AUG. 13th TO 20th, 2020

2020 Schedule

Thank you for another successful Forward Festival! 

We look forward to seeing you at next year's fest.

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Innovation and Technology Leadership Forum and Emerging Tech Hub Tour

Thursday, Aug. 13th
8:30 AM to 10:30 AM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • Tech / Software

Play Make Learn 2020 Conference

Thursday, Aug. 13th
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Arts
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software
  • Games
  • General

Badger Startup Summit - 5 Lakes Fireside Chat

Thursday, Aug. 13th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Iso-Learning: Beyond 1x Revenue

Thursday, Aug. 13th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • ---------
  • General

Badger Startup Summit - The MERLIN Pitch & rePlay

Thursday, Aug. 13th
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Connect - "This Too, Shall Pass"

Thursday, Aug. 13th
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • General

Accelerator Demo Day

Thursday, Aug. 13th
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

  • Social
  • Family
  • Tech / Software
  • General

High Tech Happy Hour 19th Anniversary Celebration

Thursday, Aug. 13th
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • General

Side Project Work Night

Thursday, Aug. 13th
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

  • Social
  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Working from Home with Kids - Practicalities and Emotional Impact

Friday, Aug. 14th
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

  • Conference
  • Workshop
  • Bio / Health
  • Family
  • General

The Key To Digital Marketing Success: Infrastructure

Friday, Aug. 14th
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software

Estate Planning Conversations 101

Friday, Aug. 14th
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

  • Workshop
  • Family

3D Printing for your business 2020

Friday, Aug. 14th
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Conference
  • Tech / Software

Mad Minute Pitch Competition

Friday, Aug. 14th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Brand Building: 2020+

Friday, Aug. 14th
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM

  • Workshop
  • Arts
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Why WordPress Works

Friday, Aug. 14th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software

Pressure Chamber

Friday, Aug. 14th
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Social
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software

FTC Sessions: Fireside Chat with Brad Feld

Friday, Aug. 14th
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

How to Build Customer Loyalty and Increase Retention Online

Saturday, Aug. 15th
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Arts
  • Family
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software
  • General
  • Music

STEM Code Camp for Kids

Saturday, Aug. 15th
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • Games

SGS: Profiles in Social Entrepreneurship

Sunday, Aug. 16th
12:00 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Workshop
  • Social Good

Becoming a Woman Investor

Monday, Aug. 17th
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Workshop
  • Social Good

Data for Impact Conference - Day 1

Monday, Aug. 17th
12:00 PM to 6:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software

Reduce Work-From-Home Stress & Pain

Monday, Aug. 17th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Bio / Health
  • General

Growth Modeling and Early Stage Valuation

Monday, Aug. 17th
2:00pm to 3:00pm

  • ---------
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Data Science in the Pandemics Age

Monday, Aug. 17th
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software

Data for Impact Conference - Day 2

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software

Empowering Women in Business To Speak Up

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health

Visualizing Your Venture

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Arts
  • Social Good
  • General

10 Practical Tools To Restart Your Business

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Food
  • General

Measure What Matters – OKRs and CFRs

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

How did you get that first "$500,000" from a venture capital investor?

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • General

FTC Sessions: Q&A with Jason Fried

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

  • Conference
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Startup Showcase

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • General

amuz voters

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • Workshop
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software

Hacker's Havoc: Preventing Crippling Cybersecurity Attacks

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Tech / Software

Why You Need a Marketing Funnel, Not a Website

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM

  • Social
  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

5x5x5

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • ---------
  • Social Good

Including Ecommerce In Your Business Model: How and Why

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software

Ask a Coach with Amber Swenor

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Design Thinking For Entrepreneurs (Remote Edition) Day 1

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Biohealth x PechaKucha

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • Bio / Health

The Best Kept $5 Billion Secret In Tech

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Tech / Software

Spark and Spokes

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM

  • Social
  • Bio / Health

Travel In These Times

Thursday, Aug. 20th
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

  • Workshop
  • General

Design Thinking For Entrepreneurs (Remote Edition) Day 2

Thursday, Aug. 20th
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Iso-Learning: Smart Content Planning for Social Media

Thursday, Aug. 20th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Mad City Agility 2020

Thursday, Aug. 20th
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • Conference
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Innovation and Technology Leadership Forum and Emerging Tech Hub Tour

