New "WisBusiness: The Show" will be featured next week.

Sponsors include Exact Sciences, UW-Milwaukee and BDO.

View past episodes of The Show here.

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.

Read the “Call for Companies” press release here.

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

                                                           Register here!

COVID-19

• Guardian: CDC tells health officials to expect a coronavirus vaccine by November
• Axios: America’s botched coronavirus response foretells a dark future
• CNBC: Fauci says U.S. coronavirus cases are ‘unacceptably high’ going into Labor Day
• Wall Street Journal: Steroids found to cut COVID-19 patient deaths
• STAT: Experts see a chance for a COVID-19 vaccine approval this fall – if it’s done right
• OnWisconsin: UW researchers on campus and beyond zero in on COVID-19 cure
• Guardian: Nasal swab followed by antibody test may catch incorrect COVID-19 diagnoses
• STAT: U.S. advisory group lays out detailed recommendations on how to prioritize vaccine
• InBusiness: URP suited to companies fighting COVID-19

ECONOMY

• Wisconsin State Journal: Mayor’s $161.6 million capital budget keeps Public Market on tracks, boots housing
• NPR: U.S. to owe more than the size of its economy for the first time in 75 years
• Economist: Internationally, COVID-19 is spurring the digitization of government
• Wall Street Journal: Jobless claims seen easing as economy begins to improve
• InBusiness: Visioning Black economic empowerment with Urban League’s Ruben Anthony

HEALTH

• CapTimes: Back on campus, COVID-19 challenges students’ mental health
• Channel3000: Madison doctor says ERs see decrease in visitors during pandemic
• STAT: Telehealth’s popularity grew amid COVID-19. Now visits are plunging and providers must recalibrate
• Economist: Young Americans are more worried than older ones about COVID-19
• WISN: Milwaukee Health Commissioner resigns, joins Trust for America’s Health in Washington D.C.
• STAT: Ego, ambition and turmoil: Inside one of biotech’s most secretive startups
• NYTimes: Food insecurity in America a looming crisis
• EUA: COVID-19 immediate response for healthcare facilities

ENTREPRENEURS + INNOVATION

• WisconsinINNO: West Allis startup creates virtual mall, same-day delivery for small businesses
• StateScoop: Naloxone inventory app gives clearer view of opioid epidemic
• CNET: Lifx Clean is a a new, $70 smart bulb that kills bacteria and disinfects your home
• StateScoop: Apple, Google: Contact tracing to become standard smartphone feature
• WisBusiness: The Podcast with Joe Boucher, co-founder of the Wisconsin Innovation Awards

INVESTING

• SCORE Green Bay: Tundra Angels provides wings to entrepreneurs
• Release: SHINE closes $80 million Series C financing supported by Fidelity Management and Research Company
• Release: Securities and Exchange Commission modernizes the ‘accredited investor’ definition
• WisBusiness: WWBIC to put Charter’s $1 million investment towards low-interest loans
• CNBC: Startup that uses wearables to track whether drugs are effective gets $100 million infusion, led by SoftBank
• Business Insider: Tesla’s new $5 billion capital raise could drive the auto industry crazy

EDUCATION

• Wisconsin State Journal: Public health department allows in-person school for children with disabilities
• NBC15: Department of Safety and Professional Services outlines cleaning protocols for schools
• UW-Madison:
• OnWisconsin: Badgers vs. the pandemic: Meet UW heroes in the fight against COVID-19
• Madison.com: Wisconsin fell from 12^th to 24^th on K-12 spending as Act 10 took effect
• CapTimes: Middleton student’s petition asks for pass/no pass grading during virtual learning
• Business Insider: FEMA will no longer cover cost of masks, disinfectant for schools
• UpNorthNews: With schools barely back in session, COVID-19 is already spreading
• PBS: At-home learning continues with virtual programming

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

Wisconsin Alumni Association is hosting a livestream with Q+A: What everyone should know about COVID-19 Testing, Treatment and Vaccination, moderated by Mike Knetter, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association on Tuesday, September 8

STAT offers Getting Real World Data about COVID-19 on Thursday, September 17

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

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

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

• 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