Wisconsin National SBIR/STTR Conference

April 11, 2011 - April 13, 2011 -- Madison, WI

Facility: Monona Terrace Convention Center Address: 1 John Nolen Drive City: Madison, WI 53703 Event Contact: Pat Dillon 715-836-5056 Contact Email: dillonp@uwec.edu

Description: The three-day conference will offer small business entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet with prominent national, regional and state government officials to learn about government sources of funding. Designed to encourage and facilitate one-on-one dialogues, the conference will help attendees learn how they can access this important source of funding for innovative small businesses. Conference plans include a tour and reception showcasing the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the UW-Madison campus. At BIO, Governor Doyle also announced today that the Institutes will open in December 2010. The Governor first proposed the Institutes in 2004 as part of an overall statewide strategy to cement Wisconsin's status as a national leader in biotechnology and stem cell research and stimulate the economy. The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery will houses three entities under one roof - UW-Madison's public Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, the private nonprofit Morgridge Institute for Research, and a main floor Town Center designed to foster interactions among scientists, students, entrepreneurs and businesses that will engage the public in science. All three entities share a vision of accelerating knowledge to improve human health and well-being. The facility has been designed to prompt interpersonal interactions among researchers of various disciplines to facilitate collaborations that result in breakthrough discoveries. View their website