Horizon Hospitality presented by ULI
Stop in for drinks, snacks, free wifi, and a place to work during the Festival.
- Day
- Thursday – Thursday
- Date
- Aug 18 – Aug 25
The Forward Festival is Madison’s flagship technology and entrepreneurship festival. Since starting in 2010, it now attracts over 2,000 attendees and includes 8 full days packed with 40+ events organized by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. Join fellow entrepreneurs, nerds, designers, geeks, hackers, foodies, and creative professionals from the Midwest in a celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship. Buy the Forward Pass to get access to most of the 2016 events!
Special thanks to our sponsors
Stop in for drinks, snacks, free wifi, and a place to work during the Festival.
The premier conference for developers & educators on games and learning!
Transforming Intent into Action
Join Florida-based Social Media Futurist Bernie Borges.
Is there really “no going back”?
Celebrating young programmers!
21st Century Made in WI Economy: Startup Roundtable with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Join us for THREE hours of networking, appetizers, beverages and FUN!
Get inspired by practitioners using thoughtful design to make things better for projects, people, and our world.
A look at internal workplace operations through a social justice lens.
Love Wisconsin? Join us for wiscostyle drinks, noshes and storytelling.
Criminal Justice System, Failures Of System, Consequences, Technology's Impact, What Changes Will Occur 5-10 Years.
Play party with your fellow Forwardians at Madison Children's Museum!
Art. Talk. Food. Music. Film. MMoCA Nights has a full line-up of offerings.
A half-day event aimed at both aspiring and already established entrepreneurs.
Great connections often happen over food.
Help fuel your child’s imagination & get them thinking of their dream business.
A fresh take on the open-format conference where attendees are the presenters and the whole thing happens in nature.
A networking event with a spin. For parents.
Join us for some microbrews to support Wisconsin Microfinance!
An end of summer celebration by the Madison Area Chefs Network to benefit food-related programming for children.
Bringing together Badgers from everywhere to build new connections and renew old contacts.
Discover the current state of Big Data in Wisconsin!
Grab lunch and meet key people in Madison who can help your startup be successful.
Business Bar Camp, a first of its kind for collaborative business topics
Join us for a beer after Business Bar Camp
View demos from Madison technical companies at the vibrant @1403 space
Meet your Mentor or Mentee Match
Panel discussion & social hour: Lessons learned building and investing in healthcare startups
Connecting the Madison professional community to help entrepreneurs
The headline tech conference of the Forward Festival.
A high energy pitch night showcasing what’s next in Madison’s startup ecosystem.
It’s not just what’s new, it’s what’s next for Greater Madison’s economy.
The popular “Shark Tank”-style live pitch contest returns.
Building companies that you can sink your teeth into!
5 WI based women-led businesses, 5 min pitches, 1 $5K grant. 5 women-led ventures, 5 min pitches and 1 $5K grant.
Madison – your big break is arriving now with #UberPITCH
Meet, greet, jazz and free beer with five new Wisconsin VC fund managers
What do entrepreneurs outside of Madison think of our community?
ART+ is uses art as a pivot point to explore a diverse topics.
Show off your knowledge of technology, science, and local startups!
A lot can happen in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Join us to find out What's Next!
A rooftop celebration of entrepreneurship and the startup community.
Celebrate how far we've come since the days of dial-up at this 90's themed event!