2021 Events

Women in Industry Roundtable

Thursday, Aug. 12th
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM

• Workshop

Social Responsibility in IoT: The Ethics of Programming for Connected Products

Thursday, Aug. 12th
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

• Conference

BookMarkIT: Free Tools, Tips & Resources from Your Local Libraries

Thursday, Aug. 12th
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

• Workshop

Badger Startup Summit - 5 Lakes Fireside Chat

Thursday, Aug. 12th
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

• Conference

Working With Your Banker in a Post-Pandemic World

Thursday, Aug. 12th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

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Badger Startup Summit - The MERLIN Pitch & rePlay

Thursday, Aug. 12th
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

• Workshop

3D Printing for Small Businesses

Thursday, Aug. 12th
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

• Workshop

Scale your Ideas with Cloudflare Workers

Thursday, Aug. 12th
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

• Workshop

High Tech Happy Hour 20th Anniversary Celebration

Thursday, Aug. 12th
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

• Happy Hour
• Social
• Workshop

Teams & Tool Techs Hardware Run

Friday, Aug. 13th
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

• Workshop

Version Control with Git/GitHub

Friday, Aug. 13th
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

• Workshop

Biotech Spotlight: Startups, Scaleup and Growth

Friday, Aug. 13th
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

• Workshop

Social Good Summit

Friday, Aug. 13th
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• Conference
• Workshop

Social Impact Cohort Pitch Competition

Friday, Aug. 13th
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

• Social

VIP Walk-through

Friday, Aug. 13th
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

• Happy Hour

Yoga in Entrepreneurship

Saturday, Aug. 14th
9:00 AM to 9:45 AM

• Workshop

Learn 3D Printing + Laser Cutting

Saturday, Aug. 14th
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

• Workshop

IoT in Action

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

• Workshop

The Blueprint - Music Administration

Saturday, Aug. 14th
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

• Social
• Conference
• Workshop

Judging: Live Pitches

Saturday, Aug. 14th
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

• Conference

The Main Street Bazaar

Saturday, Aug. 14th
4:00 PM to 10:00 PM

• Social

Event Horizon: Product Launch

Sunday, Aug. 15th
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

• Happy Hour
• Social

Codes & Cyphers: The Girl Scout Cyber Crew

Sunday, Aug. 15th
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

• Workshop

Side Project Work Night

Sunday, Aug. 15th
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• Workshop

Moving Your Idea To Market

Monday, Aug. 16th
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM

• Workshop

Startup Lingo - Decoding Investor Conversations

Monday, Aug. 16th
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM

• Workshop

Making the Case for Customer Case Studies

Monday, Aug. 16th
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• Workshop

Founder Hour: Entrepreneurship Identity & Industry

Monday, Aug. 16th
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• Conference

Business Law Briefing

Monday, Aug. 16th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

• Conference
• Workshop

How To Build an App - An Entrepreneur's Guide

Monday, Aug. 16th
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

• Conference
• Workshop

Innovation Roundtable

Monday, Aug. 16th
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

• Workshop

New Coworking App Launch Party

Monday, Aug. 16th
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

• Social
• Workshop

"How to Software?" for Small Businesses

Monday, Aug. 16th
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

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Civic Tech and Open Data in Madison

Monday, Aug. 16th
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

• Social
• Workshop

Biotech Spotlight: How AI and advanced computing are driving innovation in biohealth

Monday, Aug. 16th
2:45 PM to 4:15 PM

• Workshop

Mad City Agility Conference 2021

Tuesday, Aug. 17th
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

• Happy Hour
• Social
• Conference

Neck & Shoulders at the Desk

Tuesday, Aug. 17th
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

• Workshop

Virtual Forward Tech Conference - Day 1

Tuesday, Aug. 17th
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

• Conference

Biotech Spotlight: Co-Working Life Science Lab Virtual Tour & Startup Flash Talks

Tuesday, Aug. 17th
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

• Workshop

Brews and Views: StartingBlock Open House

Tuesday, Aug. 17th
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

• Happy Hour
• Social

Pack Healthy Snacks and a STEAM Activity for Local Kids!

Tuesday, Aug. 17th
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

• Social

Showcase of UW Technologies & APPStart Pitches

Tuesday, Aug. 17th
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

• Conference

PANEL: How to structure inclusive coding internship programs

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

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10 Ways To Improve Your Organization’s Relationship With Tech

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
8:00 AM to 9:15 AM

• Conference
• Workshop

5x5x5

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

• Social

Free Lunch, Networking & SBA Knowledge

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

• Social

6 Seconds

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

• Workshop

Pressure Chamber

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
2:30 PM to 6:00 PM

• Social

Breach Patrol: 10 tips for staying cybersafe

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

• Workshop

Biohealth Tech Connections x PechaKucha

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

• Social

Virtual Networking in a Post Pandemic World

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

• Happy Hour
• Social
• Conference

Branding with Brandy (the booze, not the singer)

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

• Happy Hour
• Social

Fund Manager Meet and Greet

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

• Happy Hour

Conversations with Software Entrepreneurs

Wednesday, Aug. 18th
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

• Happy Hour
• Social
• Conference

Scale Up with Wipfli

Thursday, Aug. 19th
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

• Workshop

What Venture Capital Firms Outside of Wisconsin are Looking for Here

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

• Social
• Conference

Virtual Forward Tech Conference - Day 2

Thursday, Aug. 19th
12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

• Conference

Launch, Learn and Pivot: Madison Startup Stories

Thursday, Aug. 19th
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

• Workshop

Startup Showcase

Thursday, Aug. 19th
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

• Social
• Conference

Rooftop Social (and Forward Fest Wrap Party)

Thursday, Aug. 19th
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

• Happy Hour
• Social