Thursday, Aug. 13th
8:30 AM to 10:30 AM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • Tech / Software

Play Make Learn 2020 Conference

Thursday, Aug. 13th
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Arts
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software
  • Games
  • General

Badger Startup Summit - 5 Lakes Fireside Chat

Thursday, Aug. 13th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Iso-Learning: Beyond 1x Revenue

Thursday, Aug. 13th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • General

Badger Startup Summit - The MERLIN Pitch & rePlay

Thursday, Aug. 13th
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Connect - "This Too, Shall Pass"

Thursday, Aug. 13th
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • General

Accelerator Demo Day

Thursday, Aug. 13th
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

  • Social
  • Family
  • Tech / Software
  • General

High Tech Happy Hour 19th Anniversary Celebration

Thursday, Aug. 13th
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • General

Side Project Work Night

Thursday, Aug. 13th
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

  • Social
  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Working from Home with Kids - Practicalities and Emotional Impact

Friday, Aug. 14th
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

  • Conference
  • Workshop
  • Bio / Health
  • Family
  • General

The Key To Digital Marketing Success: Infrastructure

Friday, Aug. 14th
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software

Estate Planning Conversations 101

Friday, Aug. 14th
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

  • Workshop
  • Family

3D Printing for your business 2020

Friday, Aug. 14th
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Conference
  • Tech / Software

Mad Minute Pitch Competition

Friday, Aug. 14th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Brand Building: 2020+

Friday, Aug. 14th
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM

  • Workshop
  • Arts
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Why WordPress Works

Friday, Aug. 14th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software

Pressure Chamber

Friday, Aug. 14th
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Social
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software

FTC Sessions: Fireside Chat with Brad Feld

Friday, Aug. 14th
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

How to Build Customer Loyalty and Increase Retention Online

Saturday, Aug. 15th
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Arts
  • Family
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software
  • General
  • Music

STEM Code Camp for Kids

Saturday, Aug. 15th
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • Games

SGS: Profiles in Social Entrepreneurship

Sunday, Aug. 16th
12:00 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Workshop
  • Social Good

Becoming a Woman Investor

Monday, Aug. 17th
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Workshop
  • Social Good

Data for Impact Conference - Day 1

Monday, Aug. 17th
12:00 PM to 6:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software

Reduce Work-From-Home Stress & Pain

Monday, Aug. 17th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Bio / Health
  • General

Growth Modeling and Early Stage Valuation

Monday, Aug. 17th
2:00pm to 3:00pm

  • Tech / Software
  • General

Data Science in the Pandemics Age

Monday, Aug. 17th
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health
  • Tech / Software

Data for Impact Conference - Day 2

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software

Empowering Women in Business To Speak Up

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

  • Conference
  • Bio / Health

Visualizing Your Venture

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Arts
  • Social Good
  • General

10 Practical Tools To Restart Your Business

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Food
  • General

Measure What Matters – OKRs and CFRs

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

How did you get that first "$500,000" from a venture capital investor?

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • General

FTC Sessions: Q&A with Jason Fried

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

  • Conference
  • Tech / Software
  • General

Startup Showcase

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • General

amuz voters

Tuesday, Aug. 18th
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • Workshop
  • Social Good
  • Tech / Software

Hacker's Havoc: Preventing Crippling Cybersecurity Attacks

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Tech / Software

Why You Need a Marketing Funnel, Not a Website

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM

  • Social
  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software
  • General

5x5x5

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Social Good

Including Ecommerce In Your Business Model: How and Why

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Workshop
  • Tech / Software

Ask a Coach with Amber Swenor

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Design Thinking For Entrepreneurs (Remote Edition) Day 1

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Biohealth x PechaKucha

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

  • Social
  • Conference
  • Bio / Health

The Best Kept $5 Billion Secret In Tech

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

  • Conference
  • Tech / Software

Spark and Spokes

Wednesday, Aug. 19th
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM

  • Social
  • Bio / Health

Travel In These Times

Thursday, Aug. 20th
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

  • Workshop
  • General

Design Thinking For Entrepreneurs (Remote Edition) Day 2

Thursday, Aug. 20th
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Iso-Learning: Smart Content Planning for Social Media

Thursday, Aug. 20th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Workshop
  • General

Mad City Agility 2020

Thursday, Aug. 20th
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  • Happy Hour
  • Social
  • Conference
  • Tech / Software
  • General