Next week’s Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium is set for Wednesday and Thursday at Madison’s Monona Terrace Convention Center. Register at www.wisearlystage.com to take part in Wisconsin’s largest and oldest conference of its kind. We’re expecting hundreds of investors, entrepreneurs and others from Wisconsin, the region and well beyond. Here are some announced highlights so far:

• Twenty-eight emerging firms will pitch on opening day of Early Stage Symposium
• Ready, set … pitch! 22 emerging firms set for Nov. 17 Elevator Pitch Olympics
• Former WARF leader Gulbrandsen to join Tech Council’s ‘Investor Hall of Fame’
• Line-up for Nov. 15 Wisconsin W·O·M·E·N event includes keynoter Hall and two tech leaders
• Entrepreneur, investor, mentor: Jan Eddy to receive ‘Triple E’ award at conference
• Experts to discuss national investing trends during Nov. 16-17 Early Stage Symposium
• Midwest investors with eyes on Wisconsin to kick off Nov. 16-17 Early Stage Symposium

It’s more than a desk: Co-working trends topic of Nov. 22 Innovation Network lunch in Madison

Trends in co-working and collaborative spaces will be the topic of a panel discussion at the Nov. 22 meeting of the Tech Council’s Innovation luncheon in Madison. The luncheon will be held at the Sheraton Hotel on Madison’s John Nolen Drive. Registration and networking begin at 11:30 a.m., lunch at noon and the presentation at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $25 for WIN members, $35 for non-members and included with WIN corporate memberships. Click here to register. Panelists are: Greg St. Fort, executive director at 100state; Josh Rikkers, principal at Cresa; and Tiffanie Mark, founder and director at Matrix Coworking and acting director at Horizon Coworking.

FORCE for POSITIVE CHANGE

The Force for Positive Change event is now accepting registrations! Secure your seat for a day of engaging speakers, sessions and awards for social entrepreneurship. It will be held 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Discovery Building on the UW Madison campus, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Speakers include representatives from Organic Valley Cooperative and Feeding America, social enterprises of all kinds, and John and Tashia Morgridge. Tom Still of the Tech Council will moderate a panel discussion

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