators for Businesses will be on Thursday, Sept. 17

Aberdean presents Manage Your Tasks Anywhere: The Power of the Microsoft To Do App on Thursday, Sept. 24

The Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton will have Tech Council president Tom Still as a guest speaker on Friday, Oct. 2

Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition and Newaukee are asking for volunteers to sign up now for “Teach an Hour of Code” online event in early December

DOD SBIR/STTR Virtual Symposium’s theme is Shaping the Future of Innovation – slated for Wednesday, October 7

• WI Health Connect: Think you may have COVID-19? Free, confidential over-the-phone screening now available.
• Live dashboard with QUICK NUMBERS and FACTS on the IMPACT of COVID-19
• Michael Best has formed a COVID-19 Task Force to address business and legal implications.
• Reinhart’s Coronavirus Resource Center includes the impact of HR 6201 on employees.
• BDO monitors the latest COVID-19 business impacts and regulatory updates.
• Learn more about Epic tools that can help you and your organization treat and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
• WIPLFi: Information to help businesses and individuals weather the coronavirus.
• Quarles & Brady has created a resource of COVID-19 articles that impact clients and businesses.
• Wisconsin Department of Tourism is actively planning for Wisconsin’s economic COVID-19 recovery.
• Click here to sign up for the WisPolitics/WisBusiness daily healthcare report.
• Husch Blackwell explores issues at the intersection of law and public health emergencies.
• TASC is making its expertise and emergency benefit accounts available for free to Dane County employers in 2020.
• Neider & Boucher provides their clients with the necessary focus to help define and reach their goals during COVID-19.
• UW-Madison’s CROWE researchers track and analyze the economic impact of COVID-19 in Wisconsin and beyond.
• WMC launched a Coronavirus (COVID-19) Business Resource Center and Employer Toolkit.
• Godfrey & Kahn’s COVID-19 Resource Center provides timely insights on the unique legal challenges and business implications created by the pandemic
• Baker Tilly’s Coronavirus Resource Center: how an unplanned event such as the COVID-19 outbreak can affect your organization, employees, customers and suppliers.
• The Burish Group: UBS Business Owner Resiliency Center
• The Creative Company is offering a free crisis white paper download: How to communicate with clarity during COVID-19
• Aberdean Consulting has an updated Remote Office/Home Office Security Survey  
• MKE Tech Hub has a new outgoing newsletter for the tech community to stay informed and engaged. Click here to subscribe.
• UW-Madison launched a new COVID-19 dashboard for faculty, staff and students